USAC/C&R Racing Release - PAULSEN, C&R RACING ANNOUNCE SHANE HMIEL AS SILVER CROWN HOUSE CAR DRIVER

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE											FEBRUARY 6, 2006
Contact: DEBBIE CROWLEY (317)293-4100
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PAULSEN, C&R RACING ANNOUNCE SHANE HMIEL AS SILVER CROWN HOUSE CAR DRIVER

INDIANAPOLIS - Chris Paulsen, President & Owner C&R Racing, Inc., announced
today that Shane Hmiel will drive the C&R house car for the 2006 USAC Silver
Crown Series Presented by K&N Engineering.

Paulsen announced in September 2005 that C&R Racing would begin chassis
construction on four of the new generation pavement USAC Silver Crown cars
and that he intended one of the four to be a house car. That commitment has
grown to chassis construction of six cars and the announcement that Hmiel
will be behind the wheel of the C&R house car.

“It is an honor to have Shane wheel the C&R house car for the new generation
Silver Crown Series,” states Paulsen. “I’ve known Shane for a long time,
(having) actually watched him grow up and he is a heck of a racer. We expect
to do a lot of testing to better the current C&R Silver Crown chassis and I
expect to win many races with him. Shane is an excellent fit for the C&R
house car and for the new generation Silver Crown Series.”

Added Hmiel: “I’m excited about it because it is something I’ve always
wanted to do and a series I’ve never been in. I’ve known Chris my entire
life and to run for him in the C&R house car is huge. We already know it is
a winning car, and with the bigger tracks, bigger purses, television
coverage and more excitement than ever, I’m just really excited about the
opportunity. It’s exciting to get to take this next step with USAC and I’m
looking forward to running the short tracks and the mile-and-a-half tracks.
This will be a really great experience.”

Although Hmiel is a rookie in the Silver Crown Series, he grew up in the
racing community and is no stranger to competitive racing. Hmiel began his
professional racing career in 2000 where he competed in Late Model Series
racing, earning six wins, five top-five finishes, 10 top-10 finishes, and
ten pole positions. In 2001 Hmiel mainly ran the former NASCAR Goody’s Dash
Series, where he had two wins and 13 top-10 finishes, earning him Rookie of
the Year honors and ending the season fifth in points.

On Feb. 16, 2002, Hmiel started in his first NASCAR Busch Series race at the
prestigious Daytona International Speedway where he started strong and
finished fifth.  He finished his rookie season in the NASCAR Busch Series
with two pole positions, two top-five and eight top-10 finishes, and ended
the season 16th in points. The 2003 season proved equally successful for
Hmiel. Continuing to run in the NASCAR Busch Series, he scored back-to-back
third-place finishes at Texas and Talladega, scored one pole, four top-five
and 10 top-10 finishes.

The 2004 season marked Hmiel’s entry to the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series
where he joined Billy Ballew in the No. 15 Earl Small’s Harley Davidson
Chevy Silverado. Another successful year of racing for Hmiel, he secured his
first major NASCAR Touring Series win in the Las Vegas 350 at the Las Vegas
International Speedway. Hmiel posted four top-five and 10 top-10 finishes,
and finished 13th in points. He continued to run a limited NASCAR Busch
Series schedule, posting one top-five and one top-10 finish in the 2004
season.

Hmiel continued his racing success in major NASCAR series in 2005. In the
NASCAR Craftsman Truck series, he began the season with one top-five and two
top-10 finishes in only four starts. With only 13 starts, Hmiel scored one
pole, three top-five, and four top-10 finishes in the NASCAR Busch Series.
In June 2005, at the request of NASCAR, Hmiel was asked to leave the series.
The dismissal prompted him to take responsibility and consider his future in
racing.

Hmiel's first seat time will be next Monday at the Hoosier Tire test in
Homestead, Fla. and his first race will be at Homestead-Miami Speedway,
March 25-26. C&R did not run the house car at the season-opening "Copper
World Classic" at Phoenix International Raceway in Avondale, Ariz.

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