Brant Motorsports and Richard Childress Racing Form NASCAR Busch Series Team

5 September 1999
Brant Motorsports and Richard Childress Racing Form NASCAR Busch Series Team
    MORGANTOWN, W.Va., Sept. 5 -- Brant Motorsports, Inc.
announced today that Richard Childress Racing and Brant Motorsports will field
a NASCAR Busch Series team led by veteran NASCAR Busch Series driver Mike
Dillon.  The highly popular NASCAR Busch Series is one of NASCAR'S top three
circuits, with races around the country.
    Rockwell Automation Power Systems has signed a contract to be the primary
sponsor of the Richard Childress Racing/Brant Motorsports NASCAR Busch Series
Monte Carlo and Dillon through the year 2002.  Rockwell Automation, which has
been affiliated with Dillon for two years as an associate sponsor, is stepping
up its NASCAR involvement.
    For Brant Motorsports, the new team will be its first entry in the NASCAR
Busch Series.  Brant Motorsports, based in Morgantown, W.Va., previously
fielded a Pep Boys Indy Racing League team and has been an associate sponsor
of Richard Childress Racing's NASCAR Winston Cup Series teams.
    "This winning team will take Brant Motorsports' involvement in auto racing
to a new and exciting level," said Ted Brant, president of Brant Motorsports.
"The NASCAR Busch Racing Series gives us an opportunity to reach racing fans
across the country.  As a friend and business partner of Richard Childress,
and as a racing fan, I couldn't be more thrilled about this partnership."
    Richard Childress stated: "We have assembled a strong NASCAR Busch Series
team with Brant Motorsports, Rockwell Automation and Mike Dillon, whose four
full seasons of Busch racing will be an asset.  This is a great opportunity
and a dynamic combination."
    Dillon, 33, has been a driver in the NASCAR Busch Series since 1995.  "I
hope to take the Richard Childress Racing/Brant Motorsports team to a level
comparable to Richard's Winston Cup teams," Dillon said.
    "We believe in Mike's ability and we are certain that his performance will
flourish under Richard's guidance," said Joe Swann, president of Rockwell
Automation Power Systems.
    In April, Brant Motorsports announced its plans to build a $300 million
arena in Findlay Township, Pa., that would be the world's first full-sized,
fully enclosed speedway.  The Brant Pittsburgh Auto Racing Complex (Brant
PARC) would have an initial seating capacity of 60,000 and a banked racetrack
of up to one mile in length.  It would be located on 145 acres adjacent to
Pittsburgh International Airport.
    Earlier this week, Brant Motorsports announced that it has selected the
Dick Corporation, based in Pittsburgh, to be the general contractor for Brant
PARC.  Construction of the facility is scheduled to begin early next year.
    "We have an exciting year ahead with our entry in the NASCAR Busch Series
and with our plans to build Brant PARC," Brant said.
    Brant Motorsports is a motorsports marketing firm.  The Brant Motorsports
#3 Indy Team finished 12th at the 1999 Indianapolis 500 in May.
    Rockwell Automation Power Systems, headquartered in Greenville, S.C., is
an operating unit of Rockwell Automation, the largest business unit of
Rockwell International Corporation.