FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
JULY 18, 2005
Contact: DICK JORDAN/MICHAEL HARKER

SPRINT FQ POINTS TIGHTEN UP!

                 Bobby East holds a slim lead in the latest Earl's Fast
Qualifying points in USAC's Valvoline National Sprint Car Series, despite
not competing in last week's events. He is now just four points ahead of
Levi Jones and six ahead of Jay Drake, but that should all change this week
with four more Valvoline "Indiana Sprint Week" races on tap.

                 Top Earl's point earners last week included Dave Darland,
John Wolfe and Justin Marvel (Valvoline National Sprints), Garrett Hansen
(Western Midgets) and Brett Engstrom (California Ford Focus Midgets).

                 Earl's points will be up for grabs this week in events at
Milwaukee, Wis. (Weld Racing Silver Crown and National midgets),
Putnamville, Gas City, Lawrenceburg and Terre Haute, Ind. (Valvoline
National Sprint Cars), Salt Lake City, Utah (Western Sprints), Perris,
Calif. (CRA Sprints) and Seekonk, Mass., Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Watsonville,
Calif. and Sun Prairie, Wis. (Ford Focus Midgets).

                 Points are awarded at each USAC event based on an
international system awarding the top-six qualifiers with points in the
following scale: 1st-9, 2nd-6, 3rd-4, 4th-3, 5th-2, 6th-1. When qualifying
is not held, points are awarded based on a system of lineup points earned
in the preliminary heats.

                 Each USAC National, Western and Ford Focus Midget Car
Earl's Plumbing FQ Champion will be honored at USAC's Champions Night
ceremony in Indianapolis. The National and Western FQ champs will receive
$5,000 each, while the Ford Focus FQ champs will each receive $1,000.

2005 Standings:

Weld Racing Silver Crown: 1-Bobby East & Dave Steele-15; 3-Josh Wise-14;
4-Tracy Hines-13; 5-Dave Darland-10.

Valvoline National Sprint Car: 1-Bobby East-34; 2-Levi Jones-30; 3-Jay
Drake-28; 4-Dave Darland-25; 5-Justin Marvel-24.

National Midget Car: 1-Josh Wise & Bobby East-27; 3-Michael Lewis-24;
4-Billy Wease & Ron Gregory-13.

Valvoline Western Sprint Car: 1-Brian McClish-37; 2-Tony Hunt-25; 3-Mike
Murgoitio-21; 4-Kody Swanson-19; 5-Tim Barber-12.

Western Midget Car: 1-Jerome Rodela-36 2-Garrett Hansen-21; 3-Robby
Flock-20; 4-Michael Lewis & Wally Pankratz-15.

Valvoline CRA Sprint Car: 1-Damion Gardner-127; 2-Rip Williams-54;
3-Charles Davis, Jr.-44; 4-Rickie Gaunt-22; 5-Seth Wilson-19.

Midwest Ford Focus: 1-Tate Martz-53; 2-Stephanie Mockler-26; 3-Derek
Fisher-23; 4-Jordan Noblitt-18; 5-James Robertson-17.

California Ford Focus: 1-Alex Harris-76; 2-Chase Barber-49; 3-Robbie
Whitchurch-40; 4-Benny Moon-37; 5-Jace Meier-35.

Carolina/Virginia Ford Focus: 1-Chase Scott-53; 2-Michael Sboro-25;
3-Robbie Ray-23; 4-Mike Ward-19; 5-Aron Oakley-16.

Oklahoma Ford Focus: 1-Jasiel Randolph-18; 2-Dustin Morgan-17; 3-Evan
Sewell-16; 4-Leon Bacon-15; 5-Chett Gehrke-14.

Northeast Ford Focus: 1-Nick Wean & Stephanie Stevens-15; 3-Ryan Smith &
Jeff Abold-10; 5-Brit Andersen-9.