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Ryan Newman's Team Leads Checkers(R)/Rally's(R) Double Drive-Thru
Challenge
#12 ALLTEL(R) Leading Race Among Pit Crews for $100,000 Grand Prize
TAMPA, Fla., May 25 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Eleven races into the 2005
NASCAR(R) NEXTEL Cup Series season, the #12 ALLTEL(R) Team with driver Ryan
Newman is leading the Checkers(R)/Rally's(R) Double Drive-Thru Challenge with
three wins to date.
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"The pit crew has just been phenomenal this year," #12 Team Crew Chief Matt
Borland said. "They don't buckle under pressure and they keep us up front when
it counts. These guys are great and they definitely deserve to win the
Checker's/Rally's Challenge Award."
As the Official Burger and Drive-Thru Restaurant of NASCAR(R), Checkers/Rally's
recognizes the NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series team with the best pit road performance
each week with a $10,000 prize. At the end of the season, Checkers/Rally's will
award the $100,000 grand prize to the team that garners the most
Checkers/Rally's Double Drive-Thru Challenge wins throughout the race season.
The teams leading the race for the Checkers/Rally's Double Drive-Thru Challenge
grand prize are:
1. Ryan Newman, #12 ALLTEL(R) Team, 3 wins
2. Elliott Sadler, #38 M&M's(R) Team, 2 wins
Tony Stewart, #20 Home Depot(R) Team, 2 wins
Rusty Wallace, #2 Miller Lite(R) Team, 2 wins
3. Jeff Gordon, #24 DuPont(R) Team, 1 win
Kevin Harvick, #29 GM Goodwrench(R) 1 win
Checkers/Rally's Double Drive-Thru Challenge offers one of the richest weekly
contingency awards in NASCAR. The Double Drive-Thru Challenge focuses on the
team element of the race that is integral to successful performances each week.
Checkers/Rally's Double Drive-Thru Challenge takes place at all 36 NASCAR
NEXTEL Cup Series point races. To win, teams must finish on the lead lap while
spending the least amount of time in pit lane.
The multi-year NASCAR and International Speedway Corporation sponsorships are
contracted through Checkers/Rally's NPF, Inc.
About Checkers Drive-In Restaurants, Inc.
Checkers Drive-In Restaurants, Inc. ( http://www.checkers.com/ ) is the largest
double drive-thru restaurant chain in the United States. The Company develops,
produces, owns, operates and franchises quick service "double drive- thru"
restaurants. In 2005, Checkers/Rally's signed an agreement to become the
Official Drive-Thru Restaurant and Official Burger of NASCAR. The double
drive-thru chain is also the Official Drive-Thru Restaurant and Official Burger
of several International Speedway Corporation facilities, including
Daytona International Speedway, Richmond International Raceway, Michigan
International Speedway, and Homestead-Miami Speedway.
About NASCAR
The National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing (NASCAR) has a broad reach
with 1,800 racing events in 36 states (as well as Canada and Mexico) at more
than 110 tracks. Among major professional sports, NASCAR ranks number one in
corporate involvement and per-event attendance, and number two in network
television viewership with NASCAR sanctioned racing being broadcast in over 150
countries. The sanctioning body for stock car racing is headquartered in
Daytona Beach, Fla., with offices in Charlotte, Concord, NC, Los Angeles, New
York, Mexico City and Toronto.
Except for historical information, this announcement contains "forward-
looking" and "Safe Harbor" statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended, Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act
of 1934, as amended and the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995.
CONTACT: Kim Francis
MARC Public Relations
412-562-1186
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CONTACT: Kim Francis, MARC Public Relations, +1-412-562-1186, or
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Web site: http://www.checkers.com/