Busch North Series to implement new rules to ensure more competitive racing


DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (July 27, 2005) - In a move that is expected to improve
competition and create more side-by-side racing action, NASCAR has
instituted two significant changes in the NASCAR Grand National Division,
which includes the Busch North Series and West Series.

NASCAR Grand National Division (Busch North Series and West Series) races
will now feature "double-file" restarts after any caution periods. The cars
will be aligned in two rows, in the order they were running when the caution
period began. Any lapped cars will be placed at the rear of the field, also
in double-file formation.

In addition to changing the restart procedure, NASCAR Grand National
Division officials will also institute a "beneficiary" rule, which allows
the first driver off the lead lap to return to the last position on the lead
lap, under caution. This rule has been instituted to give competitors a
break if their car is just a little off the pace, as well as ensure more
orderly caution periods and restarts.

Previously, NASCAR Grand National Division events utilized "single-file"
restarts, in which the lead-lap cars were lined up in a single line with the
leader alone at the front. Any lapped cars were lined up separately on the
inside row.

"We have instituted these changes in an effort to improve the competition in
the Grand National Division," said Don Hawk, NASCAR Director of Regional
Racing Development. "These changes give more competitors the chance to race
wheel-to-wheel, fender-to-fender and have a more exciting product for the
fans.

"I believe it gives more drivers a chance to be on the lead lap, it gets the
lapped cars away from the leaders and allows both groups a race within a
race," said Hawk. "The rule is known as the 'beneficiary' rule but it's the
fans who should be the real benefactors as more cars should stay in
contention, on the lead lap or at least have a chance. On some race tracks,
going down a lap has basically ruined someone's night under the old
procedures.

"It is another phase of changing our competition model," added Hawk. "We
have been gathering as much information and as many ideas as possible, to
continue to provide the competitive NASCAR racing that our fans have come to
expect."

The Busch North Series will implement these changes at its next event, July
30 at Adirondack International Speedway in Beaver Falls, N.Y. The West
Series will also be in action July 30, at Evergreen Speedway in Monroe,
Wash., and will implement these changes to its race procedures