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"COPPER WORLD" OPENS 2005 NATIONAL MIDGET SLATE
SPRINT CARS KICK OFF 2005 CAMPAIGN AT ELDORA APRIL 2

by Dick Jordan

(JANUARY 10, 2005) The 2005 USAC National racing schedule kicks off January 29-30 with the 28th "Copper World Classic" at Phoenix (Ariz.) International Raceway and is targeted for a late-November conclusion. The preliminary National schedules released today include old and new venues and numerous "traditional" races as USAC's enters its Golden Anniversary season, expected to be its most ambitious ever in terms of total events.

The National and Western Midget Car Series combine for the "Copper World" opener, while the Valvoline USAC National Sprint Cars make their 2005 debut at Tony Stewart's Eldora Speedway in Rossburg, Ohio.

The National Midget calendar again includes traditional races like the Copper World, Night Before the 500, Buckeye Nationals, Belleville Midget Nationals, Hut Hundred, Four Crown Nationals and Turkey Night Grand Prix, while the Sprint Car slate includes the Don-Branson/Jud Larson Classic, Glen Niebel Classic, Rich Vogler Classic, Border Wars, Tony Hulman Classic, Little 500, Buckeye Nationals, Valvoline Indiana Sprint Week,
Mopar Thunder, Joe James/Pat O'Connor Classic, Four Crown Nationals, Perris Oval Nationals and Western World Open.

New to the 2005 Midget schedule are the National Midget Hall of Fame Classic in Sun Prairie, Wisc. August 27, as well as a return to the Lawrenceburg (Ind.) Speedway and Mansfield (Ohio) Motorsports Park. The Sprint Cars will return to the Winchester (Ind.) Speedway, Mansfield (Ohio) Motorsports Park and Lake Erie Speedway in North East, Pa. as well as visiting the famed Milwaukee Mile on August 27.

The 2005 schedules are continuing to be finalized and are subject to additions or changes as the season progresses.

2005 Valvoline USAC National Sprint Car Series Schedule

April 2 ­ Rossburg, OH
April 10 ­ Anderson, IN
April 24 ­ Winchester, IN
April 29 - Gas City, IN ­ Border Wars
April 30 ­ Rossburg, OH ­ Border Wars
May 7 ­ Beaver Dam, WI
May 14 ­ Terre Haute, IN
May 25 ­ Anderson, IN
May 28 ­ Anderson, IN (SE)
May 29 ­ Rossburg, OH
6/9 ­ Indianapolis, IN (IRP)
6/12 ­ Winchester, IN
6/17 ­ Lima, OH ­ Buckeye Nationals
6/18 ­ Rossburg, OH ­ Buckeye Nationals
6/24 ­ Richmond, VA
7/8 ­ Toledo, OH
7/9 ­ Mansfield, OH
7/14 ­ North Vernon, IN ­ Valvoline Indiana Sprint Week
7/15 ­ Bloomington, IN ­ Valvoline Indiana Sprint Week
7/16 ­ Putnamville, IN ­ Valvoline Indiana Sprint Week
7/17 ­ Haubstadt, IN ­ Valvoline Indiana Sprint Week
7/20 ­ Gas City, IN ­ Valvoline Indiana Sprint Week
7/21 ­ Lawrenceburg, IN ­ Valvoline Indiana Sprint Week
7/22 ­ Terre Haute, IN ­ Valvoline Indiana Sprint Week
8/6 ­ Rossburg, IN
8/13 ­ Salem, IN
8/27 ­ Milwaukee, WI
9/17 ­ North East, PA
9/23-24 ­ Rossburg, OH
10/1 ­ Terre Haute, IN
10/12 ­ Charlotte, NC
11/3 - Perris, CA
11/4 ­ Perris, CA
11/5 ­ Perris, CA
11/10-12 ­ Phoenix, AZ

2005 USAC National Midget Car Series Schedule

1/29-30 ­ Phoenix, AZ ­ National/Western
5/7 ­ Beaver Dam, WI
5/28 ­ Indianapolis, IN (IRP)
6/17 ­ Lima, OH ­ Buckeye Nationals
6/18 ­ Rossburg, OH ­ Buckeye Nationals
7/3 ­ Fountain, CO
7/8 ­ Toledo, OH
7/9 - Mansfield, OH
7/22-23 ­ Milwaukee, WI
7/26 ­ Lincoln, NE ­ National/Western
7/29 ­ Belleville, KS ­ National/Western
7/30 ­ Belleville, KS ­ National/Western
8/13 ­ Salem, IN
8/18 ­ Lawrenceburg, IN
8/19 ­ Gas City, IN
8/20 ­ Terre Haute, IN
8/27 ­ Sun Prairie, WI
9/10 ­ Anderson, IN
9/23-24 ­ Rossbrug, OH
11/19 ­ TBA ­ National/Western
11/24 ­ TBA ­ National/Western
11/26 ­ TBA ­ National/Western
12/29 ­ Fort Wayne, IN (SE-I)
12/30 ­ Fort Wayne, IN (SE-I)

(SE-I)=Special Event, Indoors

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