HOOTERS PRO CUP QUICK FACTS

Sears Auto Center 250 Fast Facts

• The Championship Series, which began in 2001, is a living tribute to the 1992 Winston Cup Champion Alan Kulwicki, Dan Duncan, Charlie Campbell and Mark Brooks, son of the late Hooters of America CEO Bob Brooks, who were killed in a plane crash on their way to Bristol, Tennessee on April 1, 1993.
• Fifty-five drivers have qualified for the season-ending Championship Series. The criterion for qualifying was to be inside the top 30 in points and competed in at least half of the regular-season events.
• Only two times in the history of the Championship Series has the overall champion come in with less than a No. 1 seeding.
• This will be the fifth Championship Series event and the 11th Hooters Pro Cup race held at Mansfield Motorsports Park since 2003.
• The drivers have picked up their first Hooters Pro Cup wins at Mansfield. Derek Kale scored made his first trip to Victory Lane earlier this season at MMP; Joey Logano grabbed his first Hooters Pro Cup win in 2005 at MMP; and Eric Corbett scored his lone Hooters Pro Cup win in 2003.
• Benny Gordon is the only driver to win from the pole at Mansfield. In 2004, Gordon started from the pole and dominated, leading 146 laps, en route to victory.
• Bobby Gill’s win in last year’s Championship Series event at MMP was the furthest any winner has come from to grab the victory. Gill started 29th.
• Joey Logano led just 27 laps in his 2005 win at MMP. That was the least amount of laps led by any winner in the 10 races at MMP. Gordon’s 146 laps led is the most any winner has paced the field.
• On average, the winner has led 82.2 laps and has a starting average of 9.6.
• Clay Rogers and Benny Gordon are the only No. 1 seeds to win at Mansfield Motorsports Park. Rogers went onto win the title after his 2006 win, but Gordon finished second in the final standings after his 2004 win at MMP.

Participating Special Award Sponsors:
Awesome Awnings Pole Award ($1,000)
Lucas Oil Products Halfway Leader Award ($1,000)
Miller Lite Beer Rookie of the Race Award ($1,000)
Aaron’s "Do the Math" Award ($500)
Longhorn Win from the Pole ($500)
Greased Lighting “Clean Team Award” ($500)
Comp Cams “Engine Builder of the Race”

Official Series Sponsors
Hooters • Miller Lite • BFGoodrich Tires • Sears Auto Center • Greased Lightning • Aaron’s Sales & Lease • Longhorn • Lucas Oil • Sunoco Race Fuels • Awesome Awnings • Pepsi • Racing Electronics • Crane Cams Ignition • iCard • Club Car • Fatheadz Sunglasses • TriStar Racewear • Wraps INK

Participating Contingency Award Sponsors:
Automotive Specialists • Auto Meter • Brown and Miller Racing Solutions • Brodix Cylinder Heads • Crane Cams • Crane Ignitions • Comp Cams • Eaton Corporation (Detroit Locker) Edelbrock • Eibach Springs • Five Star Bodies Fuel Safe • Gaerte Engines • Hawk Performance • Heintz Performance • Hess Racing Products • Holley Performance • Impact Racing Products • JE Pistons • K & N Filters • Kool Mat • Longacre Racing Products •Pro Systems Brake Solution • Quarter Master • RE Suspension • Leavitt Racing Components • Tex Racing • Trailers of the East Coast • Whelen Engineering

United Speed Alliance Racing Media Relations Policies & Procedures:
The USAR Department of Media Relations will be more than happy to assist you with your coverage of our Hooters Pro Cup Series. We will provide you information you need to cover our Series and/or race events. USAR can email you all pre-race, race weekend and post-race information. If you would like to receive this information via fax, please call Paul Warner at (843) 390-4224 to arrange fax information. The office fax number is (843) 390-4225.

If you wish to contact a driver or representative of the Series for interviews, radio call-ins, and television interviews you can call Paul Warner for assistance in arranging any needed interviews. USAR provides approved Media Outlets pictures for use in editorial copy. These images are provided free of charge to your media outlet by USAR. All images must be used for editorial copy only. Any use of image provided by USAR for advertising purposes must be arranged with Kathy Bond, the official photographer of the Hooters Pro Cup Series. Please contact Paul Warner for assistance. Any television outlet wishing to have race highlights sent to your office should contact Paul Warner at USAR for assistance and MUST contact the office of Media Relations by Wednesday afternoon prior to the race weekend highlights will be needed. USAR respectfully requests the office please return the tape to USAR after use. If a television outlets wishes to receive the highlights via VYVX line or via satellite, please contact USAR for more information.