NEIL BROWN FINISHES SECOND IN NORTHEAST REGION OF THE NASCAR WEEKLY RACING SERIES PRESENTED BY DODGE

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (September 26, 2002) - Neil Brown, of Acme, Pa., captured his second consecutive Late Model track championship at Jennerstown (Pa.) Speedway and has been invited to represent the Speedway at the prestigious NASCAR Weekly Racing Series presented by Dodge awards banquet, Nov. 2 in Nashville. Brown, who recorded six wins and 15 top-five finishes overall, finished second in the series’ Northeast Region standings and will collect more than $20,000 in post-season awards.

The NASCAR Weekly Racing Series presented by Dodge is NASCAR’s national championship program for weekly short track competitors. Eighty participating tracks nationwide are divided into eight geographic regions and a regional championship is decided in each. Regional championships are determined by the Competition Performance Index (CPI), a statistical formula that ranks each driver based on several competitive factors. The eight regional champions are then compared against each other to determine the national champion.

Buck Catalano, of Ontario, N.Y., won this season’s Northeast Region championship competing at Spencer Speedway in Williamson, N.Y. Peter Daniels, of Lebanon, N.H., won the New England Region and national championship after posting 14 victories in Claremont (N.H.) Speedway’s NASCAR Modified division.