Salem, IN (September 3, 2008) – Current NASCAR Sprint Cup point’s leader Kyle Busch and NASCAR Nationwide Series driver David Stremme both officially became the first two entries for the 37^th Annual Winchester 400 Presented By Ed Martin Auto Group and Renegade on Sunday, October 12^th. Those two NASCAR stars along with the best late model drivers in the country will be competing for a possible $27,000 plus payoff in one of the most prestigious short track events in the country.

Busch will be traveling with David Stremme from Charlotte, North Carolina on Sunday morning October 12^th after competing in the NASCAR Sprint Cup event at Lowe’s Motor Speedway on Saturday night, October 11^th. Both Busch and Stremme will get some limited practice laps that Sunday at Winchester Speedway, but since they will miss qualifying for the event on that Saturday, they will have to start the event as Promoters Options on the tail of the field.

Busch currently holds a 208-point lead over Carl Edwards in the Cup standings heading into the weekends event at Richmond for Joe Gibbs Racing. Busch has scored a record 18 victories in NASCAR’s top three series so far this season including eight Cup wins, seven Nationwide wins and three NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series wins. Busch got a late model win with the ASA Midwest Series at the Milwaukee Mile on August 24^th.

This will be the fourth CRA Super Series event that Busch has competed in at Winchester Speedway. In 2002 Busch competed in the Car Brite 200, but a broken wheel early in the event put Busch down four laps. Busch was able to make up three of those laps and managed a ninth place finish, the first car one lap down. In 2003 Busch returned to Winchester to compete in the CRA Super Series sanctioned Car Brite Winchester 400, Busch’s day ended on lap 130 from damage in an accident. Busch returned last year to again compete in the Winchester 400, Busch’s day ended on lap 85 after a broken wheel sheared off the wheel studs on the right rear of his #51 late model. Busch’s goal is to get his name on the Winchester 400 winners T-shirt that is printed for every event.

Stremme, the popular South Bend, Indiana native, raced many times at Winchester

Speedway during the development of his career while racing with the CRA Super Series and the American Speed Association. Stremme is also a former track record holder at Winchester and has a CRA Super Series victory at the similarly high-banked Salem Speedway. Stremme is a long time friend of Winchester Speedway owner Charlie Shaw, who helped Stremme in his early days of late model racing. Stremme is currently 12^th in NASCAR Nationwide Series points driving for car owner Rusty Wallace. Stremme was signed earlier this year as a test driver for Penske Racing and was named today as the replacement for Ryan Newman in Penske’s #12 Cup car in 2009.

In last years Winchester 400 Stremme came from his 35^th place starting position to lead laps 165 through 215, and then lead again from lap 277 until lap 310, giving the lead to eventual winner Ryan Lawler after making a pit stop. Stremme would hang on to finish third, the last car on the lead lap, even

Photo courtesy Penske Racing.

after his car’s handling went away when his left rear wheel started coming loose after losing three lug nuts while charging from the rear of the lead laps cars after pitting.

The 37^th Annual Winchester 400 Presented By Ed Martin Auto Group and Renegade will pay the winner $12,000, plus another possible $10,000 will be available in lap leader bonus money. There will also be a $3,700 bonus available to any former Winchester 400 winner or non CRA Super Series regular if they can win the 37^th Annual Winchester 400 and $3000 in traveling bonuses to the top three finishing non-series regulars. Entry forms for the Winchester 400 and additional series information is available at www.craracing.net or contact the CRA office at 812-883-0455.

The 37^th Annual Winchester 400 Weekend Presented By Ed Martin Auto Group and Renegade will take place on Friday, Saturday and Sunday, October 10^th, 11^th and 12^th with racing action from the Vore's Welding & Steel CRA FWD Compacts, CRA Street Stocks, Howe CRA Sportsman Series and The Run For The Gun Shootout between the American Modified and the O’Reilly USA Modified Series in addition to the 37^th Annual Winchester 400 Presented By Ed Martin Auto Group and Renegade. For additional information and to purchase advance tickets go to www.winchesterspeedway.com.