NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series No Fear Challenge: Fact Sheet

14 October 1997

            1997 NASCAR CRAFTSMAN TRUCK SERIES RACE FACTS

WHAT : No Fear Challenge
       NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Race #24 of 26

WHERE : California Speedway
        Fontana, CA
        2.0-Mile Paved Oval

WHEN :  Saturday, October 18, 1997
        1:00 pm (PDT)

DISTANCE : 200 Miles / 100 Laps
           The race will be run in two segments split by a mandatory pit
             stop.

POSTED AWARDS: $382,369

FIELD : 36 trucks possible. Fastest 32 trucks through time trials. Up to two
provisional starting positions based on 1997 NCTS driver points and two based
on owner point standings.

SANCTION : National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing, Inc. (NASCAR)

PROMOTER : California Speedway Corporation

TV : ESPN2
     Airtime: 4:00 pm (EDT)
     Announcers: Dave Despain and Benny Parsons
     Pit Reporter: Dr. Jerry Punch and Marty Reid

RADIO : NASCAR Truck Network (Live)
        Airtime : 3:45 pm (EDT)
        Announcers : Mike Bagley and Allen Bestwick

SCHEDULE :

Thursday, October 16 - OPTIONAL
              9:00 am : NASCAR Garage Opens
  11:00 am - 12:30 pm : Practice
       2:00 - 3:30 pm : Practice

Friday, October 17
              6:00 am : Registration & Inspection
              9:00 am : Drawing to determine order of qualifying
              9:00 am : Mandatory Rookie Drivers' Meeting
     10:00 - 11:00 am : Practice
      12:30 - 1:30 pm : Practice
              3:00 pm : Time Trials (All Positions)
                  TBD : Final practice following NBS time trials

Sunday, October 18
              7:00 am : Garage Opens
             10:30 am : Mandatory Drivers' Meeting
                        NOTE: NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series registration
                        closes two hours prior to race time.

THE RACE: The California Speedway track is a 2-mile asphalt oval course with 14
degrees of banking in the corners, 11 degrees of banking on the front straight
and 3 degrees on the back straight. This will be the first NASCAR Craftsman
Truck Series event at this facility.
 
RECORDS: Qualifying - TBD
 
         Race - TBD
 
PARTICIPATING AWARDS SPONSORS : Craftsman Tools, Chevy Trucks,
Goodyear Tires, Accel Plug Wires, AE Clevite, Anheuser-Busch, Auto
Meter Products, Auto Ventshade Company, Bilstein Shocks, Champion
Spark Plugs, Cintas, Competition Cams, Crane Cams, Dodge Ram Trucks,
Earl's Performance Products, Edelbrock Intake Manifolds, Featherlite
Trailers, Fel-Pro Gaskets, Ford Motor Company, Gatorade, Goodyear
Belts & Hoses, Griffin Radiators, Hella Lights, Holley Performance
Products, Hurst Performance Shifters, Hutcherson-Pagan Enterprises, JE
Pistons, Jesel, Inc., Lawson Products, Mallory Distributors, MCI,
Mechanix Wear, Moog Automotive, MSD Ignitions, Plasti-Kote Spray
Paint, Precision Gear, Raybestos Brakes, Russell Performance Products,
Simpson Helmets, Spicer Drive Line, STP Oil Treatment, Tilton
Engineering, Unocal 76 Gasoline, Wiseco Pistons, Wix Air Filters.