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Anderson Regains Points Lead in Slim Jim All Pro Series

Asheboro, N.C. - June 26, 1999 - Wildwood, Fla.'s Wayne Anderson not only
won the $41,000 Arndt & Herman Windows 200 for the Slim Jim All Pro Series,
NASCAR Touring on Saturday night, he regained the series points lead after
being unseated from the top spot last week.  The Jani-King Chevrolet driver
earned $8,465 for the hard-fought victory.

"I can't say enough about Frankie Grill (car owner) and this entire
Jani-King Commercial Cleaning Services team.  Everyone works long and hard
on this team to put a good race car under me and tonight's win shows what
can result from all of their hard work," stated Anderson.

For the second time in 1999 Huntersville, N.C.'s Coy Gibbs grabbed the $300
Bud Pole Award as he drove his MBNA Chevrolet around the 0.455-mile oval in
a time of 16.545 seconds at an average speed of 99.003 mph.  Sharing front
row honors was Anderson who clocked a 16.613-second lap.  Gibbs is now in a
tie with Scott Kilby for the most Bud Pole Awards.

As the 30-car field surged to the start-finish line to begin the 200-lap
contest Anderson grabbed the early lead.  The race was just six laps old
when the first of 10 cautions occurred.  Laurel, Miss.'s Robert Burroughs
spun his Chevrolet in turn one, collecting Centre, Ala.'s Tina Gordon in the
process.  The wayward duo was able to pull away and continue after sheet
metal repairs.  During this caution period many of the lead lap cars pitted
to fulfill their mandatory pit stop requirement but pit road was not the
place to be.

While attempting to exit the pits Nortel Networks Chevrolet driver Hal
Goodson made hard contact with a pit road barrier and was forced to extend
his stay on pit road for nearly 40 laps to effect repairs to the right front
of his race car.  Also hampered by this incident were Steven Howard, Josh
Clemons and rookie Patrick Lawler.  The trio each lost one lap.

The green flag was again displayed on lap 12 and Asheville, N.C.'s Lee
Tissot now paced the field.  The Brinkley Racing Pontiac driver maintained
the top spot through five more caution periods that occurred during the
first 100 laps of the event.  The race's sixth caution produced a scary
moment for Pensacola, Fla.'s Eddie Mercer when he tangled with Statesville,
N.C.'s Scott Kilby as the duo made contact while racing for the third
position coming out of turn two.  Both cars piled into the outside
backstretch wall with Mercer's Phoenix Construction/Eddie Mercer Automotive
SuperCenter Chevrolet nearly flipping over.  Miraculously neither driver was
injured but the same could not be said for their race cars.  Kilby was
forced to pit repeatedly to have his crew make repairs to his Arndt & Herman
Windows Chevrolet while Mercer was able to limp back to pit road where his
car's damages proved to be too severe to continue.

The green flag was again displayed on lap 98 and, with Tissot still leading
and the $400 Gatorade Front Runner Award in site, he proceeded to miss a
shift on the restart and several lead lap cars piled into each other on the
front stretch.  This resulted in an eight minute, 33 second red flag period.
Second place driver Gibbs, David Reutimann, Ron Young and Brian Smith got
the worst of the situation, with all except Gibbs being forced to retire
their machines for the evening.

The race restarted on lap 105 with Billy Bigley, Jr. in the lead but
Anderson quickly overhauled the Peerless Woodworking Chevrolet driver, and
proceeded to grab the Gatorade greenbacks for leading on lap 109, the fifth
consecutive green flag lap after coming out of the caution period.
Anderson then appeared to have things well in hand as he was able to move
out to as much as a five-car-length lead over Sorrento, Fla.'s Ronnie
Burkett.  Burkett closed on Anderson when the leader was having trouble
getting by Goodson on lap 143.  Coming down the front stretch on lap 144
Anderson made contact with Goodson, sending Goodson into a lazy slide.
Burkett seized the opportunity and zipped by both cars on the outside to
take the lead for the first time in 1999.  The Big Daddy's BBQ Sauces &
Spices/Havana Cola Chevrolet driver maintained the lead for 14 laps until
Anderson ran him down and regained the lead with a move to the low side on
lap 158.  From that point forward Anderson maintained the lead until the
checkered flag waved on lap 200.

Burkett earned his fourth second place finish of 1999 while Jeff Fultz
grabbed the third position with a last lap pass on Steven Howard.  Howard
settled for fourth while infrequent competitor Steve Mendenhall earned his
top finish of the season with a strong fifth place run.  Rounding out the
top 10 were Bigley, Tissot, Lawler, rookie Benny Gordon and Kilby.  All but
Kilby finished on the lead lap, with Kilby coming up one lap short, having
completed 199 circuits.

The race was run in one hour, 23 minutes and 20 seconds and Anderson's
winning average speed for his seventh career, and second 1999 win, was 65.52
miles per hour.  There were 17 cars running when the checkered flag waved.
A total of six lead changes took place among five drivers and there were a
total of 10 cautions eating up 51 laps of racing.

As was previously mentioned, Anderson regained the points lead and now leads
Bigley by 35 tallies.  Goodson drops to third, 26 points behind Bigley.
Burkett and Howard continue to hold down the fourth and fifth positions.
For the second consecutive race Colleyville, Tex. driver Patrick Lawler
earned Rookie-of-the-Race honors and his latest rookie honor was well
deserved.  The Manheim's Auto Auctions of Texas Chevrolet driver managed to
regain lead lap status after going down one lap early in the event and he
was able to post an eighth place finish as a result.  Gibbs continues to
lead Rodney Childers in the Rookie-of-the-Year points chase by 11 points.
Lawler trails Childers by seven points.

Augie Grill earned the $300 Jasper Engines & Transmissions
Crew-Chief-of-the-Race honors for the second time in 1999 and is now in a
tie with Goodson's Crew Chief Jimmy King for the category's annual points chase.
Slim Jim All Pro Series teams will now have a month off before their next
event.  This will certainly give them time to repair battered race cars and
bruised egos.  The next event for the Slim Jim All Pro Series is Saturday
night, July 24 as teams return to Caraway Speedway once again.  The Arndt &
Herman Windows 200 will be the 11th event on the 16-race Slim Jim All Pro
Series schedule.