Rusty Wallace Forces Three-Way Tie for the Checkers(R)/Rally's(R) Double Drive-Thru Challenge No. 2 Miller Lite(R) Team Battles It Out for the $100,000 Grand Prize LONG POND, Pa., July 25 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- #2 Miller Lite(R) Team with driver Rusty Wallace was awarded $10,000 for winning the Checkers(R)/Rally's(R) Double Drive-Thru Challenge at the Pennsylvania 500(R) on July 25 with a pit-road-service time of 262.195 seconds, forcing a three- way tie for the coveted $100,000 grand prize. (Photo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20050725/FLM022 Logos: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20020528/CHECKERSLOGO http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20020528/RALLYSLOGO ) Twenty races into the 2005 NASCAR(R) NEXTEL(R) Cup Series season, the #2 Miller Lite Team is tied with driver Ryan Newman's #12 ALLTEL(R) Team and driver Tony Stewart's #20 Home Depot(R) Team with four wins each. The challenge has also created a race within the race between the two Penske Racing South teams, the No. 12 and the No. 2. "Shortly after the halfway point, we had a problem on a pit stop, but the guys got everything worked out and were awesome the rest of the day," said driver Rusty Wallace. "Track position is everything. It was a two-tire stop that got us in the lead and led to our best finish of this season." Wallace also captured the Checkers/Rally's Double Drive-Thru Challenge at the Auto Club 500(R), the Advance Auto Parts 500(R), and the Coca-Cola 600(R). "The $100,000 Checkers/Rally's grand prize offers a great incentive for our teams to keep improving their pit times throughout the season, and it wouldn't surprise me to see our third team vying for it as well," said Penske Racing South President Don Miller. "To be known as the fastest NASCAR pit crew for an entire season is quite an honor." "Our NASCAR relationship is very important to our restaurant traffic and franchise growth," said Richard S. Turer, Vice President of Marketing at Checkers Drive-In Restaurants, Inc. "It's great to have the opportunity to award both the pit crews and drivers who together make the teams successful, and we're pleased that the Checkers/Rally's Double Drive-Thru Challenge has been so well-embraced." As the Official Burger and Drive-Thru Restaurant of NASCAR(R), Checkers/Rally's recognizes the NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series team with the best pit road performance each week with a $10,000 prize. At the end of the season, Checkers/Rally's will award the $100,000 grand prize to the team that garners the most Checkers/Rally's Double Drive-Thru Challenge wins throughout the race season. Checkers/Rally's Double Drive-Thru Challenge offers one of the richest weekly contingency awards in NASCAR. The Double Drive-Thru Challenge focuses on the team element of the race that is integral to successful performances each week. Checkers/Rally's Double Drive-Thru Challenge takes place at all 36 NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series point races. To win, teams must finish on the lead lap while spending the least amount of time in pit lane. For all the details on the Checkers/Rally's Double Drive-Thru Challenge, log on to http://www.checkers.com/nascar/index.html . The multi-year NASCAR and International Speedway Corporation sponsorships are contracted through Checkers/Rally's NPF, Inc. About Checkers Drive-In Restaurants, Inc. Checkers Drive-In Restaurants, Inc. ( http://www.checkers.com/ ) is the largest double drive-thru restaurant chain in the United States. The Company develops, produces, owns, operates and franchises quick-service Checkers and Rally's double drive-thru restaurants. Checkers/Rally's is the Official Burger and Drive-Thru Restaurant of NASCAR. In 2005, the Company received the Nation's Restaurant News Hot! Again Award for its sizzling business performance. About NASCAR The National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing (NASCAR) has a broad reach with 1,800 racing events in 36 states (as well as Canada and Mexico) at more than 110 tracks. Among major professional sports, NASCAR ranks number one in corporate involvement and per-event attendance, and number two in network television viewership with NASCAR sanctioned racing being broadcast in over 150 countries. The sanctioning body for stock car racing is headquartered in Daytona Beach, Fla., with offices in Charlotte, Concord, NC, Los Angeles, New York, Mexico City and Toronto. Except for historical information, this announcement contains "forward- looking" and "Safe Harbor" statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended and the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20050725/FLM022 http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20020528/CHECKERSLOGO http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20020528/RALLYSLOGO http://photoarchive.ap.org/ DATASOURCE: Checkers Drive-In Restaurants, Inc. CONTACT: Dan Donovan, MARC Public Relations, +1-412-562-2079, or , for Checkers Drive-In Restaurants Web site: http://www.checkers.com/ http://www.checkers.com/nascar/index.html

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