Brady Smith Racing will Follow the
NARA Late Model Dirt Series

The Brady Smith Racing team announced today that they will follow the NARA Late Model Dirt Series in 2006 and compete for the National Championship and Rookie of the Year titles. The Solon Springs, Wisconsin-based team currently finds themselves thirteenth in the series point standings following the three point races at the East Bay (FL) Raceway Park in early February. The national Dirt Late Model series has a current schedule that features thirty-five events at twenty-four different facilities in seventeen states.

Brady has been waiting since Florida for official confirmation that he would be eligible for the Rookie of the Year chase. The driver of the AMSOIL #2 MasterSbilt from Mars / Pro Power Monte Carlo finished third in the rookie race last year, while only competing in 55% of the series events. According to the NARA Late Model Dirt Series rule book, one of the criteria to be eligible for Rookie of the Year status is that a driver not finish in the top two in rookie points with the series. Brady passed that test and several other criteria and is thus eligible for a serious Rookie of the Year title run in 2006.

"I was happy to hear this week that I was finally deemed eligible to run for Rookie of the Year with the NARA Series in 2006," stated Brady today via telephone. "We really didn't run for it last year, as we just ran 55% of their races last season. It just happened that they only had two serious contenders and we ran enough races with them to finish third. I am looking forward to chasing the series on a full-time basis this year and representing AMSOIL and all of my other sponsors in first class fashion.

The NARA Series has a good television package and a great group of drivers assembled for this year. Hopefully, we can be competitive all year long and be a threat for both the Championship and Rookie of the Year honors."

The driver known as "The Deuce" is scheduled to hit the dirt again March 25 at the famed Eldora Speedway in Rossburg, Ohio. Brady will be using the $2,000 to win, Sunoco American Late Model Series (ALMS) event as a warm-up to the 'Dream 100' and 'World 100' held at Eldora later in the year. The next NARA Late Model Dirt Series event will be held on Saturday, April 1 at the legendary Brownstown Speedway in Brownstown, Indiana. A $10,000 payday is on the line at the 1/4-mile, semi-banked oval in the annual running of the 'Indiana Icebreaker.' More information on these two events will be available in future press releases.

Keep up with "The Deuce" all year long by visiting his official Internet home, located at bradysmithracing.com.

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