New Egypt, NJ (February 28, 2005) -- New Egypt Speedway management and DIRT MotorSports have reached an agreement that will see New Egypt's fledgling SS Sprint division flying the DIRT sanctioning banner for the 2005 season.

First introduced to New Jersey fans in 2003, New Egypt's SS Sprint division is based on the winged Super Sportsman cars that race with so much success at Pennsylvania's Silver Spring Speedway. Unlike

traditional Sprints, the cars are self-starting -- a huge plus in terms of entertainment value and fan appeal.

"I love these cars -- especially the fact that they're self-starting," said DIRT MotorSports Chief Operating Officer Bobby Hartslief. "This is a concept that we've been trying to promote in the 410 Sprint class. We're excited to add New Egypt's Sprint division to the DIRT fold."

Polled prior to the track's decision to sanction the class, the SS Sprint drivers were overwhelmingly in favor of the move. "I think it's a great benefit to the class. There's no bad side to it," said Mike David, New Egypt's 2003 SS Sprint champion and one of the first supporters of the division. "The DIRT sanction will give us some name recognition in the bigger scheme of things, and may be very beneficial in expanding the class outside New Egypt in the future."

The SS Sprints are scheduled to run 18 shows at New Egypt this year. As part of the DIRT agreement, the track will host a total of three Advance Auto Parts Super DIRT Series special events for the headlining Modified class. The SS Sprints will be showcased as an undercard for those three major races, on Wednesday, June 22, Wednesday, August 24, and during the season-end Legends of the Fall

weekend on September 23-24.

As a DIRT sanctioned division, SS Sprint drivers will purchase a DIRT license rather than a New Egypt pit license, and will be required to run Hoosier spec tires on the rear of the car; any Hoosier tires are

acceptable for the front of the car. As New Egypt promoter Jim Swanson pointed out, "The tires selected will also conform to the rules of Susquehanna and Silver Spring speedways, the two other tracks that run these cars regularly. We're all on the same page, which is good for the racers."

SS Sprint teams will be allotted a grace period of three weeks, to use up their existing inventory of tires.

For further details about the SS Sprint division or New Egypt Speedway's upcoming season, call the track office at (609) 758-1900 or log on to www.newegyptspeedway.net