Checkers Drive-In Restaurants, Inc. Awards $80,000 to Checkers(R)/Rally's(R) Indy 500(R) Pit Stop Challenge Winners
27.05.2005, 09:12
TAMPA, Fla., May 27 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Checkers Drive-In Restaurants, Inc. (Nasdaq: CHKR - News), the Official Burger of the Indy 500®, part of the IRL IndyCar(TM) Series, today awarded a cash purse of $80,000 to the winners of the Checkers®/Rally's® Pit Stop Challenge. The winning team, Marlboro Team Penske, took home $30,000 in prize money. The remaining purse was divided among the other 11 competing teams based on their performance during the challenge.
The Pit Stop Challenge has been an Indy 500 race-week tradition for more than 28 years. Checkers/Rally's has been the title sponsor of the Challenge since 2003.
In addition to the Checkers/Rally's Pit Stop Challenge, the Company is the category-exclusive sponsor of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, and the Official Burger of the Indianapolis 500 and the Brickyard 400®, a NASCAR® Winston Cup Series event. The double drive-thru chain is also the Official Drive-Thru Restaurant and Official Burger of NASCAR, as well as several International Speedway Corporation facilities: Daytona International Speedway, Richmond International Raceway, Michigan International Speedway, and Homestead-Miami Speedway.
Checkers Drive-In Restaurants, Inc.
Checkers Drive-In Restaurants, Inc. ( http://www.checkers.com ) is the largest double drive-through restaurant chain in the United States. The Company develops, produces, owns, operates and franchises quick service "double drive-thru" restaurants.
Indianapolis Motor Speedway
The Indianapolis Motor Speedway was built in 1909 and is the international leader in motorsports entertainment. Home since 1911 to the Indianapolis 500, the world's largest single day sporting event, the Speedway also hosts the Brickyard 400 NASCAR Winston Cup race and the United States Grand Prix Formula One race, two of the largest single day sporting events in the world. The Speedway property includes the Hall of Fame Museum, the Brickyard Crossing 18- hole championship golf course and the Brickyard Crossing Inn.
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.