O'Reilly 300

April 16, 2005
Fort Worth, TX

Derrike will be at the wheel of the #28 Ford car for Jay Robinson Racing in Texas. RadioShack along with Motorola, Olympus, Whistle, and Magellan will be the sponsors.

The nation's most trusted consumer electronics specialty retailer and one of NASCAR Busch Series racing's most trusted car owners will join forces for Saturday's O'Reilly 300 at the 1.5-mile Texas Motor Speedway.

RadioShack Corporation (NYSE: RSH) will ride with driver Derrike Cope and the #28 Jay Robinson Racing Ford for the second time this season after sponsoring the team in the season-opening NASCAR Busch Series race at Daytona (Fla.) International Speedway. Cope, winner of the 1990 Daytona 500, will drive the RadioShack Ford. In addition, four other RadioShack supporters – Motorola, Olympus, Whistle and Magellan – will be prominently identified on the car.

"When a high-quality corporation like RadioShack wants to be part of your effort – even for a single race – that's a pretty nice pat on the back," said Cope, who is widely-recognized as one of the top marketing minds among drivers in NASCAR.

"RadioShack obviously recognizes the brand loyalty of NASCAR fans, which is evident in their sponsorship of the Nextel Cup race on Sunday at Texas, and they understand the tremendous fan support the Jay Robinson Racing team receives," Cope added. "This is a great way for them to get additional nationwide exposure for the entire weekend among the best fans in any sport anywhere."

Owner Robinson and driver Cope are considered two of the best business minds among competitors in NASCAR racing. The pair has raced together in the Busch Series for a couple of years. Cope also competes in NASCAR's Nextel Cup Series, where he is a two-time race winner. The pair work together, and their marketing savvy has gained the attention of fellow teams, as well as corporate entities throughout the country.

Fort Worth, Texas-based RadioShack Corporation is the nation's most trusted consumer electronics specialty retailer of wireless communications, electronic parts, batteries and accessories as well as other digital technology products and services. With nearly 7,000 stores nationwide, it is estimated that 94 percent of all Americans live or work within five minutes of a RadioShack store or dealer. This is the fourth year that RadioShack has teamed up with Samsung to sponsor the Samsung/RadioShack 500 at the Texas Motor Speedway.

In the first practice, Derrike was 35th fastest with a time of 29.540 and speed of 182.803.

In qualifying, Derrike had his fastest lap of 29.687 with speed of 181.898. At the end of the round, Derrike will be starting in 38th position.

Derrike started the race in 38th position and finished in 22nd position. Later Johnny Sauter was disqualified so Derrike finished in 21st position.

As a result of their 21st place finish in Saturday's race Derrike advanced two positions in the driver point standings. Derrike provided an overview of Saturday's run. "Coming off of Bristol where we were first out of the field with a broken motor, we really turned things around at Texas. We were pleased to have a productive run for RadioShack. All in all it was a good day for the #28 team. We were a little loose in qualifying and that hurt our time. In the race, Terry and the guys did a good job. The car was well prepared and exhibited positive handling characteristics. We leased a Carl Wagner engine and it really ran well. It clearly was the best power plant that we have had under the hood this year. We were able to pass a lot of good cars on the track and demonstrated that we have the capability of being competitive. We did have a small problem in the pits under green. Absent that, we were probably a top twenty car."