PRESS PASS® OPTIMA 2005

• CORPORATE CUTS memorabilia cards- 9 Drivers to Collect!
• SIGNATURE SERIES autographed LUGNUT memorabilia cards
• PRESS PASS SIGNINGS AUTOGRAPH CARDS
• Short Printed NNC Base Card Variations - Chase for the NEXTEL Cup Finalists!
• Comprehensive Base Set - NNC, NBS, & NCTS drivers as well as subsets that provide insight into NASCAR favorites
  
  ELECTRIFYING INSERTS
  
• Corporate Cuts - NEW FOR 2005! Cards feature driver-worn shirts (e.g., polo, twill styles) with sponsor logos from 9 of the top teams in NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Racing with distinct hobby and retail versions to collect. Hobby 1:168; Retail 1:240.
• Top Prospects - Race-used memorabilia cards (gloves, shoes, and tires) from current drivers in the NASCAR Busch Series who are expected to climb quickly in the ranks of NASCAR…1:98 (Hobby Only)
• Thunder Bolts SIGNATURE SERIES - genuine race-used lugnut slices with authentic autographs of 6 of NASCAR's brightest stars; numbered to the drivers' door number (Hobby Only).
• Press Pass® Signings - Year-long certified autograph program that includes over sixty of yesterday, today and tomorrow's stars of NASCAR (1:84) Hobby, (1:144) Retail; PRESS PASS PLATINUM SIGNINGS - Special foil board version of Press Pass Signings found in both Hobby and Retail (sequentially numbered to 100); PRESS PASS GOLD SIGNINGS -gold stamped version signed in gold metallic pen - extremely rare (Hobby Only, sequentially numbered to 50)
• Press Pass® Signings Contest - Enter to win a complete set of Press Pass® Signings Autograph cards featuring over 60 NASCAR drivers and legends…1:28
• New for 2005! Short Printed NNC Base Card Variations- only the finalists for the NASCAR NEXTEL CUP Series Chase for the NEXTEL Cup are designated with the official logo...1:14
• Dale Earnhardt Victory Series - Chronicling all 76 of Dale Earnhardt's wins, these mini cards feature victory photography dating back to Earnhardt's first NASCAR Cup win in 1979 at Bristol…1:72.
• Q&A - Learn more about 9 top drivers on this foil etched question and answer card…1:8
• Cool Persistence - 12 drivers make cool moves on this holofoil card…1:6
• G-Force - 6 drivers and teams work together to propel themselves to a top finish on this embossed silver foil card…1:12
• Fan Favorite - Die-cut 27-card "set-within-a-set" …1:2
• Gold Edition Parallel - Gold foil stamped version of the 100 base cards sequentially numbered to 100.
  
  YEAR LONG PROGRAMS

• TRIPLE Burner - Back by popular demand in 2005, Triple Burner can only be found in hobby packs, with cards featuring all of the top teams including Jeff Gordon and Dale Earnhardt Jr. These cards showcase authentic pieces of the drivers' race-used tire, sheet metal and lugnuts embedded in a single trading card. This twelve-card insert is part of a year-long continuity program throughout all Press Pass brands where only 100 sequentially numbered cards of each driver will be released; 14 cards each of twelve different drivers will be found in this product.
• DOUBLE Burner - Double Burner, found only in retail packs, features cards of all of the top teams including Jimmie Johnson and Kurt Busch. These cards showcase authentic pieces of the drivers' race-used firesuit and glove embedded in a single trading. This twelve-card insert is part of a year-long continuity program throughout all Press Pass brands where only 100 sequentially numbered cards of each driver will be released; 14 cards each of ten different drivers will be found in this product.
• Total Memorabilia Power Pick Contest - Another year-long continuity program continues in Optima 2005 and allows collectors to enter a drawing to win all memorabilia cards (hobby and retail versions) of a specific driver/team produced in all 2005 Press Pass products. Five winners will be drawn of each of the ten drivers. (1:200 packs)