BUSCH: 2006 Awards ceremony date set

DATES, SITES SET FOR NASCAR NATIONAL SERIES AWARDS CEREMONIES

* NASCAR Busch Series, NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series shows going to Disney World

* NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series returns to Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in New York

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (May 17, 2006) -- While the 2006 NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series champion and the rest of the Chase for the NASCAR NEXTEL Cup competitors will celebrate on familiar ground at the world-famous Waldorf-Astoria hotel in New York at season's end, the top teams in NASCAR's other two national series will be "going to Disney World."

On Dec. 1, the NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Awards Ceremony will again take place at the venerable Waldorf in Midtown Manhattan, which first hosted the ceremony in 1981. The following week, on Dec. 8 and Dec. 10, the champions of the NASCAR Busch Series and NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series will be feted at Disney's Grand Floridian Resort in Orlando, Fla. The 867-room Victorian-themed Grand Floridian resort is just outside the gates of Disney's Magic Kingdom theme park on the grounds of Walt Disney World.

The 2006 NASCAR Busch Series Awards Ceremony will earn a special place in history, as it will apply the finishing touches on a year-long celebration of the series' 25th anniversary season.

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