DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (Feb. 9, 2005) – Blake Feese will enter the Feb. 12 Automobile Racing Club of America (ARCA) season-opener at Daytona International Speedway as part of Hendrick Motorsports’ driver development program.

An accomplished sprint-car driver, Feese, 23, earned top-10 finishes in each of his four ARCA starts last season, including two wins.

The Saybrook, Ill., native will pilot the No. 94 ditech.com Chevrolet at Daytona -- the same car he drove to Victory Lane at Talladega (Ala.) Superspeedway in ARCA’s 2004 season finale in October.

Since its inception in April 2004, the Hendrick Motorsports driver development program has accounted for three first-place finishes and 10 top-10 results in 10 ARCA races with drivers Blake Feese, Kyle Krisiloff and Boston Reid.

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Delphi is a major-associate sponsor of the NEXTEL Cup Series No. 5 Chevrolets driven by rookie Kyle Busch. For more information, visit Delphi.com.