Louisville, KY (October 19, 2005) – Roush Racing: DRIVER X will premiere this Monday, October 24^th at 8pm Eastern Time on the Discovery Channel, part one of the thirteen part high energy series. The show will feature 23 tenacious young men, including Louisville, Kentucky’s own Chuck Barnes Jr., and two determined young women. Two 3,400-pound race trucks with 750 horsepower. Two tough racetracks, seventeen judges including legendary team owner Jack Roush, scrutinizing their every move for the prize of a fully sponsored ride on the Roush Racing Team on the 2006 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series.

"Only Discovery Channel can put viewers into the passenger seat of a race truck at top speed as well as into the evaluation room where the real decisions, and drivers’ futures are made," said Jane Root, General Manager for Discovery Channel. "Each episode will give viewers a never before seen look into what goes on behind the scenes, from the science of the race trucks to the determination of the athletes in the nation’s number one spectator sport."

The Discovery Channel was granted unprecedented access to the closely guarded competition to show viewers, for the first time ever, what happens on the track and off in Jack Roush’s "Gong Show". The grueling three-week contest was a battery of rapid succession test that challenged the competitor’s physical and mental strengths, as well as their media savvy and fan appeal. On the track, drivers competed on two of the most challenging tracks on the NASCAR circuit – Martinsville Speedway and Darlington Raceway (known as "The Track too Tough to Tame") Viewers will be able to buckle up for the 150mph rides with the aid of on-board HDTV cameras that recorded all the competitors laps.

While drivers must make split-second decisions and endure extreme temperatures inside the race vehicle, they must also endure extreme situations off the track includes hours of sponsor and fan related activities such as signing autographs, making commercials, question and answer sessions with the press, and speaking in front of large groups and doing all those while maintaining their composure and constantly keeping a smile on their face.

Film footage was not only taken at the tracks but also at each driver’s race shop, home and around their hometowns. Follow all the action and the drama through out all thirteen weeks, and see how the 2004 CRA Super Series Champion Chuck Barnes Jr. does in his national television debut. Additional information on the show is available at www.discovery.com.

More information is available on Chuck Barnes Jr. at www.chuckbarnesjr.com.