November 20 - After a heated year-long battle between reigning G2 Auto Racing Champion Griffin Motorsports and FBG Racing, G2 Auto Racing has a new Champion. With the help of a stellar year by Team Captain Tony Stewart, FBG Racing managed to hold on to a marginal points lead during the last few races of the season to become the 2005 G2 Auto Racing NASCAR Cup Series Champion. "I was on the edge of my seat until the final lap," says FBG Racing founder and CEO Frank Gordon. "Every week since the [NASCAR] Chase began, I watched Griffin Motorsports cut into an already meager points lead. I think it was as low as 10 or 11 points at one time, which can dissolve in a second in this sport. But Tony [Stewart] took it easy and Jeff [Gordon] stepped it up a notch, and in the end we came out on top. I'm really proud of my guys and can't wait until next season."

It was a season of ups and downs for both G2 Teams. Champion Griffin Motorsports was coming off of an extremely strong season, with Team Captain Dale Earnhardt, Jr. winning 6 races and driver Jimmie Johnson winning a record 8. In addition, 2004 NASCAR Champion Kurt Busch was added to the stable of talent. FBG Racing brought 4-time NASCAR Champion Jeff Gordon on board, who also came off a strong season with 6 wins. 2004 NASCAR ROTY Kasey Kahne and top-10 expert Jamie McMurray were picked up as well. After the first quarter of the season, however, it was sure to an unpredictable year. Due to internal structuring, Earnhardt's team seemed to have setback after setback, while FBG's Jeff Gordon recorded a career record number of DNF's. Changes in the Dodge areo-package brought a long learning curve for Dodge drivers Ryan Newman, Kasey Kahne and Jamie McMurray, and Jimmie Johnson started and ended the season strong, but couldn't quite seem to get a rhythm going during the middle of the year. Both team owners had to adapt to a new style of racing new rules packages set down by both NASCAR and G2.

In the roughly two-month-long break before the 2006 season, team owners will keep a diligent eye on all active drivers who, with the exception of Team Captains Earnhardt and Stewart, become free agents again, as well as some of the NASCAR drivers who came into their own during the 2005 season and upcoming talent from the Busch Series. The G2 Auto Racing NASCAR Cup Series will begin again next February with the Budweiser Shootout