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Crane Cams Signs Multi-Year Partnership as Official Partner of All World Racing Group Properties.


CONCORD, N.C. -- Crane Cams[R] and the World Racing Group (OTCBB OTCBB

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) announce that Crane Cams has become an Official Partner of all WRG WRG Waste Recycling Group (UK)
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 properties -- including the World of Outlaws The World of Outlaws (often abbreviated WoO) is an American motorsports sanctioning body. The body sanctions two major national touring series. It is best known for sanctioning a national tour of sprint cars. [R], World of Outlaws Late Model Series(SM), Advance Auto Parts Founded in 1932, Advance Auto Parts (NYSE: AAP), headquartered in Roanoke, Virginia, is the second-largest retailer of automotive replacement parts and accessories in the United States. AAP had 2005 sales of approx. $4.  Super DIRTcar Series[TM], and DIRTcar[TM] Racing sanctioning body.

The partnership is a defining moment for WRG as it is the first time a corporate partner has secured marketing rights with every WRG owned property, including official rights with the three national touring series and weekly sanctioning body, media rights, interactive rights, and WRG owned track rights. The partnership will run through 2010 with option years that could extend it even longer.

"This partnership is broad reaching for Crane Cams," says Lance Harris, CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board.  of Crane Cams. "It is multi-pronged. We absolutely want to reward and recognize engine builders by creating the Crane Cams Engine Builders Challenge, awarding prize money to the winning engine builders in each touring series. We also want to recognize the racers as Crane Cams becomes a contingency and marketing partner across all the touring series. The new TV partnerships with SPEED and ESPN ESPN Entertainment and Sports Programming Network  will give Crane Cams a great platform to reach out to dirt racing fans all across the country and world. And for the fans, many of whom are racers and Crane Cams customers themselves, we are going to work very closely with WRG to be an active partner adding to the event experience."

Crane Cams' involvement includes title ownership of the Crane Cams Engine Builders Challenge for all three touring series, title sponsorship of the Crane Cams Dash in World of Outlaws events, interactive participation with WorldofOutlaws.com, signage at all events, and advertising on SPEED and ESPN networks in conjunction with World of Outlaws event coverage.

"With this new four-year partnership, Crane Cams is making a significant commitment to dirt track racing
This article concerns auto racing; motorcycles, horses, and dogs also race on dirt tracks.

Dirt track racing is a type of auto racing performed on oval tracks.
," says Rob Butcher, World Racing Group Chief Marketing Officer. "The Crane Cams Engine Builders Challenge will be a great prize and sense of pride for engine builders in all three touring series. The Dash, already one of the most exciting parts of a World of Outlaws event, just got even better with Crane Cams support and prizes. Crane Cams is also becoming a key partner of our SPEED and ESPN television broadcasts. In addition, Crane Cams is helping us develop fan promotional ideas. In every sense, Crane Cams is a total WRG partner that is enthusiastically embracing all of our assets."

Be sure to tune in at 2 p.m. on Sunday, May 13, when the World of Outlaws debut on SPEED.

About DIRT MotorSports, Inc., d/b/a World Racing Group

Based in Concord, N.C., World Racing Group (WRG) is a national sanctioning body, real-estate operator, and sports entertainment Sports entertainment is a type of of entertainment that takes the form of a sporting event, but with more emphasis on dramatic storylines, humor, spectacle or titillation than on a contest of athletic skills.  company serving the dirt racing industry. WRG sanctions sprint car racing Sprint cars are high-powered race cars designed primarily for the purpose of running on short dirt or paved tracks. Sprint car racing is popular in the United States, Australia, and New Zealand.  under the World of Outlaws[R] banner, late model racing under the World of Outlaws Late Model Series(SM), big block modified racing under the Advance Auto Parts Super DIRTcar Series[TM] banner and sanctions more than 4,000-races a year under the DIRTcar[TM] Racing banner. WRG races can be heard online at DIRTVision.com[R]. In addition, WRG owns and operates seven speedways.

About Crane Cams

Based in Daytona Beach Daytona Beach (dātō`nə), city (1990 pop. 61,921), Volusia co., NE Fla., on the Atlantic coast and Halifax River (a lagoon); inc. 1876. Center of a rapidly urbanizing area, in a region settled by Spanish Franciscans in the 17th cent. , Fla., Crane Cams[R] is the nation's largest primary manufacturer of high performance camshafts and valve train components. It is recognized as a leader in technical innovation. Founded in 1953, the company has been responsible for a large majority of performance achievements in all forms of motorsports. Crane was acquired by Mikronite Technologies in 2006, facilitating a substantial expansion in manufacturing operations and product development activities -- including the use of Mikronite's patented process on many products. Crane also manufactures a variety of ignition components, which enjoy widespread use among oval track racing's leading teams.
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