New Television Series "NASCAR Angels" to Premiere in 95% of the U.S. Week of Sept. 18

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (Aug. 8, 2006) – The National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing (NASCAR), in partnership with MagicDust Television, will launch “NASCAR Angels” this fall with the first episode airing the week of Sept. 18 on local stations nationwide.

Hosted by former NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series Champion and current ABC/ESPN broadcaster Rusty Wallace and NASCAR.com reporter Shannon Wiseman, “NASCAR Angels” will hit the road each week with a different NASCAR driver and the Angel Automotive Technicians to help families and communities with their transportation needs. The new half-hour, weekly syndicated television series, which is presented by Goodyear Gemini Automotive Care, will shoot 22 original episodes on location in major NASCAR race markets. The show will feature top NASCAR drivers and crew chiefs giving deserving families the chance to go behind-the-scenes to meet their heroes and get an up-close-and-personal glimpse into the NASCAR experience while their car is fixed.

Distributed by Litton Entertainment, “NASCAR Angels” is scheduled to debut across more than 95 percent of the country including ABC-owned stations in New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Philadelphia, Houston as well as WSB (ABC) in Atlanta, and many more highly-respected broadcast stations. Superstation WGN will also be carrying “NASCAR Angels” as a one-hour block set for Sundays Noon-1:00 p.m. E.T.

“On ‘NASCAR Angels’, you’ll meet people dedicated to helping others who could use a helping hand themselves,” said Phil Alvidrez, MagicDust Television’s general manager. “They struggle every day to get to work, take the kids to school or make it to a doctor’s appointment because they can’t keep the family car moving. ‘NASCAR Angels’ is a television show that will change those lives.”

Current NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series drivers including Kasey Kahne, Greg Biffle and Jamie McMurray will appear on the program. Crew chiefs such as Doug Richert, Greg Zipadelli and Tommy Baldwin Jr., will participate as well.

“With the help of our drivers and crew chiefs, and some pros from Goodyear Gemini Automotive Care and the products of NASCAR Performance partners, ‘NASCAR Angels’ will work under a tight deadline to complete each mission as technicians race to put cars back into tip-top condition,” said Odis Lloyd, NASCAR’s managing director of automotive licensing.

“NASCAR Angels” will complement the consumer education efforts of the automotive industry’s “Be Car Care Aware” campaign and the Fall release of its new Car Care Guide – a first-of-its-kind reference guide for motorists which covers typical service occasions and major components, systems and parts with service interval recommendations, a maintenance log and more.

The original 22 episodes, which the number one rated stations in seven of the top-10 markets have agreed to carry, will be shot in Orlando/Daytona Beach, Chicago, Los Angeles, Charlotte, Dallas, Phoenix, Atlanta and Philadelphia.

About NASCAR The National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing, Inc. (NASCAR), which began in 1948, is the sanctioning body for one of America’s premier sports. NASCAR is the No. 1spectator sport – holding 17 of the top 20 attended sporting events in the U.S., the No. 2 rated regular season sport on television with broadcasts in more than150 countries, and has 75 million fans that purchase more than $2.1 billion in annual licensed product sales. These fans are the most brand loyal in all of sports and as a result, more Fortune 500 companies participate in NASCAR than any other sport. NASCAR consists of three major national series (NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series, NASCAR Busch Series, and the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series) as well as eight regional tours and one local grassroots series. NASCAR sanctions 1,500 races at over 100 tracks in 35 states, Canada and Mexico. Based in Daytona Beach, NASCAR has offices in Bentonville (Ark.), Charlotte, Concord (N.C.), Conover (N.C.), Los Angeles, New York, Mexico City and Toronto.

About NASCAR Automotive Licensing; Developed in 1996, NASCAR’s Automotive Licensing program builds awareness for the sport by creating marketing alliances with leading manufactures in the automotive industry. NASCAR supports its aftermarket with a fully-integrated media platform that includes a weekly television show on SPEED, a weekly radio show on the Motor Racing Network (MRN) and XM Satellite Radio, monthly magazine sections in Babcox publications, in-race car care advice on MRN, bi-weekly car care advice in NASCAR Scene as well as the NASCAR Performance Network on NASCAR.com.

About MagicDust Television; MagicDust Television, with solid roots in news and journalism, has a 30-year history of creating entertaining and informative programs for local television. The MagicDust Television team has won PROMAX’s award for best major-market, local TV promotional spot or campaign in the world more than a half-dozen times and also has a string of awards for news, editing, art design and animation.

Litton Entertainment; Litton Entertainment, well accepted as the preeminent independent distributor in the industry, has been producing and distributing quality television programming for 15 years. Programs include “Jack Hanna’s Animal Adventures,” “BusinessWeek Weekend,” “The Tom Joyner Show,” “Solutions with Jill,” “HomeTeam,” “Consumer Reports,” “Good Housekeeping Reports,” and “Explorations with Richard Weise.”