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CEC Wheels and Crawford Performance to support Conor Daly in California


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Monterey, May 19, 2010: Two Southern California based companies; CEC Wheels and Crawford Performance will support Conor Daly’s Formula Star Mazda efforts during his West Coast swing at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca, Monterey, California at the American Le Mans weekend, May 21-23, 2010.

“We have known Conor’s dad, Derek, for many years and have admired Conor’s progress and we like to support a true winner”, said Claus Ettensberger, Founder of

CEC Wheels.

“We are delighted to support Conor as he is the ideal match for our customer demographic and our performance image”, stated Quirt Crawford, Founder of Crawford Performance

About CEC Wheels: CEC is the premier North American purveyor of luxury automotive accessories, customizing, and tuning. No other company combines the breadth and depth of products and services offered. Claus Ettensberger Corporation has been offering Europe's finest automotive accessories in North America since 1990. Unlike any other, CEC has built up a broad range of suppliers, offering complete tuning solutions for all German vehicle makes, plus Ferrari, as well as Italian and German alloy wheels to fit virtually any vehicle. Claus Ettensberger Corporation has distribution centers in California and Florida. The parts and services are available through a network of authorized distributors throughout the US, Canada and Mexico. A dynamic partnership unites CEC and BRABUS, the world's largest Mercedes-Benz tuner, into the newly formed BRABUS USA, LP with Claus Ettensberger as the Principal Partner and President. A State-of-the-art showroom in West Los Angeles has been complimented by a brand new facility in Miami that opened in May 2007. For European sports and luxury vehicles, only complete solutions by the leading European tuners will do in meeting the discerning driver's demands.

About Crawford Performance: Crawford Performance, founded by Quirt Crawford in 2002, specializes in designing and building high-performance vehicles that excel in time attack racing formats. In addition to building performance racing vehicles, Crawford Performance also creates custom high-performance components for racing enthusiasts, and develops marketing partnerships with prestigious companies that are committed to motor sports as a method to reach their most valued customers.

Daly, who drives for Juncos Racing, currently leads the Formula Star Mazda championship presented by Goodyear following his pole position and race win at the last race on the streets of St. Petersburg, Florida.

In 2009 Daly finished third in the Formula Star Mazda Championship presented by Goodyear as a member of the MAZDASPEED driver development ladder system. In 2008 he won the Walter Hayes Formula Ford Trophy in England for Team USA, the Ontario Formula Ford Rookie of the Year title and the Mazda Skip Barber National Championship. Daly is sponsored by: INDECK, The College Network, Merchant Services LTD and Tom Lange Company with additional support from; St. Vincent Sports Performance, Alpinestars, Electric eyewear and Arai helmets.