Kentucky Oil Company Announces Year End Awards for Participants

Lexington, KY.  (July 17, 2002) -- Almost $500,000 in cash  and merchandise
awards will be presented to competitors in the inaugural  Valvoline Cup.
The details of the  driver awards program were  announced today by
Valvoline.

With  over 82,000 drivers enrolled to date, the 2002 Valvoline Cup,
presented by  Campbell Hausfeld, is the largest points championship ever
conducted for  grassroots racers. The program honors national champions in
an amazing six  categories and 32 classes of cars, ranging from stock cars
to sprinters to  dragsters and even power-boat competitors. Drivers in
virtually any series, at  any track, under any sanctioning organization in
the  U.S., can  enroll.

Valvoline announced that participating drivers are eligible for  nearly
$500,000 in cash and merchandise.  Drivers who rank in the top 30  within
their class at the end of the season will win awards, which have been
posted by Valvoline, presenting sponsor Campbell Hausfeld, National Speed
Sport  News, as well as by other program promotional partners.  A total of
960  competitors will receive prizes.   The winning driver in the top class
will receive cash, merchandise and  products valued at approximately
$3,000.

Mikel Hartman, Valvoline  sports marketing manager, commented, "It is truly
amazing how many drivers registered  for the Valvoline Cup prior to this
awards announcement.  Regardless of  whether a driver sits in the seat of
an ARCA stock car, or a Street Stock drag  racer, they have just as much
racer in them, and that is what the Valvoline Cup  is all about."

Since March of this year, RaceFan, Inc. the program  administrator, has
held Valvoline Cup promotions at over 200 asphalt and dirt  short tracks,
drag strips, and road courses all over the U.S.  At each  promotion,
Valvoline has given away nearly $700 in Valvoline, Zerex, Eagle One,  and
Pyroil products, to both race fans and to winning race teams.  At each
promotion, one lucky fan received a Campbell Hausfeld 250 PSI portable
compressor and drivers have received valuable Campbell Hausfeld discount
coupons.

Registration is still open to all drivers wishing to compete for  the
inaugural Valvoline Cup National Drivers Points Championship.   Interested
drivers can register at  www.valvolinecup.com or can call the  Valvoline
Cup Headquarters at 877  302-0290 for more information.  Competition for
this season will  continue through October, with class winners and final
point standings announced  in December.

The Valvoline Cup is the latest evidence of Valvoline's  support of
grassroots racers. Valvoline is a contingency sponsor in NHRA drag  racing
and for the past six years has been the No. 1 choice of motor oil by NHRA
sportsmen-class racers at NHRA pro events. For the past 17 years, Valvoline
has  sponsored the national championships for the Sports Car Club of
America, the  Valvoline Runoffs®.  Valvoline has shown its support on all
levels of  motorsports during 2002, named as the official motor oil of
Daytona  International Speedway, the Daytona 500, the Sports Car Club of
America and the  U.S. Auto Club.



 The Valvoline Cup  presenting sponsor, Campbell Hausfeld, is a leading
manufacturer of powered  equipment and tools that has repeatedly shown its
support for grassroots racing  and has now underscored that support by
becoming the presenting sponsor of the  inaugural Valvoline Cup.