United Plastics Group Sponsors JCR3 Racing's Jeff Fultz in the Koolerz 300 at Daytona

    WESTMONT, Ill.--Feb. 20, 2003--With nearly 200,000 cheering spectators, JCR3 Racing Champion Driver, Jeff Fultz made an impressive finish in the top 20 last Saturday in the Koolerz 300 at Daytona International Speedway--moving up from 35th to 19th place. United Plastics Group, a leading manufacturer of injection molded products for the automotive industry, was a proud sponsor of the JCR3 Racing Team.
    With an impressive record, including a championship win at the 2002 NASCAR Hills Bros All-Pro Series, Jeff Fultz's 2003 season is predicted to be even more victorious. Although Fultz works full-time at Jasper Motorsports as a fabricator on Dave Blaney's #77 Ford, being in the driver seat full-time is his true passion and career goal.
    "The addition of having United Plastics Group involved with our efforts at Daytona aided tremendously, not only from a financial standpoint, but it gave each member of the team an entirely separate motive to succeed on the track. A sense of pride and ambition to compete at our highest level of competition overwhelmingly surrounded each team member, including myself," stated Jon Craig, co-owner JCR3 Racing.
    "Supporting the automotive industry in all its arenas is an important initiative of United Plastics Group. Our partnership with JCR3 is just one example of our efforts to collaborate with quality organizations with winning aspirations," stated UPG's Chris Sigmon, vice president sales east/Europe.
    The United Plastics Group logo was featured on the hood of the No. 86 Chevrolet Monte Carlo during Saturday's race. United Plastics Group supplies millions of automotive molded products to Fortune 1000 suppliers every year including under-the-hood and interior components, housings, HVAC and radio bezels, gears and gear trains.
    Headquartered in Westmont, Ill., United Plastics Group (www.unitedplasticsgroup.com) is one of the largest non-captive plastics injector molder companies in North America. With over 800,000 square feet of manufacturing capacity and 460 molding machines in 11 facilities in four countries, United Plastics Group is dedicated to being the leading provider of high quality, low cost, engineered injection molded products and services worldwide.