Top NASCAR Drivers Team Up With Warner Music Group Artists At The Chevy Rock & Roll 400

Hootie & The Blowfish, Franky Perez, Sugar Ray, Trapt and Uncle Kracker To Perform at Richmond International Raceway

RICHMOND, Va., July 31 -- Warner Music Group (WMG), Chevrolet and Action Performance Companies Inc. today announced a series of concerts to be featured during the NASCAR triple-header weekend, September 4-6 at Richmond International Raceway. The weekend will be highlighted by the Chevy Rock & Roll 400 NASCAR Winston Cup event on Saturday, September 6 that will include pre-race, trackside musical performances by Hootie & The Blowfish, Uncle Kracker and Trapt.

On Friday, September 5, Sugar Ray and Franky Perez will kick things off with a trackside concert as part of the FUNAI 250 NASCAR Busch Series race. Both Richmond concerts are free for fans who purchase tickets to the respective races.

In addition to the concerts, seven Chevrolet Monte Carlo race cars will carry special paint schemes featuring different WMG artists. These paint schemes will sparkle under the lights on Richmond's famous three-quarter mile "Action Track." The artist and driver paint scheme pairings for the Chevy Rock & Roll 400 weekend are:

   ARTIST           DRIVER          PRIMARY        CAR         RACE DATE
                                    SPONSOR        NUMBER      & SERIES

   Franky Perez     Ron Hornaday    ACDelco        2           September 5
                                                               NASCAR Busch
                                                               Series

   Staind           Dale Earnhardt  Budweiser      8           September 6
                    Jr.                                        NASCAR
                                                               Winston Cup

   Hootie & the     Michael         NAPA Auto      15          September 6
   Blowfish         Waltrip         Parts                      NASCAR
                                                               Winston Cup

   Uncle Kracker    Joe Nemechek    UAW/Delphi     25          September 6
                                                               NASCAR
                                                               Winston Cup

   Sugar Ray        Kevin Harvick   GM Goodwrench  29          September 6
                                                               NASCAR
                                                               Winston Cup

   Third Eye        Steve Park      AOL            30          September 6
   Blind                                                       NASCAR
                                                               Winston Cup

   Trapt            Robby Gordon    Cingular       31          September 6
                                    Wireless                   NASCAR
                                                               Winston Cup

Third Eye Blind kicked off the Chevy Rock & Roll 400 promotion during the initial unveiling in May at the Food Lion Speed Street festival in Charlotte, N.C. Meanwhile, Staind, currently on their summer tour, will perform at The Murat Centre in downtown Indianapolis on Thursday, July 31 as part of the program.

The Chevy Rock & Roll 400 weekend begins with the Virginia is for Lovers 200 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series race on Thursday, September 4, followed by the FUNAI 250 NASCAR Busch Series race on Friday, September 5. The Chevy Rock & Roll 400 NASCAR Winston Cup Series race on Saturday, September 6 is the final race of the season at Richmond International Raceway. All races are under the lights. For tickets and information, call the Richmond International Raceway ticket office at 804-345-RACE.

TNT will telecast both the NASCAR Winston Cup (Saturday, September 6 beginning at 7:00 PM Eastern, with the Discover Card Countdown to Green pre-race show) and Busch Series (Friday, September 5 beginning at 8:00 PM Eastern) races and fully integrate the program into their race coverage, with on-screen graphics, driver interviews, and specially produced interstitials.

In addition to designing all the race cars featured in the Chevy Rock & Roll 400 program, including the official Chevrolet Monte Carlo pace car, Action Performance is producing a complete line of die-cast replica collectibles and other related merchandise that will be available trackside and nationwide through the company's standard distribution channels.

About Action Performance Companies

Action Performance Companies Inc. is the leader in the design, promotion, marketing and distribution of licensed motorsports merchandise. The Company's products include a broad range of motorsports-related die-cast replica collectibles, apparel, souvenirs and other sports-inspired memorabilia. Action Performance markets and distributes products through a variety of channels including the Action Racing Collectables network of wholesale distributors, the Racing Collectables Club of America, QVC, goracing.com, trackside at racing events, direct corporate promotions, mass retail and department stores, specialty dealers and select online retailers. For more information about Action Performance and its many subsidiaries, please visit the company's corporate Web site at www.action-performance.com.

About Warner Music Group

Warner Music Group is home to some of the world's leading record companies, including The Atlantic Group, Elektra Entertainment Group, Rhino Entertainment, Warner Bros. Records Inc. and Word Entertainment. The company's Warner Music International operates in more than 70 countries through various subsidiaries, affiliates and non-affiliated licensees. Warner Music Group also includes one of the world's leading music and print music publishers, Warner/Chappell, and WEA Inc., which is composed of three companies, WEA Corp., WEA Manufacturing, and Ivy Hill. Warner Music Group is an AOL Time Warner company.

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