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CASCAR AND PETERBOROUGH SPEEDWAY ANNOUNCE TITLE SPONSOR FOR SEPTEMBER 20th SUPER SERIES

CASCAR Super Series
For more information contact CASCAR at (519) 641-1214
For immediate release / September 4, 2003

CASCAR AND PETERBOROUGH SPEEDWAY ANNOUNCE TITLE SPONSOR FOR SEPTEMBER 20th 
SUPER SERIES EVENT: 'NATIONAL FAST FREIGHT DELIVERS THE LELAND 200'

PETERBOROUGH, ON - CASCAR and Peterborough Speedway jointly announced this 
morning that an agreement has been reached for a Title Sponsor for the 
September 20 CASCAR Super Series race. The event will be named the National 
Fast Freight Delivers the Leland 200.

	National Fast Freight is a multi-modal freight service provider 
headquartered out of a 148 door cross-dock facility in Concord, Ontario. 
Their unique approach to business-service relationships optimizes customer 
value through the customized delivery of integrated, one-stop 
transportation and logistics packages. Supported by a distribution network 
set up coast-to-coast across Canada and to all points south, the company is 
coming to be recognized as the premier provider of innovative, customer 
driven and cost-effective transportation solutions. National Fast Freight 
has been involved in team sponsorship with CASCAR for several years, and is 
the primary sponsor on the Number 71 Machine of CASCAR's Rookie of the Year 
Bryan Cathcart.

	Rob Donaghey, CEO, Bill Yarn, President and Ray Ash, Vice-President are 
avid and long-time supporters of racing in Canada. "We are thrilled to be 
associated with an event of this caliber and are particularly proud of our 
relationship with Car Number 71. We extend our congratulations to Bryan 
Cathcart and to all members of the Number 71 Team who have worked so hard 
to contribute to the Rookie of the Year award. The National Fast Freight 
Delivers the Leland 200 will be a showcase for Canadian racing and we 
invite fans everywhere to come out and enjoy what promises to be the racing 
event of the season."

	National Fast Freight has been joined by Leland Industries in bringing the 
second last race of the 2003 Championship battle to stock car racing fans. 
Leland Industries Inc. is a Canadian manufacturer of fasteners. 
Headquartered in Toronto, Ontario, Leland operates from a 155,000 square 
foot facility with warehousing and sales branches in nine cities across 
North America. Leland specializes in fasteners for construction and 
manufactures a full range of nuts, bolts and screws for metal buildings, 
metal roofing, post frame, agricultural, general construction and the 
over-head door industry. Global Clamp of Perth, Ontario, a manufacturer of 
hose clamps for automotive and industrial applications, is an associate of 
Leland Industries. Both Leland Industries and Global Clamp share associate 
sponsorship on the number 64 NTN Bearings Car driven by Mark Dilley.

	"This is Leland Industries Inc.'s first year with CASCAR and we are proud 
and pleased to be associated with Car Number 64," stated Byron Nelson, 
President of Leland Industries. "Mark Dilley and his team have made our 
sponsorship an exciting and positive program. We at Leland look forward to 
our co-hosting the National Fast Freight Delivers the Leland 200 with eager 
anticipation."

	"We are very excited to have National Fast Freight and Leland Industries 
present the second last race of the 2003 CASCAR Super Series Championship 
to the fans at Peterborough Speedway," stated Peterborough Speedway 
president JP Josiasse. "I know all their guests will enjoy a great day at 
the race facility, and fans will be treated to an intense battle on the 
track as one of the tightest Super Series Championship battles in several 
years comes down to the wire on September 20."

	The 2003 CASCAR Super Series Championship has been one of the most 
dramatic title fights in years. With four events remaining on the schedule 
there are only 26 points separating current Championship leader and 
two-time defending Champion Don Thomson Jr., and second place Kerry Micks. 
A tight pack of drivers still hungry to overtake them the for Canada's 
ultimate motorsports prize extends all the way through the current top ten 
in the standings, all of whom still nave a mathematical chance to win the 
title. With such an intense Championship battle in place, fans can be sure 
to be treated to a thrilling show on 'Canada's fastest 1/3 mile oval" at 
Peterborough Speedway.

	"We are delighted with our association with National Fast Freight and 
Leland Industries for our event at Peterborough Speedway," stated CASCAR 
marketing director Richard Coughlin. "It is going to be a thrilling race 
and a fabulous event, and we wish to extend our thanks to both groups for 
helping us deliver the event to Canadian race fans."

	A complete schedule of events will be announced shortly. Please check 
www.cascar.sympatico.ca or www.peterbourghspeedway.com for updates. More 
information about National Fast Freight can be found at 
www.nationalfastfreight.com, and Leland Industries can be found at 
www.lelandindustries.com.
	
	The CASCAR Super Series is Canada's top level of stock car racing, with 12 
events held in Ontario, Quebec, Alberta, and British Columbia. Over 150 
race teams across the country compete in CASCAR's three series': the EMCO 
Western Series, CARQUEST Sportsman Series, and the Super Series.