Motor Racing Legends Nominated for 2004 Shav Glick Award

                                    

Los Angeles, Calif., December 2, 2004 --- J.C. Agajanian, John Force, Jeremy McGrath, Roger
Penske and Ivan Stewart have been nominated for the sixth annual Eagle One - Shav Glick
Award.  Presented by the appearance care products company, the award recognizes distinguished
contribution to motorsports in California.  Previous winners were Dan Gurney, Wally Parks,
Parnelli Jones, Rick Mears and Les Richter. 

Named in honor of the long-time motorsports writer for the Los Angeles Times, a recent inductee
into the Motorsports Hall of Fame, the award will be presented during pre-race ceremonies at the
NASCAR Auto Club 500, February 27, at California Speedway.

Agajanian was the premier promoter of motor racing in Southern California.  He operated Ascot
Park for 25 years until it closed.  He also owned Indy 500 winning cars driven by Parnelli Jones and
Troy Ruttman.  Force, the most successful drag racer of all time, has won thirteen NHRA funny car
championships and was American Driver of the Year in 1996.  McGrath is the most popular 
motorcycle rider in the world and has won seven Supercross championships.  Penske, a motor racing
magnate, built and operated California Speedway before selling it to International Speedway Corp.
Stewart has won seventeen Baja 500s, three Baja 1000s and four SCORE world championships.

The judging panel includes national and California motorsports writers and track executives.