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Skinny Cow Milk to Sponsor Grand American Driver Matt Mullins in Grand Am Cup 200 at Daytona

DALLAS, TX ( January 16, 2006 ) Grand American Series Cup driver Matt
Mullins announced today that Skinny Cow Milk will sponsor his BMW entry
in the Grand Am Cup opener at Daytona International Speedway, January
26th - 29th.  Mullins will join well-known Automatic Racing, and
owner/driver Jep Thornton, for the Daytona event, who will supply him
with the Skinny Cow Milk BMW M3.

The sponsorship is the first for Skinny Cow Milk, which is produced and
marketed by Dean Foods, the largest distributor of milk in the nation.
Skinny Cow, a Dreyer's brand, is well known for producing a line-up of
ice cream products, and boasts making a healthy life a happy one.  "We
understand the power of motorsports marketing, and look forward to
delivering a marketing program with Matt through the Grand Am Cup series
that will add value to our retail customers" stated Tom Murrin, Vice
President of Private Label sales for Dean Foods. 

"Our entire race team is thrilled to have Skinny Cow Milk as our newest
sponsor," driver Matt Mullins said. "We all know that quality sponsors
are the lifeblood of our sport and we have a great partner in Skinny Cow
Milk. We're looking forward to representing Skinny Cow Milk at Daytona,
and to competing on a regular basis in the Grand Am Cup series in 2006."


Matt Mullins is a full time Driving Instructor at the BMW Performance
Driving School in Spartanburg, SC. Additionally, Mullins has been a
stunt driver in commercials and movies with the most recent being the
Will Ferrell NASCAR feature with the working title "High, Wide, and
Handsome" due for release in the summer. He also has a recurring
professional driver role in a series of comparison videos for MINI.

Mullins began racing in 1990 and has experience in a wide range of cars.
He started out in the Russell Formula Mazda series and has performed in
various NASCAR racing series, including the NASCAR Winston Late Model
Series, the NASCAR Sportsman Superspeedway Series, the ARCA RE/MAX
Series and the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series. In 2000, he ran a limited
schedule with BAM Racing and Midgley Motorsports, and in 2002 he
returned to national competition in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series,
driving a truck owned by Daytona 500 winner and Fox TV analyst Derrike
Cope.  In the Daytona opener Matt drove Dean Foods' Folger's Jakada
truck, finishing 16th in his inaugural Truck Series run.

Beginning on Thursday January 26th, both chocolate and regular Skinny
Cow Milk will be available in the Grand Am Paddock Club, for the over
700 race team members, owners, and guests, to enjoy throughout the
Daytona race weekend. 

Skinny Cow is the milk and ice cream that makes your healthy life a
whole lot happier with a rich and creamy taste that is unlike other
low-fat brands. A full variety of flavors can be enjoyed in ice cream
sandwiches, ice cream bars and sundaes. Skinny Cow offers no sugar added
and carb-friendly versions of their products and can be found at stores
nationwide.
Dean Foods is the largest processor and distributor of milk and other
dairy products in the country and also one of the leading food and
beverage companies in the US. Through their WhiteWave Foods division,
they are also the nation's leading manufacturer of soymilk, organic milk
and other organic foods. Dean operates more than 110 plants in the
United States, Spain, Portugal and Great Britain, and employs more than
26,000 people.

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For additional information contact:

Bill Catania
BENSUR :: Creative Marketing Group
( 814 ) 461-9436
bcatania@bensur.com