NAPA Filters - And a Granddaughter's Luck - Put Ohio Man on an Orange County Choppers(TM) Bike

LAS VEGAS, Feb. 22, 2006 -- The drama was high at the NAPA EXPO 2005 as eight people circled a custom-built motorcycle, each person clutching a key that might start the shiny machine.

But Charlie Fehrenbach of Liberty Center, OH, was unnaturally calm. In addition to the key he had been given as a regional winner in NAPA Filters: NAPA EXPO and OCC(TM) Bike Sweepstakes, Fehrenbach had a lucky poker chip given to him by his eight-year-old granddaughter Alyssa.

Fehrenbach owns Charlie's Automotive in Liberty Center, OH, and is an installer of NAPA parts. All employees at NAPA AutoCare Centers and other professional repair facilities were eligible to enter the sweepstakes. No purchase was necessary and bonus entries were awarded when the garages ordered featured filter assortments from NAPA Filters.

As one of eight regional winners in the sweepstakes, Fehrenbach won an all-expenses-paid trip for two to Las Vegas for the NAPA EXPO, with lodging at the Paris Las Vegas Hotel and $1,000 in cash. Grand prize in the contest was a custom-built motorcycle in NAPA Filters blue and gold colors with a value of $50,000.

Fehrenbach also got to meet Paul Teutul, Sr., and his son Mikey, stars of Discovery Channel's "American Chopper" television program and owner of Orange County Choppers, which built the grand prize bike.

The day after Fehrenbach found out he was one of the eight finalists and would be going to Las Vegas, his granddaughter won an imitation $100 poker chip from an arcade machine. She gave it to Fehrenbach's wife, who gave it Fehrenbach. "This is our lucky omen," he remembers her telling him. "We're going to win the chopper."

Fehrenbach kept the chip with him throughout the Las Vegas trip, and was fingering it when he got one of the eight keys distributed among the sweepstakes finalists.

When it came Fehrenbach's turn, his key started the bike. He was so thrilled, he had the OCC(TM) crew autograph both the bike and the plastic chip.

Fehrenbach's winning entry was among 95 sent in by his wife, Rhonda. When Fehrenbach complained about the cost ("that's nearly $37 in stamps and envelopes and your time"), Mrs. Fehrenbach was unfazed. "Somebody's got to win," she told him matter-of-factly. And he did.