Technician, Counterman Win Trips to Las Vegas in Affinia Under Vehicle Group's SpicerR Showdown Promotion

NEWS RELEASE

                                  

Contact:          Ken Myers
Ashleigh Lockhart

                        Affinia Under Vehicle Group
Wray Ward Laseter

(815) 759-7668
(704) 926-1314

ken.myers@affiniagroup.com
alockhart@wwlcreative.com 

 

Technician, Counterman Win Trips to Las Vegas in Affinia Under Vehicle
Group's Spicer(r) Showdown Promotion 

 

Ten additional trips, hundreds of prizes still available to be won

 

McHENRY, Ill. (May 30, 2006) - Technician Mike Miller won a VIP trip for
two to Las Vegas to become the first of 12 first-place winners in
Affinia Under Vehicle Group's Spicer(r) Showdown promotion. Counterman
Roscoe Sanborn, who presented Miller with his winning game card, also
won a trip to Las Vegas.

Miller, who works for Electric City Brake and Alignment in Great Falls,
Mont., purchases Spicer(r) chassis parts from Sanborn at Great
Falls-based Professional Automotive Warehouse, Inc. During their trip to
Las Vegas, Miller and Sanborn will both take part in the Spicer(r)
Showdown Poker Tournament. 

"The Spicer(r) Showdown has been one of our most compelling sales
promotions, and we're very pleased with the feedback we've received from
technicians and counterpeople," said Ken Myers, marketing manager for
Affinia Under Vehicle Group. "We congratulate Mike and Roscoe on their
win and look forward to awarding the remaining 10 VIP trips - and
numerous additional prizes - to more of our lucky Spicer(r) customers
and partners."

            The Spicer(r) Showdown promotion offers technicians and
counterpeople the chance to win hundreds of prizes, including a seat at
the 2007 World Series of Poker valued at $10,000. From April 15 to
August 15, 2006, for every purchase of an open stock premium quality
Spicer(r) professional grade chassis part, technicians will receive a
Spicer(r) Showdown instant-win game card. In addition to Miller and
Sanborn, four lucky winners and the counterpeople who presented them
with their game cards will receive a trip for two to Las Vegas to take
part in the Spicer(r) Showdown Poker Tournament. 

Complementing the instant-win portion of the promotion is a sweepstakes,
which allows technicians to submit non-winning game cards for a chance
to win a trip to the Spicer(r) Showdown Poker Tournament. One winner
will be randomly selected and, like the counterpeople who present the
instant winners with their game cards, the counterperson who provides
the sweepstakes winner with his or her winning entry also will win a
trip to Las Vegas for the tournament.

The winner from among the 12 participants in the Spicer(r) Showdown
Poker Tournament will be awarded the grand prize, a seat at the 2007
World Series of Poker.

Additional instant-win prizes include professional poker tables, Texas
Hold 'Em table tops, Texas Hold 'Em poker kits, poker chip sets, and
Spicer(r) Chassis sunglasses.

Spicer(r) professional grade chassis parts are manufactured by Affinia
Under Vehicle Group of McHenry, Ill., a global supplier of top quality
automotive components for under vehicle applications. The Spicer(r)
Chassis product line is the most extensive on the market and includes
tie rod ends, ball joints, idler arms and alignment products for both
domestic and foreign vehicles. Affinia Under Vehicle Group is part of
Affinia Group Inc., a global supplier of top quality automotive
components for under hood and under vehicle applications. For more
information about Spicer(r) professional grade chassis parts, visit
www.spicerchassis.com.

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