Biffle, Bodine Lead WIX Filters Lap Leader Award Standings

Battle for Busch Series Lap Leader Honors Remains Tight

 

GASTONIA, N.C. (May 31, 2006) - With five WIX Filters Lap Leader Award
wins in 12 races, driver Greg Biffle holds the early lead in the 2006
Lap Leader Award standings for the NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series, two points
ahead of 2005 WIX Filters Lap Leader Award champion Tony Stewart.

            Biffle, whose most recent Lap Leader award win came at
Darlington Raceway on May 13, leads five other drivers in WIX Filters
Lap Leader Awards points: Stewart, Dale Earnhardt Jr., Matt Kenseth,
Jeff Gordon and Kasey Kahne, who earned the Lap Leader Award for the
Coca-Cola 600 last weekend at Lowe's Motor Speedway.

            In WIX Filters Lap Leader Award competition for the NASCAR
Busch Series, Jason Leffler and NEXTEL Cup Series Raybestos(r) Rookie of
the Year front-runner J.J. Yeley remain tied for first place with two
wins apiece. Yeley and Leffler lead drivers Denny Hamlin, Jason Keller,
Ashton Lewis, Paul Menard, Tim Sauter, Steve Wallace and Mike Wallace,
who earned his first Lap Leader Award of the season last weekend at
Lowe's Motor Speedway. 

With a total of five WIX Filters Lap Leader Award wins in seven races,
drivers Todd Bodine and Mike Skinner are once again engaged in a close
battle for the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Lap Leader title.

Runner-up to NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series WIX Filters Lap Leader
champion Skinner last year, Bodine holds a slight early lead in this
season's Lap Leader standings. With three Lap Leader Award wins this
year, Bodine holds a one-point advantage over Skinner. David Starr and
Ron Hornaday Jr., who earned the Lap Leader Award at Mansfield
Motorsports Speedway last weekend, are tied for third place.

            Drivers in NASCAR's three elite series compete to lead the
most laps in each race and win the WIX Filters Lap Leader Award in a
season-long competition that awards Lap Leader points and cash prizes. 

The WIX Filters Lap Leader Award is presented to the driver who leads
the most laps during each race in NASCAR's NEXTEL Cup, Busch and
Craftsman Truck racing series. The award includes a cash prize presented
to the winning driver during a ceremony before the next 

race and an end-of-year payout and trophy for the driver who earns the
most WIX Filters Lap Leader awards over the course of the entire season.
Cash awards for the end-of-year honor are: $75,000 for the NEXTEL Cup
Series; $20,000 for the Busch Series; and, $10,000 for the Craftsman
Truck Series.

In order to be eligible for the WIX Filters Lap Leader Award for a
single event, drivers and teams in each series must run the WIX Filters
decal on the front fender and use WIX oil or air filters in their
vehicles. Additionally, for any year-end payout, teams must run the
decal on the front fender for every race they participate in, with an
allowance for one race, and they must always use WIX oil or air filters.

In 2006, WIX will again sponsor the WIX Filters Lap Leader Award
contest, enabling fans to be a part of the action. The online contest
encourages fans to pit their knowledge against one another and against
celebrity guest experts in a weekly competition to predict which drivers
will win the WIX Filters Lap Leader Award in each race. 

Fans can make picks by visiting www.wixlapleader.com each week and
compete for prizes including Richard Petty Driving Experience
certificates, WIX Filters premium products, and apparel. The grand prize
for the WIX Filters Lap Leader Award contest is an all-expense-paid trip
to Las Vegas Motor Speedway for the 2007 NEXTEL Cup Series race.
Detailed contest rules and prize information are provided on the Web
site.

Since 1939, WIX has been an innovator in filtration products. WIX
designs, manufactures and distributes products for automotive, diesel,
agricultural, industrial and specialty filter markets. Its product line
includes oil, air, cabin interior, fuel, coolant, transmission and
hydraulic filters for automobiles, trucks and off-road equipment. WIX, a
member of the Affinia family of brands, is the #1 filter in NASCAR and
an exclusive NASCAR Performance Product. Its NASCAR relationship also
includes the WIX Filters Lap Leader Award, which recognizes the drivers
leading the most laps in each race. WIX Filters' Internet address is
www.wixfilters.com.