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Ruhlman and Dallenbach to drive the #40 Preformed Line Products Daytona Prototype for Derhaag Motorsports at Watkins Glen

Derhaag Motorsports
No. 40 Preformed Line Products Daytona Prototype

CONTACT: Cristi Brumm
1-336-210-0980 

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Ruhlman and Dallenbach to drive the #40 Preformed Line Products Daytona
Prototype for Derhaag Motorsports at Watkins Glen

Shakopee, MN (Aug. 8, 2006) ­ Derhaag Motorsports announced the driver
line-up of the #40 Preformed Line Products Daytona Prototype for this
weekend's Grand American Rolex Cup race, The Royal Crown 200 At The Glen.
Long-time team driver Randy Ruhlman will be joined by veteran Paul
Dallenbach for the 200-mile, two hour race on the 2.45-mile short course
track at Watkins Glen, part of the NASCAR NEXTEL Cup weekend at Watkins
Glen, New York. 

"We are pleased to have such a great driver line-up for Watkins Glen with
Randy and Paul at the wheel of the #40 Daytona Prototype," says team owner
Jim Derhaag.  "Paul will be a good addition to the team.  He has excellent
driving skills and car control, as well as a reputation for keeping the car
in one piece.  We've always had that kind of speed and heads-up driving with
Randy at the helm, and we're lucky to be able to have Paul come in and
complement that.  We had a good setup last time we were at Watkins, so we're
really looking forward to getting the car out on the track in the dry and
seeing what it can do.  It will be nice to work together with these two
experienced drivers to help get the #40 car back up into the top ten where
it should be."

The Grand American Daytona Prototypes race this Friday evening, August 11th,
at the NASCAR NEXTEL Cup weekend at Watkins Glen for the Royal Crown 200 At
The Glen.  The Rolex Series presented by Crown Royal Special race starts at
6:30 p.m. ET and will air same day, tape delayed at 9 p.m. ET on SPEED
Channel.

Paul Dallenbach is a veteran race car driver with experience in Formula
cars, rally and hill climbs, Trans-Am and Daytona Prototypes. Paul is a
winner and record holder on the famous Pikes Peak Auto Hill Climb, and has a
second place finish at the Daytona 24 Hour race.  He was the Rookie of the
Year in Formula Atlantics and VW Cup, and has numerous rally and hill climb
records.  He most recently drove in Daytona Prototypes at this year's Rolex
24 At Daytona in the #74 car with his brother, Wally Dallenbach, and Darin
Brassfield, both long time Trans-Am/IMSA and NASCAR drivers.  Paul
Dallenbach currently works extensively as a precision driver and has a
myriad of commercial driving credits to his name.

Randy Ruhlman just came off a successful 2005 season driving for Derhaag
Motorsports in the Trans-Am Series with wins at both the Cleveland Grand
Prix and the Long Beach Grand Prix.  Ruhlman was named the 2005 BBS "Most
Improved Driver of the Year" and was runner-up for the 2005 Trans-Am
Drivers' Championship.  Ruhlman is fourth overall in Top Ten finishes in
Trans-Am history.  Ruhlman, from Greensboro, NC, has been a professional
race car driver since his Rookie year in Trans-Am in 1990 and has extensive
racing experience, predominantly in road racing in the Trans-Am Series, as
well as in IMSA, ASA and the NASCAR short track series.

Derhaag Motorsports Pontiac Riley carries primary sponsorship from Preformed
Line Products with additional sponsorship logos of Coyote Closures®, Park
Place Ltd, KeyBank and McDonald Financial Group.

Preformed Line Products (PLP) is an international manufacturer and supplier
of hardware and support systems for the communications and energy
industries.  Products include the COYOTE® Closure and GUY-GRIP® Dead-End
used in the telecommunications, cable and energy industries.  Manufacturing
facilities are located worldwide in the USA, Canada, China, Brazil, Mexico,
England, Spain, South Africa, Australia and Thailand.

Cleveland-based KeyCorp is one of the nation¹s largest bank-based financial
services companies, with assets of approximately $92 billion. Key companies
provide investment management, retail and commercial banking, consumer
finance, and investment banking products and services to individuals and
companies throughout the United States and, for certain businesses,
internationally.

McDonald Financial Group offers comprehensive financial services to affluent
individuals from 87 offices in 15 states. As part of Cleveland-based KeyCorp
, McDonald Financial Group combines the capabilities of McDonald
Investments Inc.'s Private Client Group, member NASD/NYSE/SIPC, and Key
PrivateBank.  McDonald Financial Group offers banking, estate planning,
financial planning, retirement planning, brokerage, trust, individual asset
management, insurance advice and services, and charitable giving counsel.

For further information about the drivers, sponsor, team, please visit the
following links:

Derhaag Motorsports http://www.derhaag.com/ <http://www.derhaag.com/>

Randy Ruhlman  http://www.randyruhlman.com/ <http://www.randyruhlman.com/>

Paul Dallenbach http://www.performancetwo.com/paul_dallenbach.html

Preformed Line Products  http://www.preformed.com/
<http://www.preformed.com/>

KeyBank  http://www.key.com <http://www.key.com/> /

McDonald Financial Group  http://www.key.com/mfg <http://www.key.com/mfg>

 

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