RACING VENUES - ROAD AT 2007 TOYOTA PRO/CELEBRITY RACE

LONG BEACH, Calif. (April 9, 2007) – There’s no doubt that nobody is faster behind the wheel of a Scion than NHRA sport compact champion Scott Kelley, but that’s usually in the All-Motor class over a quarter-mile. This weekend, Kelly will be traveling a new road – one with left and right-hand turns as he’s part of a 19-car field in this weekend’s Toyota Pro/Celebrity Race as part of the 33rd annual Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach.

Kelley, a Southern California native, will not only take on such celebrities as film-maker George Lucas, actresses Emily Procter (CSI Miami) and Kathryn Morris (Cold Case) and tennis great Martina Navratilova, but he’ll also match up with such racers at NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series champion Todd Bodine, current truck points leader Mike Skinner and X-Games champion Bucky Lasek.

The expected field of 19 includes the following group of fiercely competitive entertainment personalities, internationally known celebrities, sports stars and media: · Kathryn Morris Actress; stars as Lily Rush in the CBS TV drama Cold Case. Also appeared in the films “Paycheck,” “Hostage,” “Minority Report,” “As Good as it Gets.”

· Chris Klein Actor, starred as "Oz" in “American Pie” films. Also appeared in “Just Friends” and “American Dreamz”

· Emily Procter Actress, best known for her role of Calleigh Duquesne in CBS’ CSI: Miami and recurring guest role on NBC's The West Wing

· Aisha Tyler Actress, stand-up comedian and occasional writer. NAACP Image Award winner. Former host of Talk Soup. TV appearances include Ghost Whisperer, CSI, 24, Friends. Film work includes “The Santa Clause” 2 & 3 and the upcoming feature comedy “Balls of Fury” (April 2007).

· Kendra Wilkinson Model and TV personality best known as one of the three live-in girlfriends of Playboy founder Hugh Hefner in the E! reality TV series The Girls Next Door

· George Lucas Four-time Academy Award nominated director, producer, and screenwriter of the epic Star Wars saga and collaborator on the Indiana Jones films

· Dave Mirra Professional BMX rider, former host of MTV’s Real World/Road Rules Challenge; 14 medals at the X Games

· Martina Navratilova Former World No. 1 woman tennis player, International Tennis Hall of Famer

· John Salley Sportscaster, Best Damn Sports Show Period; retired from NBA Detroit Pistons

· Joshua Morrow Emmy Award-nominated actor; plays Nicholas Newman on The Young and the Restless. Plays on the World Poker Tour.

· Kelly Hu Actress and former fashion model. First Asian American to win Miss Teen USA (1985); crowned Miss Hawaii USA in 1993 and a finalist for Miss USA (1993). Currently stars in the ABC-TV drama, In Case of Emergency.

· Robin Quivers Radio personality; Howard Stern's primary co-host on his morning satellite radio show. Author of the autobiography, “Quivers: A Life.”

As the winner of the 2006 Toyota Pro/Celebrity Race, professional skateboarder and X Games Gold Medalist Bucky Lasek returns in the “Pro” category in 2007. “Last year was my first time out and it was a blast,” said Lasek. “This year, being back with the pros, my strategy is to stick as close as I can, try to get through traffic quickly and just hold better lines than everybody else.”

Lasek joins Kelley and two other drivers in the “Pro” category including NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Pro Champions Mike Skinner and Todd Bodine.

Rounding out the field are Southern California Toyota Dealer RJ Romero and two novice drivers, Jerry Westlund and Annamarie Dean, who each won places in the race for donations they made in two different charity auctions.

“This is sure to be one of the most unique races we’ve had in the three decades we’ve been conducting the Toyota Pro/Celebrity Race,” said Les Unger, Toyota’s national motorsports manager. “This is a race that’s exciting for all the celebrities and pros alike because it offers the high-speed challenge of real racing, combined with a worthwhile charitable endeavor.”

Toyota will donate $5,000 to “Racing for Kids” in the name of each celebrity racer, and another $5,000 to the winning racer’s charity of choice. Racing for Kids is a non-profit program benefiting children’s hospitals in Long Beach and Orange County, Calif.

Finally, a $15,000 donation is made in conjunction with the annual “PEOPLE Pole Award.” Sponsored by PEOPLE magazine, the award honors the pole-position winner of the Toyota Pro/Celebrity Race qualifying session on Friday, April 13. On behalf of the race and its participants, Toyota has donated close to $1.5 million to various children’s organizations since 1991.