CSK’s Monster Truck, Scarlet Bandit, Sports New Paint Job in Support of Breast Cancer Awareness Month

PHOENIX--The Scarlet Bandit, a 10,000 pound, 1,600 horsepower monster truck sponsored by CSK Auto stores, Checker, Schuck’s, Kragen, and Murray’s, debuted earlier this month at the West Coast Monster Truck Nationals in Red Bluff, California sporting a huge pink “Crush Out Breast Cancer” ribbon. Dawn Creten, 34-year old driver of the Scarlet Bandit and mother of three daughters, says she is really glad that CSK was able to support the effort as October is National Breast Cancer Awareness Month. “I think fans really like the truck and everything that has been done with the Crush Out Breast Cancer effort this month,” says Creten. Both Dawn and her husband Jimmy Creten, driver of CSK’s monster truck Bounty Hunter, are doing all they can to raise awareness and raise donations this month. CSK’s Scarlet Bandit with its Crush Out graphics also appeared in Sparta, Kentucky and Memphis, Tennessee. The Crush Out Breast Cancer campaign continues through the month of October.

The Crush Out Breast Cancer monster truck initiative was started last year by the Major League of Monster Trucks. A portion of ticket sales and proceeds from the sales of pink checkered flags, tee-shirts, and other merchandise with the Crush Out Breast Cancer logo is donated to Mercy Foundation North, a non-profit organization affiliated with St. Elizabeth Community Hospital in Red Bluff, California. After the West Coast Nationals this month, a $10,000 check was presented to the Mercy Foundation.

CSK Auto Corporation , is the parent company of CSK Auto, Inc, a specialty retailer in the automotive aftermarket. CSK Auto, Inc. operates 1,334 stores in 22 states as of August 5, 2007. CSK serves both the do-it-yourself and the do-it-for-me markets, operating under four brand names: Checker Auto Parts in Hawaii, Rocky Mountain, Southwestern, and Northern Plains states; Schuck's Auto Supply in the Pacific Northwest and Alaska; Kragen Auto Parts in California; and Murray's Discount Auto Parts in the Midwest.