NASCAR Canadian Tire Series: Pierre Bourque set for mid-week outing in the Aaron's Dream Machine

Pierre Bourque set for mid-week outing in the Aaron's Dream Machine
 
OTTAWA, ONTARIO (July 28, 2009) - The NASCAR Canadian Tire Series is set
for a night of firsts on Wednesday evening at Saskatoon's Auto Clearing
Motor Speedway, and Pierre Bourque and No. 29 Aaron's Dream Machine
Dodge will be part of the history-making event.

            The series will be making its first-ever visit to the new
1/3-mile, progressively banked speedway, located just north of
Saskatchewan's largest city. In addition to being the series' inaugural
appearance in Saskatchewan, it also marks the first time Canada's NASCAR
tour will contest a race during the middle of the week.

            "I'm really looking forward to racing the Aaron's Dream
Machine in Saskatoon on Wednesday evening," said Bourque, who finished
12th in Saturday's NASCAR Canadian Tire Series road course event during
the Rexall Edmonton Indy. "This will be our third race in less than two
weeks and I'm especially looking to apply what we learned on the oval in
Vernon, BC on July 18. We had some hard lessons that night (Bourque
finished 14th at Vernon's SunValley Speedway) and we're looking to
improve on that result on Wednesday."

            Bourque continued, "The people of Saskatchewan have really
embraced this event; I understand the race is completely sold out.
That's exciting for us as racers and I'm also pleased to be competing
there as Aaron's has store locations in Saskatoon and Prince Albert,
which allows us to promote Aaron's in another one of their growing
markets."

            The Ottawa resident is also enthused about continuing his
education and fundraising campaign on behalf of Canada's Military
Families Fund. Bourque has made numerous media appearances in support of
the MFF during the series' western swing and is looking forward to doing
more of the same in Saskatoon.

Spotlight on Bourque: There is currently an in-depth feature on Pierre
Bourque on the NASCAR Home Tracks mainpage, at www.nascar.ca. The story
talks about Pierre's dual-life as a racer and the force behind Canada's
top political and entertainment internet news site.

The Race: Wednesday's 250-lap 'Velocity Prairie Thunder presented by
Bayer Crop Science' is the seventh of 13 races on the 2009 NASCAR
Canadian Tire Series schedule. It is also the third and final race of
the series' western swing. Tickets for the track's permanent grandstands
sold out six weeks ago. Additional temporary bleachers were sold out
last Friday. Practice for the Velocity Prairie Thunder takes place
Wednesday at 1:30 p.m. and qualifying is at 5:30. The green flag is
scheduled to fly at 7:30 p.m. The race will air on TSN at midnight on
Aug. 22.

About Aaron's, Inc.: Aaron's, Inc. , the nation's
leader in the sales and lease ownership, specialty retailing and rental
of residential and office furniture, consumer electronics and home
appliances and accessories has more than 1,575 Company-operated and
franchised stores in 48 states and Canada. Founded in 1955 by
entrepreneur R. Charles Loudermilk, Sr. and headquartered in Atlanta,
Aaron's has been publicly traded since 1982. For more information, visit
www.shopaarons.com.

About Pierre Bourque: During the week, Pierre Bourque is the man behind
Bourque Newswatch (www.bourque.com) a website that goes deep behind the
scenes of Canadian politics. Dubbed as "Canada's Online News Authority"
it follows the movers and shakers of Canada's political scene. On
weekends, Bourque does some moving and shaking of his own, competing in
car races in several series, including NASCAR, ARCA and Grand-Am. You
can also follow Pierre's Tweets at twitter.com/pierrebourque.

About the Military Families Fund: The Military Families Fund (MFF) is an
agile and responsive organization that helps military families within
hours of being advised of need. It assists with short-term emergencies
and also provides long-term support. The MFF allows for several areas of
support, including rehabilitation, education, financial assistance in
the case of injury or death of a Canadian Forces member due to service,
and urgent and extraordinary financial demands where the ability to
provide family necessities is at risk. For more information or to
donate, visit www.cfpsa.com.

About the NASCAR Canadian Tire Series: The NASCAR Canadian Tire Series
(NCATS) is Canada's top motorsports tour. The 13-race series features
events across Canada, from BC to Nova Scotia, with a combination of oval
and road course events at the nation's top facilities and race weekends.
For more information, visit www.nascar.ca.

Prepared by Inside Track Communications. For more information about
Pierre Bourque and the No. 29 Aaron's Dream Machine Dodge NASCAR
Canadian Tire Series car, call (416) 561-2320 or visit
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