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NASCAR : Sponsor Oakwood Homes to give away 'Dream Home'

9 November 1999

Posted By Terry Callahan
Motorsports Editor, The Auto Channel
GREENSBORO, N.C. --- Oakwood Homes will conclude their Second Annual Racin' Sellabration at Lowe's Motor Speedway at Charlotte on Monday, November 15. As part of the Racin' Sellabration program, eight customers who entered at Oakwood Homes sales centers throughout the year were selected to participate in the Richard Petty Driving Experience. One of those customers will draw the winning key, which opens the front door to a 1,296-square-foot, three-bedroom, two-bathroom Sunrise Dream Home.

Last year's home winner, Felicia Weatherford of Cleveland, Tennessee, is living comfortably in her new Oakwood Home. Weatherford was renting an apartment when she was selected to participate in the driving experience and the drawing for the home. Weatherford is a homemaker, a wife and the mother of a five-year-old daughter.

The eight finalists in the Oakwood Homes Racin' Sellabration, which started in March and ended on October 14 are: Joe Davis of Oak Ridge, La.; Jay Crossan of Lebanon, Ore.; Daniel Smith of Westfork, Ariz.; Samuel Lockwood of San Antonio, Texas; Ken Kitlasz of South Plainfield, N.J.; Jeffery Thompson of Beckley, W. Va.; James Green of Marietta, Ga. and Brian Franklin of Sterling, Okla.

NASCAR veteran driver Ken Schrader will be on hand at Lowe's Motor Speedway on November 15 for the drawing of the home. Schrader will be available for autographs and photos from 3-5 p.m. that day. Syndicated radio personalities John Boy and Billy will be there as well doing a live radio broadcast from 4-5 p.m.

Randy Pemberton with Inside NASCAR and Mark Ashenfelter with Winston Cup Scene each won a separate contest held exclusively for members of the motorsports media. Ashenfelter donated his Richard Petty Driving Experience prize to his father, Leon.

The public and media are invited to attend all activities on November 15 at Lowe's Motor Speedway. Anyone planning on attending may enter through the turn three tunnel. There will be free pizza and Oakwood Homes racing apparel give-a-ways from 4-5 p.m. The drawing for the home will take place at approximately 4:30 p.m.

Oakwood Homes Corporation, founded in 1946, is a fully integrated housing company that manufactures, retails, finances and insures factory-built homes in a 28-state region stretching from coast to coast. Headquartered in Greensboro, N.C., Oakwood Homes is the largest retailer and the third-largest manufacturer in the industry. Oakwood Homes retails its homes through company-owned and independent locations. The company operates nearly 360 sales centers, 24 plants and employs more than 10,000 employees nationwide. Oakwood Homes is listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol OH.

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