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CART: Klein Tools Renews Support of Team Kool Green

8 December 2000

Posted By Terry Callahan
Motorsports Editor, The Auto Channel
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind.--Klein Tools, the world's leading producer of professional grade hand tools and protective equipment, announced today that it has renewed its agreement as a major associate sponsor of Team KOOL Green for the 2001 CART FedEx Championship Series. The renewal continues Klein Tools' long association with Team Green and insures drivers Dario Franchitti and Paul Tracy will carry the Klein Tools logo on their KOOL Honda-Reynards for the fourth consecutive season.

Based in Chicago, Klein Tools is a family-owned and operated company which has been in business since 1857, designing, developing, producing and marketing world wide the quality tools and trade protective equipment needed by trade professionals to earn a living. The company, which initially grew as the premier plier manufacturer for the telecommunications and electrical industries, has since broadened its product line to include most of the major types of hand tools used in the construction, electronics, mining, electrical communication and other fields.

Klein Tools, which employs more than 1,000 people nationwide, began its association with Team Green in 1994 to support the marketing efforts of its distributorships in key markets. The partnership with Team Green has flourished over the last seven years, resulting in an overall increase in domestic and international exposure for Klein Tools and its products and leading to an associate sponsorship relationship with the team's new Motorola Honda-Reynard program in 2001.

"We're proud to continue our relationship with Team KOOL Green," says Klein Tools president Richard T. Klein, Jr. "Being associated with two of the most competitive drivers and cars in the CART FedEx Championship over the past few years has contributed greatly to our efforts to increase public recognition and awareness of the quality products produced by Klein Tools."

"It's an honor for our team to have such a long-term relationship with Klein Tools," says Team Green owner Barry Green. "Klein Tools represents the very highest quality and standards in their industry, the same quality and standards we strive to achieve at Team Green. We're proud that the Klein Tools logo will, once again, be featured on the KOOL Honda-Reynards this year."

In addition to increased exposure for its products, Klein Tools' association with Team Green has led to the development of products specifically designed for the motor racing industry including spark plug pliers and protective wheel gun covers utilized by CART, Indy Racing League and Indy Lights teams as well as selected sports car teams including Panoz Racing. Klein Tools has also designed and manufactured a variety of towing/safety straps and debris buckets used by the renowned CART Safety Team at every event in the FedEx, Dayton Indy Lights and KOOL/Toyota Atlantic Championships.

Text Provided By Carol Wilkins

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