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Pep Boys and Valvoline Sending One Sweepstakes Winner to Indianapolis

2 July 1999

Pep Boys and Valvoline Sending One Lucky Sweepstakes Winner to Indianapolis to Become Honorary Member of a NASCAR Pit Crew

    PHILADELPHIA--July 1, 1999--The Pep Boys - Manny, Moe & Jack and Valvoline have teamed up to bring race fans the Valvoline/Mark Martin Pit Crew Sweepstakes.
    The winner and a guest will get to meet Valvoline driver Mark Martin and watch the upcoming Indianapolis Winston Cup Race from his pits as an honorary member of the pit crew.
    Entries for the sweepstakes will be available at all participating Indianapolis, Chicago and Louisville-area Pep Boys locations, Monday, July 5 - Friday, July 16.
    "This sweepstakes is a great way for one lucky fan and his or her guest to get up close and personal to the action," said Bill Furtkevic, Pep Boys' director of marketing communications. "Besides meeting Mark Martin and having at great time at the race, they'll get to have the ultimate race fan experience as an honorary member of a working pit crew."
    Pep Boys is the nation's leading automotive retail and service chain with more than 645 locations in 37 states and Puerto Rico.
    Valvoline, a division of Ashland, Inc., is a leading innovator and supplier of quality, high-performing automotive and industrial products.