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STAR-STUDDED LINEUP SET FOR MAKE-A-WISH FUNDRAISER AT NASHVILLE NASCAR SILICON MOTOR SPEEDWAY LOCATION
INDIANAPOLIS (January 22, 2003) - Racing stars, professional
athletes, music industry artists and local celebrities will be part
of a star-studded fundraiser for the Make-A-Wish Foundation at the Nashville,
Tennessee location of NASCAR Silicon Motor Speedway. The
event will be held on Friday, January 31, and continue on Saturday,
February 1, according to an announcement by William R. Donaldson, Chairman
and CEO of Interactive Motorsports and Entertainment Corp. (OTCBB:IMTS).
Perfect Line, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of IMTS, owns and operates
the unique NASCAR Silicon Motor Speedway mall-based racing centers.
Nashville's Opry Mills Mall is the location for the racing center. Three-time
NASCAR Winston Cup champion Darrell Waltrip, now part of the NASCAR
on Fox television team, will be one of the racing stars attending during
the course of the two-day event. Also on hand will be drivers Sterling
Marlin, Bobby Hamilton and Bobby Hamilton, Jr., along with Kevin Carter
and Frank Wychek, members of the NFL's Tennessee Titans. The
special event, known as "Race
With Rudy", will be hosted by Rudy Kalis, longtime sports anchor
of WSMV-TV (NBC) in Nashville. Ten driver slots will be available to
race against Kalis and a celebrity in 30-minute competitions. Donations
will be of $50-$75 per driver for each competition. Five 30-minute bid
competitions will be held starting at 8 p.m. on January 31. Two additional
competitions are scheduled for 2 p.m. and 5 p.m. on February 1. Hours
of the fundraiser will be 12 noon until 11 p.m. on Friday and 10 a.m.
until 6:30 p.m. on Saturday. The
Make-A-Wish Foundation grants special wishes to children with life-threatening
illnesses to enrich the human experience with hope, strength and joy.
More than 10,000 wishes have been granted through the charitable international
organization. The Middle Tennessee chapter of the foundation will receive
all proceeds generated through the special racing competitions, as well
as all funds raised through a NASCAR Silent Auction with items donated
by the local hospitality, community and Opry Mills merchant partners.
NASCAR Silicon Motor Speedway at Opry
Mills will also be donating a portion of all revenues generated
during the event dates. Additional
information is available by calling NASCAR
Silicon Motor Speedway at Opry Mills at (615) 514-7223. Perfect
Line's NASCAR Silicon Motor Speedway racing centers are the largest
chain of officially licensed, NASCAR-branded interactive entertainment
stores in the world, and offers its customers the most popular NASCAR
merchandise available. Perfect Line has integrated sophisticated proprietary
racing simulator technology with an exclusive NASCAR license for location-based
entertainment and licenses for popular NASCAR tracks and teams. NASCAR
racing is considered the number one spectator sport in America, with
an estimated 75 million fans and over $1 billion in NASCAR branded retail
merchandise sales. -30-
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