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RacingJunk.com®’s “Give Back To The Racers Tour 2007” Sponsorships to be awarded by Cruz Pedregon at PRI

Posted by Danielle Trumbull on 11/27/2007 09:31AM
North Adams, MA (November 27, 2007) – Raceway Media's RacingJunk.com®, the largest online motorsports marketplace, has reached the final stage of its $55,000 "Give Back To The Racers Tour 2007", the awarding of the grand prizes. The contest, that has been running since March 1, 2007, ended last Thursday with the announcement of three finalists which include, in no particular order, Mary Baltzell of Rancho Mirage, CA, Gene Hinders of Hudson, IA and Gail Whisnant of Newton, NC. The three finalists will all be flown to Orlando, FL, by RacingJunk.com®, for the Performance Racing Industry (PRI) Show December 6-8. There they will learn if they have won the grand prize of $15,000 or second or third place sponsorships of $7,500 or $2,500. In order to make this a memorable event for three finalists and everyone in attendance RacingJunk.com® is proud to have Cruz Pedregon, NHRA Funny Car Driver, as the award presenter and Gavin Jerome, track announcer for PINKS as the MC of the event. The RacingJunk.com® team wants to invite all show attendees to their booth, #1169 3:00pm Friday December 7, 2007 for this exciting event which will be filmed by Speed TV. For more information, visit www.racingjunk.com/55k_winners/voting. ABOUT CRUZ PEDREGON Cruz Pedregon is sponsored by Advance Auto Parts in the NHRA Drag Racing Funny Car and has an amazing background in the racing community. In 1992, Cruz won the NHRA Funny Car Championship, the only other Funny Car driver other than John Force to win the title in the 1990’s. He has been racing since a young age and won his first drag race at the age of 15. Since then he has gone on to win over 22 races and has finished in the top 10 of the points standings nine times. He began as a grass roots racer and has made a huge impact on his sport through his drive and determination. Visit the Pedregon racing website at www.pedregonracing.com. ABOUT GAVIN JEROME Gavin has been a professional entertainer for the past 15 years and can be seen every Wednesday night on the Speed Channel as the track announcer for the hit TV show PINKS. He has experience in comedy and has headlined for comedy clubs nationwide and has worked with the likes of Jerry Seinfeld, Paul Reiser, Steve Harvey and Pat Paulson. For the past 10 years, Gavin has been providing humor workshops for companies worldwide. His client list includes 3M, IMB, The Principle Financial Group, Sears, Mayo Health Clinic and the U.S. Probation Office. In addition to Gavin’s time spent corporate speaking he has also provided messages of faith to congregations worldwide. He is a published author and host of his own radio program heard nationwide. Visit Gavin’s website at www.gavinjerome.com. ABOUT RACEWAY MEDIA Raceway Media LLC, a Boxcar Media, LLC Company, is a multimedia publishing firm serving the racing and performance enthusiasts industries. It is a free 'one-stop shop' for those looking to buy, sell, trade, entertain or interact with people throughout the automotive and motorcycle racing and performance communities. The company’s holdings include RacingJunk.com® and the newly renamed MotorcycleAds.com, which together receive more than 60 million page views per month and have more than 235,000 members. Raceway Media also owns BoatingJunk.com, MuscleCarJunk.com, TunerJunk.com, ImportJunk.com and RacingJunkRides.com. A new division, "Raceway Productions," produces, distributes and broadcasts content of racing related events.