Salem, IN (June 2, 2004) – Representatives of Mansfield Motorsports Speedway and Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company have announced that Goodyear will be the sponsor of the 100 lap Sunoco Super Series event at Mansfield Motorsports Speedway on Saturday, June 12^th. The Goodyear 100 will be the second visit to the newly refurbished half-mile racetrack for the Sunoco Super Series. Track owner Michael Dzurilla and General Manager Jerry Smith have transformed Mansfield Motorsports Speedway into one of the premier short track facilities in the country. Located just outside Mansfield, Ohio, the track recently hosted a NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series race that was sold out to 20,000 plus spectators.

A huge crowd of almost 10,000 fans, the biggest crowd at Mansfield Motorsports Speedway during the 2003 season, witnessed one of the best Sunoco Super Series races in 2003. 1998 Sunoco Super Series Champion Brian Rievley took the early lead from his outside pole starting position. Rievley lead the first 37 laps before being passed by Canadian Racing legend Junior Hanley on lap 38. Hanley would lead through lap 92 before Rievley made a daring inside pass to retake the lead on a restart on lap 93. Rievley would hold off 2002 Sunoco Super Series Rookie Of The Year Andy Ponstein to get his first win since his return to racing after taking some time off from the sport. Hanley and Fred Campbell put on another great battle for third and fourth.

2004 is the third consecutive season that Goodyear has been the Official Race Tires of the Sunoco Super Series. In addition, this is the third season that Goodyear has sponsored the Goodyear Performance Awards at each Sunoco Super Series point’s event. The driver advancing the most positions in the top five finishers and as well as the driver advancing the most positions in the sixth through tenth finishers at each event get a $150 bonus from Goodyear.

Headquartered near Mansfield Motorsports Speedway in Akron, Ohio, Goodyear goes racing for a number of reasons, two of the most obvious reasons are to advance tire technology and provide exposure for the company through marketing and advertising opportunities. Tire technology proven at the track is readily transferred to improving consumer tire performance. Marketing opportunities capitalize on continually increasing audience sizes, both at the track and watching races on television, and link Goodyear tires to racing, high performance and technology.

Today, motorsports is the fastest growing spectator sport in the United States. Goodyear will continue to be a leading race tire supplier to the industry and consumers will continue to benefit from the advanced technology that makes the leap from track to street. More information is available at www.goodyear.com.

Pit gates will open at Mansfield Motorsports Speedway on Saturday, June 12^th at 12Noon. Sunoco Super Series practice will begin at 3:30PM with qualifying at 5:30PM. The evening’s race program will begin at 7PM and will be highlighted with the running of the Sunoco Super Series Goodyear 100.

More information on Mansfield Motorsports Speedway is available at www.mansfield-speedway.com.