Salem, IN (June 18, 2004) – The Scott Performance Wire Tri-State Challenge, an award program based upon four selected Sunoco Super Series points events in three of the states the series will visit in 2004, is set to begin this Saturday, June 19th in the Performance Engineering 150 at Berlin Raceway, located in Marne, Michigan. The other events involved with the Scott Performance Wire Tri-State Challenge will be the July 17^th Anderson 400 Presented By Corteco at Anderson Speedway located in Anderson, Indiana, the September 12^th event at Columbus Motor Speedway in Columbus, Ohio, and the Sunoco Super Series Season Championship event on October 24^th at Salem Speedway located in Salem, Indiana.

The Scott Performance Wire Tri-State Challenge will pay the driver who gets the most series points in the four events a $400 bonus and a set of Scott Performance Wires. The second place driver in the Scott Performance Wire Tri-State Challenge will receive a $300 bonus. The third place driver in the Scott Performance Wire Tri-State Challenge will receive a $200 bonus. Scott Performance Wire will also award the 2004 Sunoco Super Series Champion with a set of Scott Performance Wires and an additional set of Scott Performance Wires that will be given away by random draw of the top fifteen teams in final series points at the 2004 series awards banquet in January.

" We are really excited to be involved with the Sunoco Super Series again this season," remarked Brian Scott, owner of Scott Performance Wire. "Last season we stepped this award up to include some cash bonuses for some very deserving drivers. The award is designed to reward drivers for their performance and for supporting the Sunoco Super Series in selected series events in Indiana, Ohio and Michigan."

Jeff Lane won the 2003 Scott Performance Wire Tri-State Challenge.  Lane won two of the four events with the 2003 Scott Performance Wire Tri-State Challenge, the wins came at Mt. Lawn Speedway in New Castle, Indiana and at Shadybowl Speedway located in DeGraff, Ohio. Lane finished second in the last event of the 2003 Scott Performance Wire Tri-State Challenge, the Sunoco 150, at Anderson Speedway. Junior Hanley finished second and Eddie Van Meter finished third in the 2003 Scott Performance Wire Tri-State Challenge. 

Scott Performance Wire is located in Mooresville, North Carolina. Scott Performance Wire is a leading manufacturer of competition custom ignition wire sets. For more information on Scott Performance Wire and its products, visit their web site at www.scottperformance.com. Scott Performance Wire "Faster By Design".