Winchester, IN (February 10, 2006) – Winchester Speedway officials are pleased to announce that Pier-Mac Plastics will the presenting sponsor of the Kenny Irwin Memorial USAC National Sprint Car Series event at the historic High Banks of Winchester Speedway on Sunday, June 11^th. The event will honor the former USAC Champion and NASCAR driver who tragically lost his life, in the prime of his career, while practicing for the NASCAR Nextel Cup event in New Hampshire in July of 2000. The Indiana native was only one month away from his 31^st birthday.

Kenny Irwin was one of the first open wheel stars to make the jump to NASCAR after the great success of Jeff Gordon. Irwin’s very successful open wheel career included 6 career USAC Silver Crown Series wins, 7 career USAC National Sprint Car Series wins, and 8 career USAC National Midget Series wins as well as the 1996 USAC National Midget Series Championship.

In 1997 Irwin moved to the up and coming NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series were he earned Rookie of the Year honors. The following year Irwin won the prestigious NASCAR Nextel Cup Series Rookie of the Year title driving for legendary car owner Robert Yates in the famous number 42 car that had helped propel legendary names like Davey Allison and Ernie Irvin to stock car fame. Irwin made a total of 87 NASCAR Nextel Cup starts with 4 top five finishes and 12 top ten finishes.

Today, his parents still honor Kenny’s spirit for life with their "Kenny Irwin Memorial Campground" featuring their "Dare to Dream Camp". Located on 27 acres in New Castle, Indiana, the "Dare to Dream Camp" offers a permanent year-round, racing-themed camp accommodating underprivileged, at-risk, neglected and abused children between the ages of 6 to 17 and is made possible by the generous contributions and donations from corporations, foundations and individuals.

Pier-Mac Plastics is a custom injection molding shop established in 1975, headquartered in Portland, Indiana. Pier-Mac Plastics has twelve (12) injection presses, ranging from 75-750 Ton. Pier-Mac is able to utilize a variety of plastic materials, such as Polycarbonate, Styrene, Polypropylene, ABS, Nylon, and many others that will meet your specific molding needs. When applicable Pier-Mac utilizes the processes of W&M Manufacturing and Accelerated Curing (our sister companies).

W&M Manufacturing is a custom Vacuum Metalizing and Top coating facility established in 1961. W&M consist of (3) vacuum metalizing chambers, robotic painting systems and water fall type paint booths for custom painting. W&M uses a variety of basecoats and topcoats.

The June 11^th event will also feature racing action from the CRA Street Stocks as well as the CRA Sportsman. Go to www.winchesterspeedway.com for more information on Winchester Speedway including the entire 2006 racing schedule.