Centennial Wireless To Sponsor July CRA Super Series Events

Salem, IN (May 14, 2008) – The month of July will be Centennial Wireless month with the CRA Super Series as series officials and Centennial Wireless management have announced that Centennial Wireless will be a Presenting Sponsor of the Hargus Mullins Memorial 125 series event on Thursday, July 3rd at Angola Motor Speedway in Angola, Indiana and the Mid-Summer Championship 200 on Sunday, July 13th at Plymouth Speedway in Plymouth, Indiana.

"Centennial Wireless is pleased to continue its support and partnership with the CRA Super Series," said Phil Laux, Senior Vice President of Marketing of Centennial Wireless. "We look forward to working with the two racetracks involved with this promotion and seeing all the great race fans at both events!"

Both the early July events will be big events on the 2008 CRA Super Series schedule. The traditional July 4th weekend event at Angola Motor Speedway has been a main stay of the series for several seasons. The July 3rd Hargus Mullins Memorial 125 Presented By EMF Corp and Centennial Wireless will be the 13th series event at the highly competitive 3/8-mile high-banked oval owned by Angola business man Dick Poe, also the owner of series sponsor EMF Corporation and the Dick Poe Motorsports two time CRA Super Series Championship winning team with driver Scott Hantz, who started off the 2008 season with a victory in the series season opener at Winchester Speedway on April 27th.

In last season’s exciting event 1997 series Champion Brian Rievley saved the best for the end, running second for much of the race, battling brake problems, before passing Jack Landis in turn four on the 117th lap to win the Hargus Mullins Memorial 125 presented by EMF Corp. and Centennial Wireless in front of one of the largest crowds of the season at Angola Motor Speedway. Landis finished right behind Rievley in second. Jeff Lane was third, early race leader, John Van Doorn fourth, Jason Dietsch fifth while Scott Hantz drove through the field after an early spin to finish sixth. Less than one second separated Landis and Hantz as the pack of cars raced for the checkered flag.

The July 13th Mid-Summer Championship Presented By Centennial Wireless will be the first series points event at Plymouth Speedway since 2002 when Scott Hantz claimed his third victory at Plymouth in the four series events held up to that point at that 3/8 mile speed plant. The series had a special non-points event their during the 2006 season, the first season for new track owners Bob Blount and Tom Smith who have made vast improvements to the facility over the past two seasons. Series veteran JR Roahrig won that special 100-lap non-points event in 2006. Jack Landis chased Roahrig through out the event but had to settle for second. Former Illiana Motor Speedway Champions Mike White and John Nutley finished third and fourth with Hantz finishing fifth.

The multi-lap July 13th event will attract the best CRA Super Series drivers along with the best late model drivers from the Chicagoland area including Eddie Hoffman Dave Weltmeyer, Nathan Haseleu and Pat Kelly. The event will be ran the day after the Chicago NASCAR Sprint Cup event, the track management does expect a least a couple of NASCAR drivers to stop by and compete in the Mid-Summer Championship 200 Presented By Centennial Wireless.

Centennial Communications (NASDAQ:CYCL), based in Wall, NJ, is a leading provider of regional wireless and integrated communications services in the United States and the Caribbean with over 1.3 million wireless subscribers and 326,400 access line equivalents. The U.S. business, Centennial Wireless, owns and operates wireless networks in the Midwest and Southeast covering parts of six states. They provide digital wireless service in two geographic clusters, covering a population of over 8.5 million.

The Midwest Centennial Wireless cluster includes parts of Indiana, Michigan and Ohio, and their Southeast cluster includes parts of Louisiana, Mississippi and Texas. Their clusters are comprised of small cities and rural areas. Centennial Wireless has a strong retail business economics with a limited reliance on roaming. The U.S. wireless network uses GSM technology in all of its markets and includes over 825 cell sites. Their extensive distribution channels include over 125 company-owned retail outlets including several stores in the Angola and Plymouth areas. More information on Centennial Wireless is available at www.centennialwireless.com.

More information on these events is available at www.angolamotorspeedway.com and at www.plymouthspeedway.net. Additional information and rules for the CRA Super Series is available at www.craracing.net

 

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