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Media Release
January 5, 2008
For Immediate Release
Contact:
Amanda
Wroten, External Communications Coordinator
(757) 969-4175 or
amanda.wroten@wolseley.com
Rip Michels racecar to feature Stock Building
Supply
Raleigh, NC
(January 5, 2008)- Celebrating five years of
tradition and partnership, Rip Michels Racing and Stock Building
Supply team up for the nationally televised NASCAR Toyota All-Star
showdown. The race, held at Irwindale Speedway on January 23, will be
televised on Speed Channel at 10:30 p.m. EST. and 7:30 PST.
Michels is an eight-time NASCAR champion and owns the record for the
most wins at Irwindale Speedway. Additionally, he is the 2006 NASCAR
Southwest Series Champion. Irwindale Speedway is considered to be one
of the best short tracks in America.
“We are excited that Andersen Windows will partner with us to
sponsor Rip for this national televised event. Our relationships with
our vendor partners is more important than ever,” stated Rick Smith
Los Angeles Market Manager for Stock Building Supply. “We have had a
great relationship with Stock Building Supply and some of their
manufacturing vendors for over five years and I’m very excited we are
able to partner for this event that gets national exposure,” stated
Rip Michels.
This is truly a NASCAR All-Star event that will draw the very best
short track racers from across the country. Early predictions are
that some NASCAR Sprint Cup, Nationwide and Craftsman Truck Series
drivers will attend with David Gililand, Matt Crafton, and Ron
Hornaday who have already entered this event
“With the talent that shows up for this event it is guaranteed to
make this an exciting race. It’s not about a championship, it’s not
about money, it’s about one event with the very best short-track
racers in the country,” stated Michels.
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Raleigh, NC-based Stock Building Supply is a leading supplier of
building materials to professional home builders and contractors in
the United States. Stock currently operates 209 locations in 27
states, with reported sales of $3.5 billion for the fiscal year 2008.
For more information visit:
www.stockbuildingsupply.com.
Stock is part of
Wolseley plc, the world’s largest specialist trade distributor of plumbing and heating
products to professional contractors and a leading supplier of
building materials in North America, the UK and Continental Europe.
Group revenues for the year ended July 31, 2008, were approximately
<
$33.1 billion. Wolseley has approximately 74,000 employees operating in 27
countries. Wolseley is listed on the London Stock Exchange (LSE: WOS)
and is in the FTSE 100 index of listed companies.
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