| Race fans Kenneth Sauls, Marc Leeth and Dana Munroe took home top honors in the WIX Filters Lap Leader Award contest during the Aug. 20-21 and Aug. 24-27, 2005 NASCAR racing weekends, each earning a weekly prize of WIX Filters apparel and a one-year supply of WIX oil and air filters in addition to a shot at a grand prize, all-expense-paid trip to Las Vegas Motor Speedway for the 2006 NASCAR NEXTEL Cup event.
Sauls, a resident of Picayune, Miss., correctly predicted that Kurt Busch would win the WIX Filters Lap Leader Award for his performance in the NASCAR NEXTEL Cup event at Michigan International Speedway.
Leeth, from Chillicothe, Ohio, earned the top spot in the NASCAR NEXTEL Cup WIX Filters Lap Leader Award contest when Matt Kenseth led the most laps in NASCAR NEXTEL Cup competition at Bristol Motor Speedway.
Munroe, a resident of Salt Lake City, correctly anticipated that Mike Skinner would win the WIX Filters Lap Leader Award for his performance in the Craftsman Truck Series at Bristol Motor Speedway.
No fans correctly predicted that Martin Truex Jr. and Denny Hamlin would win the WIX Filters Lap Leader Award for their performances in the Busch Series events at Michigan and Bristol, respectively.
The WIX Filters Lap Leader Award is presented to the driver who leads the most laps during each race in NASCAR’s NEXTEL Cup, Busch and Craftsman Truck racing series. The award includes a cash prize presented to the winning driver during a ceremony before the next race and a year-end payout and trophy for the driver who earns the most WIX Filters Lap Leader awards over the course of the entire season. Cash awards for the year-end honor are: $75,000 for the NEXTEL Cup Series; $20,000 for the Busch Series; and, $10,000 for the Craftsman Truck Series.
The WIX Filters Lap Leader Award contest enables fans to be a part of the action. The online contest encourages fans to pit their knowledge against one another and against celebrity prognosticator John Roberts, host of NASCAR This Morning and NASCAR Victory Lane, in a weekly competition to predict which drivers will win the WIX Filters Lap Leader Award in each race. Fans who participate in the online contest compete for prizes including an all-expense-paid trip to Las Vegas Speedway for the 2006 NEXTEL Cup race.
Fans can sign up for the contest, make picks and try to beat Roberts by visiting www.wixlapleader.com. Detailed contest rules and prize information are provided on the Web site.
WIX’s relationships with professional motorsports organizations include product sponsorships for more than 40 teams in the three primary stock car racing circuits sanctioned by NASCAR. WIX is the official sponsor of the WIX Filters Lap Leader Award, which offers cash prizes for the leader of the most laps during each event within the top three NASCAR racing divisions and a year-end prize for the driver within each series who wins the most WIX Lap Leader Awards during the season.
Since 1939, WIX has been an innovator in filtration products. WIX designs, manufactures and distributes products for automotive, diesel, agricultural, industrial and specialty filter markets. Its product line includes oil, air, cabin interior, fuel, coolant, transmission and hydraulic filters for automobiles, trucks and off-road equipment. WIX, a member of the Affinia family of brands, is the #1 filter in NASCAR and an exclusive NASCAR Performance Product. Its NASCAR relationship also includes the WIX Filters Lap Leader Award, which recognizes the drivers leading the most laps in each race. WIX Filters’ Internet address is www.wixfilters.com.
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