Sadler, Nadeau Give 'Thumbs Up" to Indianapolis
Simulation
NASCAR DRIVERS SADLER, NADEAU GIVE THUMBS UP TO INDIANAPOLIS SIMULATION AT
NASCAR SILICON MOTOR SPEEDWAY
INDIANAPOLIS (January 28, 2003) – NASCAR Winston Cup Series drivers Elliott
Sadler and Jerry Nadeau have each given an enthusiastic “thumbs up” to the
new Indianapolis Motor Speedway simulation that will soon debut at NASCAR
Silicon Motor Speedway locations.
Sadler and Nadeau recently tried out the Indianapolis racing simulation,
which will open to the public at NASCAR Silicon Motor Speedway’s 12
locations on Feb. 2, according to William R. Donaldson, Chairman and CEO of
Interactive Motorsports and Entertainment Corp. (OTCBB:IMTS). Perfect Line,
Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of IMTS, owns and operates the unique NASCAR
Silicon Motor Speedway mall-based racing centers.
Sadler and executives of M&M/Mars, which will sponsor him as he moves to
Robert Yates Racing in 2003, visited the Concord Mills Mall location of
NASCAR Silicon Motor Speedway, located near Charlotte, N.C. After Sadler and
the executives raced against each other on some of the other NASCAR Winston
Cup tracks available on the simulators, store managers rolled out a private
test of the new Indianapolis simulation. Sadler, as he had done on the other
tracks, took the checkered flag in simulated races at the Brickyard.
“That’s good!” said Sadler after finishing the simulated race on the
2.5-mile Indianapolis Motor Speedway oval, noting the need to brake in turns
one and three just as he does when racing at the famous track. “If you
over-brake in those turns, you lose valuable position. Two and four (in the
simulator) are right on the money because no braking is needed there.”
NASCAR Silicon Motor Speedway has plans to enter into a promotional
agreement with M&M/Mars for 2003.
Nadeau, who drove for Petty Enterprises in the 2002 season, also visited the
Concord Mills location and was given a private test of the Indianapolis
simulation. “The simulation is incredible,” said Nadeau, a former race
winner in NASCAR Winston Cup competition. “I almost felt that I could learn
something that would help me in the next Brickyard 400.”
In conjunction with the launch of simulated racing at Indianapolis on
February 2, NASCAR Silicon Motor Speedway locations throughout the United
States will participate in the “Brickyard Challenge” promotion. For the
special price of $19.95, customers will be able to compete in two races on
the Brickyard and will also receive a Brickyard Challenge t-shirt.
The racing centers also currently feature Atlanta Motor Speedway, Daytona
International Speedway, Lowe’s Motor Speedway and Richmond International
Raceway on the simulators. Bristol Motor Speedway was added in October.
Perfect Line's NASCAR Silicon Motor Speedway racing centers are the largest
chain of officially licensed, NASCAR-branded interactive entertainment
stores in the world, and offers its customers the most popular NASCAR
merchandise available. Perfect Line has integrated sophisticated proprietary
racing simulator technology with an exclusive NASCAR license for
location-based entertainment and licenses for popular NASCAR tracks and
teams. NASCAR racing is considered the number one spectator sport in
America, with an estimated 75 million fans and over $1 billion in NASCAR
branded retail merchandise sales.
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