NMRA News : August 5th, 2003

Race Pages Magazine & NMRA Website to Provide Future Internet Presence for NMRA Ford National Event Series;
Eric Schumacher Joins ProMedia Events as Full Time Web Designer

Santa Ana, CALIF. -- ProMedia Events, the parent company of the NMRA Ford Nationals and PRO Hot Rod & Muscle Car Nationals Event Series, announced today that RPMag.com and NMRARacing.com will become the official internet presence for the NMRA Ford Nationals Event Series and Race Pages Magazine beginning August 4th, 2003.

Web Designer Eric Schumacher has been hired on a full time, in-house basis to fill the position of webmaster of RPMag.com and NMRARacing.com previously performed by RaceWorks web design company. Schumacher brings senior level web, flash, and print design experience to ProMedia Events in a renewed effort to develop and improve the ProMedia Events websites, including the NMRARacing.com and FastestStreetCar.com official sanction websites.

"We are fortunate to have someone with Eric's web design, programming, and graphic abilities and skills on the ProMedia Events team," said Charlie Harmon, Vice President of Business & Event Development. "He will be able to work on the brand new re-design of the NMRA & PRO web sites scheduled to launch January 1, 2004. These new web sites will be a real step up from our current sites, and will provide the latest event results, news, car show results, and racing photography. We are happy to have him on the team". Eric can be contacted directly at eschumacher@promediapub.com

RPMag.com will launch August 4th, 2003, and working in concert with a regularly updated NMRARacing.com, will replace TheFordMall.com as the official online presence of the NMRA and Race Pages Magazine. TheFordMall.com visitors will be redirected to the NMRARacing or RPMag.com websites.

Headquartered in Santa Ana, Calif., ProMedia is the leading event promoter and publisher for the sport of street legal drag racing in the United States. ProMedia Events, through the NMRA Ford Nationals and PRO Hot Rod & Muscle Car Nationals event series, produces 14 national three-day events that are televised on ESPN2 television that attract over 175,000 spectators and 8,500 participants per year. ProMedia's street legal publications include Race Pages and Fastest Street Car Magazine offer in excess of 70,000 readers per month.