Cornett Racing Engines Crowned COMP Cams Engine Builder of the Year

[CPG Marketing]

CORONA, CA (November 19, 2009) - COMP Cams and the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series will honor and award Cornett Racing Engines as the top engine builder of the year on the series in 2009. Cornett Racing Engines based in Somerset, KY earned the most engine builders points during the year competing against seven other engine builders that participated in the COMP Cams Engine Builders Challenge in 2009. Jack Cornett owner of Cornett Racing Engines has won the title of COMP Cams Top Engine Builder two years in a row on the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series. Drivers that competed regularly on the series in 2009 that use Cornett Racing Engines included Jimmy Owens, Brad Neat, Steve Casebolt, John Blankenship and Bart Hartman to just name a few.

Cornett Racing Engines will be honored at the series banquet on Saturday November 21st at the Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis, Indiana. COMP Cams will award Cornett Racing Engines as the top engine builder and a special award to the runner up engine builder Pro Power Racing Engines.

COMP Cams one of the many sponsors and supporters of the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series continues to give back to their customers that support the series. As the title sponsor of the COMP Cams Engine Builders Challenge, COMP Cams rewards the engine builders that support the sport of dirt late model racing and the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series. COMP Cams is also the title sponsor of the Topless 100 held each year at the Batesville Speedway in Batesville, AR. The mega event pays $40,000 to the winner and is sanctioned by the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series.

For more than 32 years, the COMP Cams mission has never changed: to produce the highest-performing products possible, provide customers with superior service, and to lead the industry in technological development. While the COMP Performance Group has grown to multiple companies and hundreds of employees, they still retain the competitive spirit and desire to be the very best that has positioned COMP Cams as the absolute leader in valve train components.

"COMP Cams is one of the many companies that continue to do business with the series year end and year out. They believe in what we are doing as a series and support not only the series but reward the engine builders and racers that follow the series. We want to thank COMP Cams for their commitment and support of the series and their willingness to reward drivers that follow our series throughout the year", stated Ritchie Lewis, series director.

The Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series was founded in 2005 and has seen a steady growth in the five years of its existence to become the premier dirt late model touring series in the country. The Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series 2010 schedule has been released and can be found at the official website of the series.

For the latest breaking news on the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series, visit the official series website at www.lucasdirt.com or contact the Series Office at (951) 532-2503.