Goodyear Raises $20,000 With First-Ever
Get there^® Charity Auction
Tony Stewart Takes the Checkered Flag in the Race to Raise the Most Money; All Proceeds to Benefit The NASCAR^® Foundation

Akron, OH — July 24, 2007 — The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company, the exclusive tire supplier of NASCAR's top three racing series, announced that the Goodyear Get there^® Charity Auction raised $20,000 for The NASCAR Foundation and its driver-affiliated charities. As a result of the funds raised through the auction, Goodyear was awarded with the honor of being named a “Champion Friend of the Foundation” for the 2007 NASCAR^® NEXTEL^® Cup Series™ season — the highest level of participation that can be achieved by a one-time donor.

“As a long-standing supplier of NASCAR, we're very proud to help support The NASCAR Foundation and its important mission,” stated Stu Grant, Goodyear's general manager of global race tires. “Goodyear would like to thank all the fans who bid on these unique race-used Eagle^® tires and helped us raise so much money for The NASCAR Foundation.”

The Goodyear Get there Charity Auction provided fans the opportunity to bid on 43 authentic Goodyear tires individually autographed by the top NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series drivers. Each autographed race-used Goodyear Eagle tire was accompanied by a certificate of authenticity, which included the driver's name and car number, the race in which the tire was used, the driver's finish in that race and the tire's RFID number. The top 10 most popular tires in the auction belonged to Tony Stewart, Dale Earnhardt, Jr., Juan Pablo Montoya, Elliott Sadler, Jamie McMurray, Jeff Gordon, Matt Kenseth, Paul Menard, Carl Edwards and Kyle Busch. Stewart's tire placed first, and went for $3,001.

This was the largest collection of certified, autographed race-used Goodyear Eagle tires that The NASCAR Foundation and Goodyear have combined to offer at auction.

“We are grateful to Goodyear for helping us make this auction such a huge success and are proud to welcome them as a Champion Friend of the Foundation,” said The NASCAR Foundation Executive Director Sandy Marshall. “The winning bidders should feel good knowing that the proceeds generated from the auction will go a long way in helping The Foundation achieve its mission of making a difference in the lives of those who need it most.”

Goodyear is the “Exclusive Tire Supplier” of the NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series, the NASCAR^® Busch^® Series™ and the NASCAR^® Craftsman^® Series™ through 2012. The company has had an uninterrupted commitment to NASCAR since becoming a race tire supplier in the 1950s. This relationship has become one of the longest-running supply programs in any sport. Over those years, Goodyear has worked to bring innovation to its racing products, which, in turn, has helped foster heightened competition on the track. Goodyear also takes innovations and cutting-edge technology from the race track and applies that technology to tires that consumers use on streets and highways.

To learn more about The NASCAR Foundation and how you can become a Friend of the Foundation, visit www.nascar.com/foundation.