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IRL: AT&T Wireless Services to Sponsor Greg Ray

2 June 1998

Greg Ray
DALLAS, TX: An informal gathering and lunch with Indy Racing League (IRL) driver and Plano, Texas native Greg Ray and his new sponsor, AT&T Wireless Services was held today at the AT&T Wireless Services Store located at 3311 Oaklawn Avenue in Dallas, Texas. The sponsorship signing took place over the weekend as Ray prepares for his 4th race in the Indy Racing League Series. Ray recently made it to the Front Row as the 2nd fastest qualifier of the INDY 500. Ray and Todd Felker, Vice President of AT&T Wireless Services, announced the sponsorship for Texas and were available to discuss and answer questions. Ray discussed his recent success at INDY and the upcoming True Value 500 IRL race on Saturday night, June 6 at Texas Motor Speedway.

"It's wonderful to return home from the great success we had at INDY and have that momentum carry us to this weekend's race at Texas Motor Speedway," Ray explains.

"AT&T Wireless Services has responded to our success - it's great to be associated with such a leader in global communications. In '97, at Texas we finished in the top ten and we're very optimistic about this weekend," Ray concluded.

"AT&T Wireless Services is really excited to be a sponsor for Greg and the #97 Dallara. Many of our customers and employees are race fans so our sponsorship with a hometown racer like Greg is a great fit," said Todd Felker, vice president of marketing, AT&T Wireless Services. "We look forward to seeing him in Victory Lane on Saturday," he added.

AT&T Wireless Services, Inc. is the largest digital wireless carrier in the United States and also provides messaging, wireless data and aviation communication services. AT&T Wireless Services, Inc. has more than 2.1 million Digital PCS customers and 8.2 million total wireless customers on a proportional count. AT&T Wireless Services, Inc. is a wholly-owned subsidiary of AT&T Corp. , the world's leader in telecommunications services and technology.

For further information or tickets for this weekend's June 6 True Value 500 night race at Texas Motor Speedway, please contact 817.215-8500. Live television coverage of the race may be seen at 9:00 p.m. on TNN (The Nashville Network) Motorsports. For further information on Greg Ray, please contact McMann & Tate at 214.880-7456 or refer to his Web Site at www.gregray.com.