Qualifying Celebrity Racers Prepare for Preliminary Finals

Qualifying Celebrity Racers Prepare for Preliminary Finals

- Each Driver Must Go Hard or Go Home -

On ABC's 'Fast Cars & Superstars - Gillette Young Guns Celebrity Race'

BOSTON, June 19 /PRNewswire/ -- In this night for preliminary finalists, the greatest concentration of rookie racecar drivers descend on Lowe's Motor Speedway as Gabrielle Reece, Bill Cowher, John Cena and Jewel push the Kroger and Sam's Club cars as hard as they can; and Gillette Young Gun Jamie McMurray prepares the preliminary finalists mentally and strategically for the same time-trial/accuracy challenge -- each driver must go hard or go home, on "Fast Cars & Superstars -- Gillette Young Guns Celebrity Race," TUESDAY, JUNE 19 (8:00-8:30 p.m. ET) on ABC. Eliminated racers from episodes 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 are Serena Williams, Krista Allen, John Salley, William Shatner and Laird Hamilton.

Celebrity Racers: singer Jewel, actor William Shatner, skateboarding legend Tony Hawk, actress Krista Allen, 7-time World All-Around Rodeo Champion Ty Murray, former NBA Champion John Salley, former NFL Super Bowl Champion John Elway, World Wrestling Entertainment Champion John Cena, tennis star Serena Williams, volleyball great and model Gabrielle Reece, legendary surfer Laird Hamilton, and former NFL Super Bowl-winning Head Coach Bill Cowher. Gillette Young Guns are Jimmie Johnson, Ryan Newman, Carl Edwards, Kasey Kahne, Kurt Busch and Jamie McMurray.

"Fast Cars & Superstars - Gillette Young Guns Celebrity Race" is hosted by ESPN anchor Kenny Mayne and co-hosted by former Cleveland Cavaliers center and current ESPN NASCAR analyst Brad Daugherty.

"Fast Cars & Superstars - Gillette Young Guns Celebrity Race" was co- created by BBDO and Gillette and produced by Radical Media. Executive producers are Michael Davies and Justin Wilkes. The director is Michael Warren. The series will be broadcast in 720 Progressive (720P), ABC's selected HDTV format with 5.1-channel surround sound.

Upcoming episodes: The hour-long Finale airs Sunday, June 24 at 7PM. Visit www.gygtv.com for more show information.

Photography is available at www.abcmedianet.com or at (818) 460-6611

First Call Analyst:
FCMN Contact: Allison.Mertzman@porternovelli.com

Source: Gillette

CONTACT: Mike Norton of Gillette, +1-617-421-8201; Michael Young,
+1-212-601-8212, or Adrienne Glusman, +1-212-601-8264, both of Porter Novelli;
Jonathan Hogan of ABC Media Relations, +1-818-460-7016

Web site:

http://www.gygtv.com/
http://www.abcmedianet.com/

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