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Edelbrock Presents Scholarship Award To Kansas Student

TORRANCE, Calif. (June 18, 2003) -- Honoring the past and looking to the future, Vic Edelbrock today presented automotive student Brian Bauman of Goodland, Kansas, a check for $3,650 as the recipient of the 2003 Edelbrock Scholarship Award. Bauman, 19, is a student at the Northwest Kansas Technical College in Goodland, Kansas.

Edelbrock, the president and CEO of Torrance, Calif.-based Edelbrock Corporation, began the scholarship program in 1996 to honor his father, Vic Sr., who founded Edelbrock in 1938. Vic Sr. was born in Eudora, Kansas, so Vic Jr. decided to set up the annual scholarship program with a school offering an automotive curriculum in Kansas.

"The Northwest Kansas Technical College has a great automotive program and I feel very good about partnering with them on the Edelbrock Scholarship Program," said Vic Edelbrock. "It's a great way to pave the future for budding automotive students while remembering my father. Brian's a great kid who loves working on cars, and is focused on horsepower. He's the ideal Edelbrock Scholarship recipient."

Bauman, his parents, and a brother and sister were flown out to Edelbrock headquarters in Torrance, Calif., and received the royal treatment, including a tour of the facility, gifts and the scholarship award.

"I'm excited to win this year's Edelbrock Scholarship," said Bauman. "I love Edelbrock parts and use a lot of Edelbrock stuff. Now, to meet Vic Edelbrock at his factory and to get this scholarship is just a dream come true. It's incredible."

"I told people when I first got to school, one of my goals was to try and win the Edelbrock scholarship," Bauman added. "I was absolutely shocked when I found out I won."

Founded by Vic Edelbrock Sr. in 1938 and celebrating its 65th anniversary in 2003, Torrance-based Edelbrock Corporation (NASDAQ NM: EDEL) is recognized as one of the nation's premier designers, manufacturers and distributors of performance parts for the automotive and motorcycle aftermarket and is a driving force in the $25 billion specialty equipment industry. The company owns four production facilities in Torrance and operates a "state-of-the art" foundry, plus a motorcycle carburetor manufacturing facility in San Jacinto, Calif.

Edelbrock's ever-expanding product line now features more than 7,500 performance products for domestics and imports, including nitrous systems, fuel rails, throttle bodies, exhaust headers, camshafts, fuel pumps, aluminum manifolds, exhaust systems, suspension and shocks, EFI systems, aluminum cylinder heads, water pumps, turbos, crate engines, brake and fuel lines and fluid transfer products. Edelbrock also manufactures parts for Harley-Davidson and other motorcycles, plus ATVs.

Edelbrock's core product line, which make up The Total Power Package®, are made in the USA. Edelbrock is also a manufacturer of racing products and a major contingency sponsor of several racing organizations, including NASCAR, the NHRA and the PRO Edelbrock Racing series. Edelbrock media releases, product information and high-resolution photographs are available on-line at www.edelbrock.com/media.

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Vic Edelbrock Jr., President and CEO of Edelbrock Corporation, presents a check to Brian Bauman of Goodland, Kansas, at the company's headquarters in Torrance, Calif. Bauman, a student at Northwest Kansas Technical College, is the 2003 winner of the Edelbrock Scholarship Award. In the background is a photo of Vic Jr. with his father, Vic Sr. (left), for whom the scholarship is named.


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In front of Edelbrock's Corporate Headquarters in Torrance, Calif., Brian Bauman of Goodland, Kansas receives a check for $3,650 from Vic Edelbrock Jr., President and CEO of Edelbrock. Bauman is the winner of the 2003 Edelbrock Scholarship Award, presented annually to an automotive student at the Northwest Kansas Technical College in Goodland, which is near where Vic Edelbrock Sr., who founded the company, was raised. From left to right: Bauman's parents, Jerry and Reva, Brian, Vic Edelbrock Jr., and Bauman's brother Richard and sister Deanna.


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