HEAD OF THE CLASS: SOUTH HIGH STUDENT WINS VIC & NANCY EDELBROCK SCHOLARSHIP FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact(s): Laura King, Edelbrock: (310) 781-2222, ext. 2717 (lking@edelbrock.com) Dan Smith, Pacific Communications Group: (310) 224-4954 (dsmith@paccomgrp.com) TORRANCE, Calif. - (June 4, 2004) -A senior at South Torrance High School has been named the recipient of the second annual Vic & Nancy Edelbrock Scholarship for excellence in automotive technology. Brittany Prouty was honored yesterday at Vic's Garage in Torrance, and Dr. Steven Fish, Superintendent of the Torrance Unified School District, was on hand to help award Prouty her $1,000 prize. "Nancy and I are thrilled to present this award to Brittany. It's always a pleasure to see a new generation of young people grow up with the same passion for automobiles that I felt at their age," says Vic Edelbrock, Jr., company president and CEO. "This is such an honor for me," says Prouty, who, besides her automotive endeavors, is also an avid artist and has taken college-level art courses. "I want to work in the automotive industry, and this award will help me continue my education. I can't begin to express my gratitude." Candidates for the scholarship are selected by Tom Stout, South High's Practical Arts teacher who teaches an auto shop class. This year, Brittany was his first choice. After graduation, she will attend Wyo Tech, a technical school with campuses in Wyoming, Pennsylvania and Sacramento, California. Founded by Vic Edelbrock, Sr. in 1938, 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 8,100 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 Corp. • 2700 California St. • Torrance, CA • 90503 • (310) 781-2222