FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
May 8, 2000

TV Sportscaster To Race 24 Continuous Hours In Stock Car To Benefit Children's Hospital

-- NASCAR Silicon Motor Speedway Dedicates Day, Donates Proceeds To "Driving for Dollars" Event --
ALBANY, New York -- May 8, 2000 -- An Albany, New York television sportscaster is in a 200 mile-per-hour hurry to help kids.

Starting at noon on Friday, May 12, Dan Murphy will strap himself into one of the nearly full-size, fully equipped stock car simulators at the NASCAR Silicon Motor Speedway Racing Center in Albany's Crossgates Mall and race at speeds of up to 200 mph for 24 hours straight. "I'm going to rock a stock car around the clock," says Murphy.

During his 24 hour drive, Dan will definitely feel all the bumps, bangs and concrete walls of a real race. According to Jay Goldstein, racing center general manager for parent company, Silicon Entertainment, "Our racing experience provides the most immersive, realistic racing you can find - short of the smell of burning rubber, no detail has been spared."

Murphy's race driving marathon, benefiting The Children's Hospital at Albany Medical Center, is being held in conjunction with the hospital's 15th annual fundraising telethon airing June 4 on his station, WTEN/ABC-10.

Murphy will race continuously, taking only occasional 10-minute breaks. Local corporations and businesses will sponsor the event. "I'm counting on individuals to participate, too, by stopping by to race against me and showing support with a donation," he says.

Crossgates Mall will be kept open all night long for the event. Anyone choosing to race against Murphy will donate an additional $1, which will be matched by NASCAR Silicon Motor Speedway. The Speedway has also created a special race competition against Murphy on Saturday morning, and will donate half of the competition proceeds to the Hospital.

WTEN/ABC 10 will post periodic progress reports about Murphy's marathon on the station's Web site at www.wten.com. Updates will also be posted on NASCAR Silicon Motor Speedway's Web site right here at www.SMSonline.com.

According to Joan Fisher, development officer at Albany Medical Center, "When Dan came to us with this unusual idea, we immediately thought it would be a fun way to engage a lot of people. We're very excited about it and extremely appreciative of his efforts."

Murphy, who has a long-standing commitment to help the hospital meet the medical needs of local youngsters, goes about his mission creatively. Two years ago, for example, he sat in every seat in Albany's Pepsi Arena, all 18,600 of them consecutively, to help pull in donations.

About The Children's Hospital:
The Children's Hospital is a 125-bed facility devoted exclusively to the medical needs of infants, children and adolescents. It is the referral center for all seriously ill or injured children from 25 counties in upstate New York and western New England. Staffed by 80 physicians trained in 34 sub-specialties, the hospital also has over 300 pediatric nurses, respiratory therapists, social workers and child care specialists trained to care for the whole child, medically, emotionally and socially. More than 4,600 children are admitted annually to The Children's Hospital. This includes 1,160 seriously or critically injured children and 690 neonatal admissions. More than 37,000 children are treated annually on an outpatient basis.

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