Tony Stewart, Joe Gibbs Racing to Visit Timken

2005 NASCAR Nextel Cup Series Champion Tony Stewart and a member of Joe Gibbs Racing are coming to Timken on Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2006, to celebrate their winning partnership with Timken. In a press conference preceding a rally with Timken associates, Stewart, David Holden, chief engineer at Joe Gibbs Racing, and Alastair R. Deane, Timken's senior vice president - technology, will make an announcement regarding the 2006 NASCAR season and talk about the critical value of Timken technology in putting a winning racecar on the track. The associate rally and press conference are closed to the general public. WHO: 2005 NASCAR Nextel Cup Champion Tony Stewart Joe Gibbs Racing Chief Engineer David Holden WHAT: Press conference and Timken Associate Rally WHEN: 11:15 a.m. EST, Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2006 (arrival at 10:30 a.m.) WHERE: Timken Hangar, Akron-Canton Regional Airport The Timken team is also prepared to arrange tours of the company's world-class research and development facility and Faircrest steel plant, as well as set up individual interviews with Timken executives for interested members of the media.