FEBRUARY 9, 2005

SKF joins the NASCAR set

SKF, the Swedish manufacturer of automotive components, has signed a deal to enter NASCAR with a technical partnership with Richard Childress Racing. The SKF logos will be seen on all three of RCR's cars this year in the NASCAR Nextel Cup series.

SKF is a longtime technical partner of the Ferrari F1 team having come into the sport with Ferrari in 1947. The relationship is now the longest technical supplier relationship in the sport.