7-27-98

                          NEWS ADVISORY:
                   BUCKEYES, START YOUR ENGINES!

	The Ohio State University will announce a new academic and 
business partnership and unveil an Ohio State stock car and a 
NASCAR truck at a news conference Tuesday (7/28).  The event 
announcing an "Ohio State Motorsports" program will take place at 
11 a.m. at the Center for Automotive Research, 930 Kinnear Road.  
Reporters should enter through the garage at the rear of the 
building.  

	Appearing at the press conference will be Ohio State 
graduate and NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series driver Lonnie Rush of 
Pickerington.  Rush will race a truck featuring an Ohio State 
logo in his July 30 appearance at the Cummins 200 at Indianapolis 
Raceway Park.  Also on hand will be ARCA driver and Ohio State 
graduate Josh Baltes of Dayton.  Baltes will be racing a stock 
car with an Ohio State logo Aug. 28 at the ARCA Bondo/Mar-Hyde 
event at Atlanta Motor Speedway.

	A merchandising program -- including an Ohio State 
Motorsports logo -- that will support initiatives at the Center 
for Automotive Research (CAR) and the student motorsports project 
teams in the College of Engineering also will be announced at the 
press conference. 

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Contact:  Rick Van Brimmer, Trademark & Licensing Services, 
	     614-292-1562