PRESS PASS® OPTIMA 2004

• THUNDER BOLTS - 18 Drivers to Collect!
• SIGNATURE SERIES autographed memorabilia cards
• PRESS PASS SIGNINGS AUTOGRAPH CARDS
• PRESS PASS SIGNINGS CONTEST - Win a complete set of autographs!
• Comprehensive Base Set - Expanded to 100 cards for 2004!
  
  ELECTRIFYING INSERTS
  
• Thunder Bolts - Cards feature genuine race-used lugnut slices from 18 of the top teams in NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Racing with distinct hobby and retail versions to collect...Hobby 1:168; Retail 1:240. SIGNATURE SERIES - a special version of the Race-Used Thunder Bolts cards with authentic autographs of 8 of NASCAR's brightest stars; numbered to the drivers' door number (Hobby Only).
• Press Pass® Signings - This year-long certified autograph program includes over sixty of yesterday, today and tomorrow's stars of NASCAR...Hobby 1:84, Retail 1:144; PRESS PASS® TRANS SIGNINGS - Special plastic foil stamped version of the classic Press Pass Signings found in both Hobby and Retail (sequentially numbered to 100); PRESS PASS® GOLD SIGNINGS - A continuation of Signings with gold stamped cards signed in gold metallic pen - extremely rare (Hobby Only, sequentially numbered to 50).
• Press Pass® Signings Contest - Enter to win a complete set of Press Pass® Signings Autograph cards featuring over 60 NASCAR drivers and legends...1:28
• Dale Earnhardt Gallery - "The Man Behind The Mask", the seventh installment of the Dale Earnhardt Gallery takes a look at how the Intimidator lived his life away from the track with unique artist-touched
  photography...(1:72). Also look for Limited Edition Hobby Only version sequentially numbered to 200.
• Top Prospects - Race-used memorabilia cards (gloves, shoes, and tires) from current drivers in the NASCAR Busch Series who are expected to climb quickly in the ranks of NASCAR...1:98 (Hobby Only)
• Q&A - Learn more about nine top drivers on this foil etched question and answer card...1:8
• Cool Persistence - 12 drivers make cool moves on this embossed holofoil card...1:6
• G-Force - 6 drivers and teams work together to propel themselves to a top finish on this silver foil card...1:12
• Fan Favorite - Die-cut 27-card "set-within-a-set"...1:2
• Gold Edition Parallel - Gold foil stamped version of the 100 base cards #'d to 100. (Hobby Only)

Press Pass® Year-Long Inserts

• TRIPLE Burner - For the first year since it's inception, Triple Burner can only be found in hobby packs, with cards featuring all of the top teams including Jeff Gordon and Dale Earnhardt Jr. These cards showcase authentic pieces of the drivers' race-used tire, sheet metal and lugnuts embedded in a single trading card. This ten-card insert is part of a year-long continuity program throughout all Press Pass brands where only 100 sequentially numbered cards of each driver will be released; 14 cards each of ten different drivers will be found in this product.
• DOUBLE Burner - Double Burner, now found only in retail, features cards of all of the top teams including Jimmie Johnson and Ryan Newman. These cards showcase authentic pieces of the drivers' race-used firesuit and glove embedded in a single trading. This ten-card insert is part of a year-long continuity program throughout all Press Pass brands where only 100 sequentially numbered cards of each driver will be released; 14 cards each of ten different drivers will be found in this product.
• Total Memorabilia Power Pick Contest - Another year-long continuity program continues in Optima and allows collectors to enter a drawing to win all memorabilia cards (Hobby and Retail versions) of a specific driver/team produced in all 2004 Press Pass products. Five winners will be drawn of each of the ten drivers. (1:200 packs)