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September 21, 2007

HALO 3 TARGET CAR FEATURED IN THIS WEEKEND'S DOVER 400

Target, XBOX and Chip Ganassi Racing Unveil Video Game Themed Car at the Monster Mile

WHAT: Gaming and racing fans are gearing up for a big weekend as Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates driver David Stremme gets behind the wheel of the #40 Target/Halo 3 car in the NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series race at Dover. Featuring concept art and the game's logo, the Target car will be wrapped with a special "Halo 3" paint scheme in honor of the launch of the Xbox 360-exclusive game on Sept. 25.

WHO: Target teams up with XBOX and Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates at Dover International Speedway.

WHEN: Sunday, Sept. 23

WHERE: Dover International Speedway 1131 N. Dupont Highway Dover, DE 19901

About Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates With 13 wins already in 2007, including the company's best stretch in history with six victories in 30 days, CGRFS continues to add to its tally of 89 trips to victory lane. Chip Ganassi created his own one-car IndyCar team in 1990 and established a partnership with a new sponsor, Target. Today, his teams include two IRL IndyCars, one Indy Pro Series car and along with Felix Sabates he has three cars in the NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series, two entries in the NASCAR Busch Series and two Daytona Prototypes in the world of Grand American Rolex Sports Car Series racing. Ganassi's IndyCar teams have amassed five Championships and 56 wins since 1994; his NASCAR teams have 12 wins and a Rookie-of-the-Year title; and the Grand American team has won two of the last three Rolex Series Daytona Prototype Championships and are the two-time defending Champions of the Rolex 24 At Daytona. Chip Ganassi Racing operates out of state-of-the-art race shop facilities in Indianapolis, Ind., and Concord, N.C., with a corporate office in Pittsburgh, Pa.

About Halo 3 "Halo 3," the final chapter in the groundbreaking "Halo" trilogy, is set to shatter day-one entertainment sales records when it is released worldwide beginning Tuesday, Sept. 25. Created by legendary developer Bungie Studios and exclusive to the Xbox 360 video game and entertainment system, "Halo 3" will set a new standard for interactive storytelling and social gaming by engaging consumers worldwide in the epic battle of Master Chief™ to save humankind.

In November 2004, the world's view of video games changed forever with the release of "Halo 2," which generated a record-setting $125 million (U.S.) in sales within the first 24 hours and changed the way people think about interactive entertainment. Three years later, it remains the most-played game on Microsoft's Xbox LIVE® online gaming and entertainment network, with nearly 1 billion hours of online gaming logged to date.

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