Warn Industries Announces $35,000* Rock Crawling Contingency Program
Bonuses paid to event winners in Modified, Super Modified Classes

Clackamas, OR. (Feb 9, 2005) - Warn Industries today announced a $35,000* contingency program for the 2005 rock crawling season that spans five rock crawling organizations and includes a season ending $5,000 payout to the top competing driver who has a new WARN 9.0R winch on his or her vehicle.

The 2005 Warn Industries Rock Crawling Contingency Program is designed to support the many competitors in the growing sport of rock crawling that use WARN winches.

The company plans to pay $500 to any competitor with a WARN winch as their primary self-recovery winch on their vehicle who wins (1st place) at a sanctioned Modified or Super Modified U.S.-based event in UROC, ProROCK, Calrocs, NEUROC and WERock. (See qualified events below). With 60 eligible events, the total potential purse is $30,000.

The competition vehicle must also have at least two WARN stickers prominently displayed and not contain any competing company decals to be eligible for the payout.

"Warn Industries' contingency program will give competitors with a WARN winch an added bonus in every qualified event that they enter," said Warn Industries COO Tom Giacomini. "We are looking forward to this season and to give back to competitors who use our products."

To support its new competition-only rock crawling winch, the 9.0R, Warn Industries will also award a $5,000 bonus to the driver with a new WARN 9.0R winch on their vehicle who wins the most Modified or Super Modified events (from any qualified events, see below list) during the 2005 season.

"With the limited availability of the 9.0R winch this year, the pool of candidates for the $5,000 bonus is pretty exclusive," said Giacomini. "We're excited to see who will win this prize."

Qualified winners must contact Warn Industries within 30 days after the end of each event and provide photos of the vehicle to receive a cash prize.

*based on potential earnings

Qualified events in the 2005 Warn Industries Rock Crawling Contingency Program include:

UROC
ProNationals
-Modified
-Super Modified
Extreme East
-Modified
-Super Modified
Extreme West
-Modified
-Super Modified

ProROCK
Trophy
Super Stock

CalROCS
Legends
Super Modified

Neuroc
Modified Overall
Super Modified Overall

W.E. Rock (U.S. events only)
Series/Purse
-Legends
-Super Modified

About Warn Industries
Warn Industries is the world's most recognized brand in off-road products such as hub locks and vehicle recovery winches. The company designs, manufacturers and markets a full line of off-road equipment and accessories that enhance the performance of four-wheel-drive vehicles. Warn employs more than 600 people in and around Portland, Ore., and Livonia, Mich. For more than 50 years, whenever durability and dependability have mattered, customers have chosen Warn products. Warn Industries is a Dover company.

For media inquiries, please contact:
Gary Rubin, PR Manager
503-786-4423
pressinquiry@warn.com

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