Coors Light to be Official Beer Sponsor of NASCAR Beginning with the 2008 Season

Sponsorship Includes Exclusive Rights to League Logos, Exclusive Promotional Opportunities and Coors Light Pole Award

GOLDEN, Colo. & NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Coors Brewing Company and the National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing (NASCAR) today announced a multi-year partnership, making Coors Light the official beer of NASCAR and its millions of fans nationwide. The five-year sponsorship agreement gives Coors Brewing Company category exclusivity starting with the 2008 NASCAR season.

“Coors Light is a brand closely connected with and strongly supported by NASCAR’s core fan base. They have a proven track record as a strong brand marketer, and we’re looking forward to a mutually beneficial partnership that excites all our fans and helps bring NASCAR to new levels of popularity”

“We’re proud that Coors Light, the World’s Most Refreshing Beer, is now the official beer of NASCAR – refreshing race fans every weekend from the start of the season to the Chase for the NASCAR NEXTEL Cup,” said Andy England, Chief Marketing Officer, Coors Brewing Company. “This partnership allows us to deliver exciting and relevant programs to our distributors and retailers – all centered around the number-one spectator sport in the country.”

The sponsorship agreement gives Coors Light exclusive rights to NASCAR logos in advertising, packaging and promotions, as well as the right to brand the Pole Award. In addition, Coors Light will build distributor and consumer promotions giving fans exclusive access to one-of-a-kind NASCAR experiences.

“Coors Light is a brand closely connected with and strongly supported by NASCAR’s core fan base. They have a proven track record as a strong brand marketer, and we’re looking forward to a mutually beneficial partnership that excites all our fans and helps bring NASCAR to new levels of popularity,” said Steve Phelps, Chief Marketing Officer, NASCAR.

The National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing, Inc. (NASCAR), which began in 1948, is the sanctioning body for one of America's premier sports. NASCAR is the No. 1 spectator sport – holding 17 of the top 20 attended sporting events in the U.S. the No. 2 rated regular-season sport on television with broadcasts in more than 100 countries, and has 75 million fans in the U.S. These fans are the most brand loyal in all of sports, and as a result more Fortune 500 companies participate in NASCAR than any other sport.

About Coors Brewing Company

Coors Brewing Company is a subsidiary of Molson Coors Brewing Company, (NYSE: TAP) (TSX: TAP). It is the third largest brewer in the U.S. The company's U.S. brands include Coors Light, Molson Canadian, Coors, Killian's Irish Red, Keystone, Blue Moon, Coors NA and Zima. For more information on Coors, visit the company's Web site, www.coors.com.

About NASCAR

NASCAR consists of three major national series (the NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series, NASCAR Busch Series, and NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series), four regional series, and one local grassroots series, as well as two international series. NASCAR sanctions 1,300 races at 100 tracks in more than 30 U.S. states, Canada and Mexico. Based in Daytona Beach, Fla., NASCAR has offices in New York, Los Angeles, Charlotte, N.C.; Concord, N.C.; Conover, N.C.; Bentonville, Ark.; Mexico City; and Toronto.