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Coors Light and CGRFS Raise Money for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital

Every Completed Lap at Oct. 28th Atlanta Race Increases Donation;
No. 40 Coors Light Dodge to feature St. Jude Paint Scheme

CONCORD, N.C. (October 24, 2007)-Coors Light, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital and Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates (CGRFS) announced today the No.40 Coors Light Dodge driven by David Stremme will be wrapped with a special St. Jude paint scheme for this weekend’s Pep Boys Auto 500 (1:00pm ET, ABC, PRN) at Atlanta Motor Speedway. The purpose of the paint scheme is to increase awareness of the hospital and its work as well as to support Coors Light’s yearly pumpkin-themed “Halloween Pinups” fundraiser.

"For the past 16 years, we've been proud to partner with our distributors nationwide to support the St. Jude Children's Research Hospital," said Bryce McTavish, vice president of sponsorship and channel marketing, Coors Brewing Company. "Given the coast-to-coast popularity of NASCAR and its strong fan following, running a St. Jude paint scheme on the #40 Coors Light Dodge is a great way to bring even more attention to this important cause."

During the month-long “Halloween Pinups” promotion, Coors and its distributors will focus on raising money for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. In the Atlanta area, employees at participating retail locations will ask patrons to make a $1 donation to St. Jude’s to join in the fight against catastrophic childhood diseases. In return for the contribution, the donors will have the opportunity to write their names on pumpkin-themed pinups which will be displayed in each location through Halloween.

In addition to its annual “Halloween Pinup” promotion, Coors Light will make a $10,000 base donation to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital on race weekend, with an incremental donation for every lap Stremme completes in the race.

In 2006 alone, more than 330 Coors Light distributors and 150 independent retail locations participated in the program and raised more than $3.8 million.

For more than 16 years Coors Brewing Company and St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital have partnered on special Halloween promotions, and to date, Coors employees, distributors and retailers have raised more than $33 million.

About St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital is internationally recognized for its pioneering work in finding cures and saving children with cancer and other catastrophic diseases. Founded by late entertainer Danny Thomas and based in Memphis, Tennessee, St. Jude freely shares its discoveries with scientific and medical communities around the world. No family ever pays for treatments not covered by insurance, and families without insurance are never asked to pay. St. Jude is financially supported by ALSAC, its fundraising organization.

About Coors Brewing Company
Coors Brewing Company is a subsidiary of Molson Coors Brewing Company, (NYSE, 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 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.

For more information log onto www.chipganassiracing.com