Action Performance Companies Inc. and Elvis Presley Enterprises (EPE) announced that they will host a spectacular public ceremony featuring special guest Priscilla Presley on Saturday, 2/28 at 7pm(pt) at Caesars Palace main entrance in Las Vegas. The event will celebrate the debut of NASCAR Champion Rusty Wallace’s Elvis-themed Miller Lite Ford Taurus in the inaugural NASCAR Las Vegas 400 Winston Cup Race on March 1. Also featured at the ceremony with Wallace will be NHRA Champion John Force, whose Elvis-themed Castrol Mustang Funny Car debuts in the 29th Annual Mac Tools Gatornationals in Gainesville, Fla. on March 8. Both of the cars will be exhibited for public viewing at Caesars Palace. The cars feature a larger-than-life image of Elvis on the hood with a gold guitar adorning the car side panels. Musical notes sweep above the words, “Viva Las Vegas” and “Hunka Hunka Burnin”.” The image used is that of Elvis clad in black leather from his 1968 TV special, and kicks off a yearlong celebration of the 30th anniversary of that famous show.(Business Wire)(2-19-98)
