NASCAR PROMOTES DIVERSITY

House Speaker Dennis Hastert, R-Ill., Mike Helton, president and CEO of NASCAR, Rep. Mevlin Watt, D-N.C., and Alvin Brown, chairman of the National Black MBA Association, (L TO R) participate in a news conference recognizing NASCAR for its efforts to promote diversity and creat job opportunities for African Americans in a partnership with Historically Black Colleges and Universities near Capitol Hill in Washington on February 8, 2006. (UPI Photo/Roger L.Wollenberg)