Ohio Governor, White House Official Visit New Goodyear Headquarters Site; Take a Ride on New Fuel-Efficient Tires on Goodyear Test Track

  Date: Friday, May 22, 2009; starting at 3:20 p.m.

  What: Ohio Gov. Ted Strickland and Dr. Ed Montgomery, President Barack
        Obama's director of recovery for auto communities and workers, will
        visit the site of The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company's new corporate
        headquarters. While there, they will be taken to Goodyear's test
        track to experience Goodyear's new fuel-efficient tire, Assurance
        Fuel Max.

  Place: Goodyear Technical Center, 200 Martha Ave., Akron, Ohio

  Activities:
  3:20 p.m. - press conference
  3:40 p.m. - tour of the location for the new headquarters
  3:50 p.m. - ride and drive event at the Goodyear test track

  Other Expected Attendees:
  Akron Mayor Don Plusquellic
  Summit County Executive Russ Pry
  Goodyear Chairman and CEO Robert Keegan
  Goodyear North American Tire President Rich Kramer
  Goodyear Chief Technology Officer Jean-Claude Kihn
  Goodyear Vice President of Business Development Laura Thompson

  Note: If you are unable to attend, Goodyear can provide hi-def video and
        digital photography of the event.

  Goodyear Media Contacts:
  Scott Baughman - 330-283-6587
  Keith Price - 330-289-0115
  Rob Whitehouse - 330-212-3408