Motel 6's Strikes And Bikes Sweepstakes Winner Bowls For Cash

M6 Sweepstakes Winner Wins Cash and an OCC Chopper at PBA Tournament

(Wednesday, January 31, 2007) - Motel 6, the largest corporately owned and operated budget hotel chain in North America, announces the winner of the MOTEL 6 STRIKES AND BIKES SWEEPSTAKES. Nathan Diehl won an Orange County Custom Chopper (OCC) and the chance to bowl for $1 million on ESPN.



Diehl, of Wichita, Kan., claimed his prize at the Motel 6 Classic on Jan. 27 at the Strike Ten Bowling Center outside Las Vegas. He won $30,000 bowling five frames – winning $1,000 for each pin he knocked down. To win the $1 million, Diehl had to pick up a 7-10 split in the sixth frame. He could choose to bowl the 7-10 split himself or choose a Pro-Bowler to make the attempt. Diehl chose Motel 6 team member Mike Wolfe to bowl for the difficult and rare 7-10 split. Unfortunately, Wolfe was unable to knock down both pins for the $1 million.



Motel 6, the official lodging sponsor of the Professional Bowlers Association (PBA), teamed up with OCC, Strike Ten and PBA to create the STRIKES AND BIKES SWEEPSTAKES. The grand prize was the OCC Custom Chopper, of Discovery Channel's American Chopper TV show fame, valued at over $60,000 and the chance to bowl for $1 million at an ESPN televised PBA tournament. Created in the classic OCC style, the Chopper features orange and blue swirled across the body of the bike, reflecting the signature colors of the Motel 6 logo. Other prizes included OCC gift packs, bowling parties at Strike Ten bowling centers, Elite bowling balls and Dexter bowling shoes.



The Motel 6 Classic is part of the Denny's PBA Tour. The schedule included a Fan Day, with a Pro-Am tournament and Pro-Am sessions where professional bowlers gave personalized instruction on the lanes, giving fans the chance to meet and bowl with legends such as Motel 6 team members Danny Wiseman, Mike Wolfe and Norm Duke, who holds 23 Denny's PBA Tour titles.



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About Motel 6

Motel 6 offers the best price of any national chain at more than 850 locations in the U.S. and Canada. Standard amenities include free local phone calls, no long distance access charges, free morning coffee, data ports, and a cable channel line-up with premium channels including HBO, ESPN/ESPN2, and CNN. All Motel 6 properties welcome pets, and most locations offer swimming pools and guest laundry facilities. For reservations or information, visit www.motel6.com or call 800-4-MOTEL6. Click 6 Internet Bargains are available only online at motel6.com



About the PBA

The Professional Bowlers Association (PBA) features the best bowlers in the world competing in National, Regional and Senior Tour events for a total prize fund of over $9 million. PBA membership reached an all-time high of more than 4,000 members during the 2005-06 Denny's PBA Tour season. Also in 2005-06 – the Tour's first with a title sponsor – ratings on PBA telecasts increased 12.5 percent among males ages 18-34. PBA sponsors include Ace Hardware, Bayer, BowlersParadise.com, Brunswick, Denny's, Dexter Footwear, GEICO, Jackson Hewitt Tax Service, Motel 6, Pepsi-Cola and the USBC. For more information on the PBA, log on to www.pba.com.



About Orange County Choppers

Headquartered in Montgomery, N.Y., Orange County Choppers is regarded as one of the world's premier builders of custom motorcycles. The OCC brand has become one of the most recognizable brands in the world and has produced a wide array of merchandise such as t-shirts, hats, diecasts, assorted novelty items, and more. Orange County Choppers is featured weekly on the Discovery Channel program, "American Chopper" and continues to be the network's number one rated show. For more information, visit www.orangecountychoppers.com.



About Strike Ten

Strike Ten is a network of 2,200 of the most progressive bowling proprietors throughout the United States. Strike Ten's mission is to ensure that potential sponsors fit the needs and expectations of bowling proprietors on a national and local basis by promoting bowling in a positive manner. For more information about Strike Ten, visit www.bowl.com.



About Accor North America

Headquartered in Dallas (Carrollton), Texas, Accor North America operates more than 1,200 upscale and economy properties including nationwide economy leaders Red Roof Inn, Studio 6 and Motel 6 and the upscale Sofitel and mid-scale Novotel and Ibis hotel locations in the U.S., Canada and Mexico. For more information, visit www.accor-na.com.

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