From That’s Racin’ – Nike, the giant athletic shoe and apparel company has a news conference scheduled for 9:15am Thursday at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, the site for Saturday’s Brickyard 400. The release about the news conferences promises the announcement of “an innovative performance based concept” involving “three ‘top 5’ Winston Cup teams and more — UPDATE: I hear the drivers involved will be Dale Jarrett, Tony Stewart, and Bobby Labonte — UPDATE 2: From NOL – Nike will launch a line of shoes for race fans at the 2000 Daytona 500. In the meantime, Cup drivers Dale Jarrett, Tony Stewart and Bobby Labonte and BGN driver Adam Petty, as well as their crews, will wear a hi-tech, $200-plus version
