BGN team owner Frank Cicci and Hank Parker Jr., driver of the #36(gonna be #53) Cicci-Welliver Monte Carlo, will introduce tomorrow the newest BGN team sponsor. The announcement will take place on Friday, Jan. 5 at 4:30pm. The announcement will be held at the Charlotte Convention Center during the 2001 NASCAR Busch Series Preview(BGN Racing Site)
UPDATE: General Nutrition Centers (GNC) Live Well will sponsor BGN driver Hank Parker Jr. and the Cicci-Welliver Racing BGN team this season, forming the #36 GNC Live Well Racing Team. Parker, a native of Denver, N.C., has started 58 races in the past four years, but the 2000 season was just his second full season of competition. The 26-year-old driver finished 14th in the points last season, accumulating two top-five and eight top-10 finishes in the #53 Chevryt owned by his father, Hank Parker, a nationally recognized fisherman and host of the television show Hank Parker’s Outdoor Magazine. He joined 18-time winner Cicci-Welliver Racing in mid-December. General Nutrition Companies, (GNC), based in Pittsburgh, Pa., is the largest nationwide specialty retailer of vitamin, mineral and herbal supplements, sports nutrition, and personal care products. GNC operates more than 5,000 retail outlets throughout the United States and 25 foreign markets. See the site: www.gncracing.com for drawing of the car and info.(Keystone Marketing PR). Team Marines will NOT be part of the deal and no #53 as rumored(1-5-2001)
