Williams TravelCenters Racing and the U.S. Postal Service announced they will be reuniting to honor American Heroes and victims affected by the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks. BGN driver Jamie McMurray will once again race the #27 “Heroes of 2001” U.S. Postal Service stamp car at Richmond International Raceway on Sept. 6th. Williams TravelCentersRacing and the U.S. Postal Service, along with BrewcoMotorsports, first introduced the special “patriotic” paint scheme design at the July 5th BGN race at Daytona. The design features the U.S. Postal Service logo on both rear quarter panels with the U.S. Postal Service’s new semi-postal stamp, “Heroes of 2001”, displayed on the hood. The Heroes of 2001 stamp is now available at all post offices. The price of the self-adhesive, non-denominated stamp is 45 cents. As a semi-postal, it is valid for postage at the First-Class first-ounce letter rate in effect at the time of purchase (currently 37 cents), with the difference between the sales price of the stamp and the underlying postage consisting of a tax-deductible contribution. Funds raised in connection with sales of the stamp, net of the Postal Service’s reasonable costs, are transferred to the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). Over the next several months, FEMA will develop a program designed to meet the intention of Congress to assist the families of the emergency relief workers killed or permanently disabled as a result of the Sept. 11 attacks. FEMA will announce the details of the program later this year. Designed by Derry Noyes of Washington, D.C., the stamp features a detail of the famous photograph taken by Thomas E. Franklin of three firefighters as they raised the U.S.flag at “Ground Zero.” Franklinis a staff photographer at The Record newspaper in Bergen County, N.J. In addition to running the special paint scheme at Richmond, Williams TravelCenters will have a simulator/show car replica of the #27 U.S. Postal Service machine that will be making appearances in the Washington, D.C.and Richmond, Va.areas during race week.(Williams TravelCenters Racing PR), see images of the car on my BGN Paint Schemes page.(8-30-2002)
