New Cup Team? UPDATE: A new NASCAR Winston Cup series race team has designed an innovative and creative way for sponsors to get involved with NASCAR motorsports. The new team is the #93 GIC MotorSports NASCAR Winston Cup series racing team based out of Mooresville, NC. The team also has business offices in Bakersfield, CA and Daytona Beach, FL. James Whitener from Bakersfield, California is the owner of this new Winston Cup team. Whitener, also owns and operates Global Industrial Contractors, corporately located in Shafter, CA. Global Industrial Contractors is an industrial construction company that does HVAC, electrical and mechanical design, installation and construction. The GIC MotorSports #93 Ford Taurus NASCAR Winston Cup race team will be attempting two NASCAR Winston Cup races this season. The team’s first race will be the Phoenix International Raceway scheduled for November 10th. The second race scheduled for the team will be the season finale NASCAR Winston Cup Series Race at Homestead-Miami Speedway on November 17th. The #93 GIC team also is planning to be running the full Winston Cup series schedule next year beginning with Daytona 500 in February 2003. The GIC team’s Ford Taurus racecars, motors and other equipment have been purchased from several of the top name players in the motorsports business. The team plans to have driver announcements coming soon. The GIC team is currently seeking sponsorships on all scalable levels for either of the two NASCAR Series races and welcome any inquires regarding participation. Interested parties may contact the team at: [email protected] or by calling the team at 386-566-3972. (GIC MotorSports PR), looks like Wihiener has/has some involvement with Mike Harmon in the BGN series.(10-24-2002) UPDATE: Mike Harmon, BGN (#44) regular, has signed a two-race deal with a new NASCAR Winston Cup Team, GIC MotorSports. The GIC MotorSports’ #93 Ford Taurus will be attempting Winston Cup races in Phoenix and Homestead with Harmon behind the wheel. Mike Harmon has over 350 short track Victories, 5 short track Championships, including one NASCAR Weekly Racing Series championship. He has also raced in the ARCA, Featherlite Modified, CTS and BGN. This is his first attempt at the Winston Cup Series (actually Harmon was slated to run the #90 Donlavey Racing Ford in 1999 during the Big Daddy’s BBQ mess but was released before the Daytona 500). The GIC MotorSports #93 Winston Cup team is based out of Mooresville N.C. with business offices in Shafter, CA and Daytona Beach, FL. GIC team owner, James Whitener said, “We have been looking at Mike for a long time and I firmly believe he can do the job for us. He not only has the experience but he also has the heart and drive we need to achieve our goals in racing. We have assembled excellent cars, engines and equipment for Mike, we are positive that we can be competitive in.Cup with this combination.” Mike Harmon will make his Cup debut at Phoenix, scheduled for November 10th. The second race scheduled for Harmon and the GIC #93 team will be the season finale Ford 400 at Homestead-Miami on November 17th. The GIC #93 team is planning to be running the full Winston Cup Series schedule next year, beginning with Daytona 500 in February 2003. The GIC team is currently seeking sponsorships on all scalable levels for either of the two races. The team welcomes any inquires regarding sponsorship participation. The team also is offering a “make the race guarantee” bonus program that gives clients a risk-free financial investment if the team fails to qualify for the race. Scaleable sponsorship programs are available on a single or multiple races with special rate programs structured exclusively for the client’s budgets.(GIC MotorSports PR)(10-28-2002)
