“This is an incredible opportunity for our automotive group,” said Gary Reece, President of the Bertolami Automotive Group and General Manager of all dealerships. “Bill and Gail Davis have been personal friends of mine for quite some time and it was an incredible opportunity to do a one race deal with them. We saw it is a great opportunity to do a business deal together where we could cross promote the dealership with this unique sponsorship opportunity.
“We’re located in Statesville, where many of the NASCAR teams are within minutes of our dealership,” added Reece. “Our employees are really charged up about having Dave Blaney in the #23 Finish Line Dodge for such a fun and exciting race. They are all looking forward to seeing the Finish Line Dodge car finish up front in the NASCAR NEXTEL All-Star Challenge this weekend. We’ll definitely have some fan support in the stands.”
Blaney will have to race his way in by winning the NASCAR NEXTEL Open or by fan voting at www.nascar.com in order to advance into the NASCAR NEXTEL All-Star Challenge. The winner of the event will transfer and the driver with the most fan votes will also transfer. Blaney is slated for a spectacular run after a successful test session last week with the #23 Bill Davis Racing team. Blaney was among the quickest teams at the test session.(BDR PR), the Fan Pledge drive is still going on with a total pledges at $65,661 [$100,000 = the goal, the pledges have seemed to stagnate a bit in the past weeks] see more on my #23 Team News and Links page.(5-20-2004)