KFC will sponsor the Chance 2 Motorsports Busch Series team in six races, with Dale Earnhardt Jr. driving the July 2 race at Daytona and Martin Truex Jr. racing it at Chicagoland, New Hampshire, Michigan, California and Dover.
Earnhardt Jr. will appear in commercials for the restaurant chain and his image will appear on commemorative KFC buckets. That will make Earnhardt Jr.’s face the first to appear on a KFC chicken bucket aside from Colonel Sanders.(ThatsRacin.com)(6-5-2004)
AND: KFC says Dale Earnhardt Jr. will become the first person other than chain founder “Colonel” Harland Sanders to appear on buckets of its fried chicken. KFC, which is sponsoring Earnhardt Jr.’s Chance 2 Motorsports team for six Busch Series races this year, says Earnhardt Jr. will appear in racing gear with a Chevrolet painted in KFC colors on the buckets.(NASCAR Scene Daily Newsletter)(6-6-2004)
