hearing the Fastenal sponsorship will be going to the #2 Richard Childress Racing Chevy with Clint Bowyer and Martin Truex Jr. driving and Scott Pruett on the road courses. No word how many races the sponsorship will be for.(1-6-2009)
UPDATE: RCR sources tell me that Fastenal will not sponsor a RCR car in 2009.(1-9-2009)
UDPATE 2: From a memo to Fastenal employees from the VP of Marketing at Fastenal: “For the 2009 Nationwide Series, Fastenal will be the proud sponsor of the #5 Fastenal Chevy for JR Motorsports, a very successful team that is co-owned by Dale Earnhardt Jr. and Rick Hendrick from Hendrick Motorsports. Here’s the best part: As part of our new partnership, Dale Jr. will drive the #5 Fastenal car for select races during the season. He will share driving duties with two-time Nationwide Series champion, Martin Truex Jr as well as Scott Wimmer who has 6 Nationwide Series wins and 29 top-5 finishes.”(1-16-2009)
UPDATE 3: JR Motorsports today announced it has secured additional sponsorship backing for its #5 entry in the Nationwide Series with Fastenal Company. Fastenal will be the primary sponsor of the No. 5 Chevrolets for 14 races, bringing the team’s total number of races in 2009 to 21. The partnership will kick off at Texas Motor Speedway on April 4 with veteran driver and team owner Dale Earnhardt Jr. behind the wheel. Earnhardt Jr. will make one other start in the #5 Fastenal Chevy at Daytona International Speedway in July. Additional drivers and races for the #5 team will be announced at a later date. (JR Motorsports PR)(1-16-2009)
UPDATE 4: Scott Wimmer finds a Nationwide Series ride for the upcoming season. But mum’s the word because nothing is official just yet. Scott Wimmer: “I’m really excited I finally landed a job. Unfortunately I just can’t say where it’s at just yet. I Landed a partial schedule with a really good team. Gonna be running Nationwide Series. Looking forward to that. Looking forward to get going. Need to fill up some more races but at least got the first part of it done. Gonna have a good team I can contend with, win races with.” Wimmer hopes to secure more races for 2009, including Daytona. Wimmer: “Hopefully I’ll have something to announce next week and hopefully have something to announce the week after that with some more races. We’re getting a lot of interest now, talking to a lot of team owners. (We’re) trying to work on Daytona. I want to be down there racing.”(WAOW TV)(1-16-2009)
UPDATE 5: See an image of the car on the #5 Paint Schemes Page.(1-17-2009)
