NASCAR fans should prepare to “get Vampt” again. Vampt Beverage Corp. will return to the #38 Ford of Front Row Motorsports for the race weekend at Phoenix International Raceway. Phoenix native J.J. Yeley will once again man the wheel of the Vampt Ford, which will make its second appearance in the Sprint Cup Series this season. In addition, one of the biggest names in technology will make its first appearance on a Front Row Motorsports car at the Phoenix race. Microsoft Office 365 will be an associate sponsor on Yeley’s #38 car. Look for the familiar logo on the C-post of his Ford.(Breaking Limits/Front Row Motorsports)(11-6-2011)
UPDATE: Front Row Motorsports, J.J. Yeley, and Vampt Beverage Corp. will make a former U.S. Marine’s dream come true this Veterans Day when the #38 Vampt Ford hits Phoenix International Raceway in a paint scheme designed by the disabled veteran. Scott Bates of Muskogee, Okla., is the artist behind the patriotic paint scheme on the No. 38 Ford. The former Marine took up graphic design when multiple sclerosis left him confined to a wheelchair and unable to use his arms. A head-controlled mouse allows him to operate the program in which he creates his designs. A sensor atop his computer screen picks up his head movements, allowing him to choose colors, shapes, shades and strokes. After years of designing racecar templates for video games, Bates finally got to see one of his designs on a real racecar when he did a paint scheme for an ARCA car. But that car wrecked in practice and never made it to race day. The 48-year-old artist still had one wish: to see one of his designs on an actual NASCAR Sprint Cup Series car. He told his story to motorsports writer Becca Gladden, who wrote about his dream. When malt beverage maker and Front Row sponsor Vampt read about Bates, they found it only fitting to help him realize his dream on Veterans Day weekend when the company was sponsoring Yeley’s #38 in Phoenix. Bates will attend the race as a special guest of Vampt and Front Row Motorsports to see, up close and in person, that his wish was finally granted.(Breaking Limits/Front Row Motorsports)(11-8-2011)
