April 28, 2015
- 2015 Dale Earnhardt Day, April 29th: Dale Earnhardt Inc. is proud to announce the 2015 Dale Earnhardt Day on Wednesday, April 29th, at the DEI Corporate Headquarters in Mooresville, NC. A celebration of the extraordinary life and legacy of Dale Earnhardt, this event is held annually on his birthday, and has become a time to reflect on the accomplishments of Dale, and share favorite memories and stories. An annual tradition of Dale Earnhardt Day, cupcakes will again be provided to in honor of “The Intimidator’s ” birthday. DEI will be welcoming guests from 10:00am until 5:00pm/et. Admission is free, and plenty of parking is available. Dale Earnhardt Inc. is located at 1675 Dale Earnhardt Highway #3, Mooresville, NC.(DEI)(4-28-2015)
- Ty Dillon to run at Michigan: Richard Childress Racing has partnered with Pfizer Inc., a premier innovative biopharmaceutical company, to be primary sponsor of Ty Dillon for the Quicken Loans 400 at Michigan International Speedway on Sunday, June 14, 2015. Nexium 24HR, the over-the-counter heartburn medication, will be featured on the #33 Chevrolet SS Circle Sport Racing entry. Nexium 24HR, The Purple Pill you know and trust, is available without a prescription for frequent heartburn and that is good news for race fans everywhere. By taking Nexium 24HR proactively, consumers can enjoy their racing experience with its all-day, all-night protection.
“Nexium 24HR has helped my wife Judy and me improve our heartburn routines,” said Richard Childress, Chairman and CEO of Richard Childress Racing. “The NASCAR schedule requires long days at the race track and Nexium 24HR gives me complete heartburn protection all-day and all-night so I can stay focused on our race team.”
“This will be a great partnership to help drive sales of Nexium 24HR to win at Walmart,” said Nathan Spang, Chief Marketing Officer of Charlotte, N.C-based agency, Retail Sports Marketing. “In the case of NASCAR, events on and off the track can lead to frequent heartburn. Nexium 24HR allows fans to enjoy the foods they love while witnessing the intensity racing generates.”
In conjunction with its primary sponsorship of the #33 Chevy, Nexium 24HR will feature racing-themed displays, exclusively at Walmart, with a unique opportunity for shoppers to win a chance to be an honorary crew member and to meet Richard Childress. Shoppers will also be able to get a free, one-year subscription to NASCAR Illustrated with any Nexium 24HR purchase at Walmart. Other prizes include a Victory Lane hat or a NASCAR Illustrated Collector’s book. This exclusive program will kick-off June 1 and run through June 30, 2015. “NASCAR fans have an opportunity to participate in a promotion to win a VIP experience to join me at the track and meet Richard Childress,” said Dillon.(RCR), see images of the car/scheme on the #33 Team Schemes page.(4-28-2015) - Fraternal Order of Eagles Joins #51 team for more two races: HScott Motorsports announced that Fraternal Order of Eagles (F.O.E.) will be the primary sponsor of the #51 Chevy driven by Justin Allgaier in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series (NSCS) at Kansas in May. F.O.E. will also be the primary sponsor on the #51 car at Kentucky in July and the co-primary sponsor for three other to be determined races. In addition, F.O.E. is an associate sponsor on the #51 Chevy for the full 2015 NSCS season. The Fraternal Order of Eagles, an international non-profit organization, unites fraternally in the spirit of liberty, truth, justice, and equality, to make human life more desirable by lessening its ills, and by promoting peace, prosperity, gladness and hope. Founded in 1898, the Eagles fund research in areas such as diabetes, heart disease, kidney disease and cancer, and raise money for neglected and abused children and the aged, as well as work for social and civic change.
“Justin has been a great representative of the Eagles for years now and we’re excited to see what he can do behind the wheel of the F.O.E. car in Kansas,” said Fraternal Order of Eagles Grand Worthy President Bud Haigh. “The HScott Motorsports team has put together some really strong runs lately and we look forward to continuing that success on May 9.”
“I am proud to have Fraternal Order of Eagles as part of our family at HScott Motorsports,” said Harry Scott Jr., owner of HScott Motorsports. “Their commitment to our team shows the growth we continue to experience as a company. The Eagles focus on giving back to others in communities, and that’s something we support as a team. Fraternal Order of Eagles has enjoyed their relationship with Justin, and I know they are very excited to continue their association.”
“I’m glad to partner with the Fraternal Order of Eagles at HScott Motorsports,” said Justin Allgaier. “I’ve enjoyed working with them and they’ve been a big supporter of racing. They’re a great organization with involvement in local communities, and I’m happy to be associated with them on and off of the track.”(HScott Motorsports), see images of the car/scheme on the #51 Team Schemes page.(4-28-2015) - Ragan in the #55 rest of the year, starting at Kansas: Michael Waltrip Racing announced that David Ragan will drive the #55 Aaron’s Dream Machine for the remainder of the 2015 NASCAR Sprint Cup season, beginning May 9 at Kansas Speedway. Brian Vickers had planned to race the Toyota fulltime in 2015, but heart surgery in December forced the Thomasville, N.C., native to miss the first two races of the season. Vickers returned at Las Vegas on March 7, but was sidelined two weeks later by recurring blood clots in his lungs. No timetable has been set for his return.
“Life has thrown a lot at MWR the first part of this racing season, but our team has stood tall and worked through it,” said Michael Waltrip. “Our original plans for the #55 team have been challenged since December and we felt it was important for our employees and our sponsors to solidify the remainder of the 2015 season. The opportunity to bring David Ragan into the team is incredible for a number of reasons. He will bring experience, consistency and a lot of confidence based on how he has been running with our Toyota teammates at Joe Gibbs Racing. He also puts the #55 team and Aaron’s right back into the Chase for the Sprint Cup contention, which is a very positive turn of events for that team. There is absolutely no question about Brian Vickers’ ability, but there remains a question of his availability. We are going to remain very close with Brian while he works on his plan to return. We have told him that MWR is here when he has a clear picture about what the future holds, but we don’t need to add any timeline pressures. He is working with a lot of medical advisors and once he has established his plan, we will sit down and discuss next steps. I’m really proud of the incredible job Brett Moffitt has done for us in the 55. He has been a big part of this organization for the last couple of years and he will continue in that role. With the limited number of starts Brett has in this industry, he has proven that he has the talent to be a full-time NASCAR Sprint Cup driver and we are still committed to helping him get that opportunity.”(MWR)
Front Row Statement: “We are grateful to David Ragan for his contributions to the growth of Front Row Motorsports and his commitment to our partners over the past three years. He led us on our first trip to Victory Lane, and that’s a moment we’ll never forget. We wish him the best with his new team. As previously announced, Chris Buescher will be the driver of the #34 at Talladega this weekend. We are working on finalizing the driver line-up for races to follow and will announce those plans soon.”(Front Row Motorsports)(4-28-2015) - France say NASCAR open to shorter races: Are shorter races on the horizon for NASCAR’s Sprint Cup Series? NASCAR Chairman and CEO Brian France was asked about NASCAR’s comfort with 500-mile events and the length of time it takes to complete those races during an open question-and-answer session with the Associated Press Sports Editors (APSE) last week. “I think generally speaking, we want to see shorter events… not in every circumstance,” France told the group, “… It’s no secret that attention spans, especially with the millennial fans, are changing, and we all know that. But what we like about it from our standpoint is it makes the actual racing event better because there’s no lull in between the beginning and the end, or there’s a lot smaller lull, so teams have to compete.” France said a longer race doesn’t necessarily allow drivers time to relax “but they’re not as pressed to be up front at a certain time. “But if you shorten it, they will, and we’ve seen that when we do shorten it,” he said. “We tend to get better (quality of races), and we measure that by lead changes and how close the winning margins (are) and a lot of different metrics that we use. So we’ve got a pretty good handle on that, and … a 400-mile race will give us, most of the time, a better racing competition, and that’s in addition to the time spans and attention spans of millennial fans; those two go together for us to shorten it up somehow.” France didn’t rule out dropping the length of a race below 400 miles, but noted that any such decisions would “also depend on if there are any format changes that we’d be willing to consider, that we look at all the time, that we historically haven’t done.”(NASCAR.com)(4-28-2015)
- Farm Rich sponsoring Gilliland at Talladega: The green and red colors of Farm Rich will return to Talladega Superspeedway on a Front Row Motorsports car — this time on the #38 Ford of David Gilliland. The frozen snacks and appetizers brand has been a partner with the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series team for the previous two seasons, including a trip to Talladega’s Victory Lane in 2013 with driver David Ragan. This week Farm Rich will support the #38 team of Gilliland, who, like his teammate, is known for his superspeedway prowess. The driver has three poles, three top-five finishes and six top-10 results at restrictor-plate tracks in his Sprint Cup career.(Front Row Motorsports), see an image of the car on the #38 team paint schemes page.(4-28-2015)
- Top 10 Driver Ratings at Talladega Superspeedway:
#42-Kyle Larson 95.6
#88-Dale Earnhardt Jr. 90.7
#20-Matt Kenseth 89.9
#41-Kurt Busch 88.3
#48-Jimmie Johnson 87.5
#17-Ricky Stenhouse Jr. 85.0
#55-Brian Vickers 84.0
#2-Brad Keselowski 82.9
#22-Joey Logano 82.2
#11-Denny Hamlin 82.0
Note: Driver Ratings compiled from 2005-2014 races (20 total) among active drivers at Talladega Superspeedway. Formula combining the following categories: Win, Finish, Top-15 Finish, Average Running Position while on Lead Lap, Average Speed Under Green, Fastest Lap, Led Most Laps, Lead-Lap Finish. Maximum: 150 points per race.<
See an explanation how the Driver Rating is calculated at NASCAR.com.(NASCAR) - FW1 Waterless Wash & Wax sponsoring Viva Motorsports: When the Viva Motorsports crew unloads the #55 Chevy Camaro at Talladega Superspeedway for this weekend’s Winn-Dixie 300, it will feature a shiny new paint scheme. FW1 Waterless Wash & Wax will be featured on the racecar for the first time this season. Jeffrey Earnhardt will once again pilot the #55 machine. FW1 and Earnhardt have partnered in the past, with the fourth-generation driver being an athlete endorser of the FW1 products, but this event will be the first time teaming up under the Viva Motorsports banner. Viva Auto Group and Bestway Autos will continue to add support on the #55 machine. It is a fitting for the product known as “Fastwax” to make its season debut at Talladega, one of the series’ fastest racetracks. The world’s leading aerosol cleaning wax will keep the FW1/Viva Auto Group Camaro in pristine condition in the lead up to the race, but once the green flag drops, its up to Earnhardt to keep his ride clean.(Viva Motorsports), see an image of the car on the #55 team paint schemes page.(4-28-2015)
- Said making his first start in #54: This week Boris Said makes his 2015 NASCAR XFINITY Series debut with the first of seven scheduled starts in the seat of the #54 Monster Energy Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota Camry. The 52-year old Carlsbad, California native is a longtime NASCAR racing veteran who will pilot the JGR Toyota this week at Talladega Superspeedway on May 2 and non-companion XFINITY series events at Iowa Speedway in Newton on May 17 and August 1, Chicagoland Speedway on June 20, the Mid Ohio Sportscar Course on August 15, Road America in Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin on August 29 and Kentucky Speedway in Sparta on September 26. Across 10 years of NASCAR XFINITY Series racing Said does not have a start on the 2.66-mile Alabama Superspeedway.(JGR)(4-28-2015)
- LiftMaster becomes Pole Day Sponsor at Kentucky: Kentucky Speedway has partnered with LiftMaster to become the Pole Day sponsor for the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series and NASCAR XFINITY Series Friday, July 10. Headquartered in Elmhurst, Illinois, LiftMaster is the number one brand of professionally installed residential garage door openers, as well as a major manufacturer of commercial door operators, residential and commercial gate operators, telephone entry systems and related access control products. The fifth NSCS event in the facility’s history will take the green flag at 7:30pm, Saturday, July 11. The 400-mile race will provide the finale to a tripleheader NASCAR weekend that opens with the July 9 Camping World Truck Series UNOH 225 followed by a 300-mile NXS Series event July 10.(Kentucky Speedway)(4-28-2015)
- New seat installation begins at Daytona: Seat installation on the east end of Daytona International Speedway began on Monday morning. Workers began installing the first of 10,000 wider, more comfortable seats that will be available for the upcoming Coke Zero 400 Weekend Powered By Coca-Cola on July 3-5. Along with the 10,000 seats on the east end of the frontstretch, 40,000 new seats will be available on the west side of the stadium for the Independence Day holiday weekend. With a limited capacity of only 50,000 seats, fans will want to secure their tickets early for the 57th annual Coke Zero 400 Powered By Coca-Cola NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race scheduled on Sunday, July 5. DAYTONA Rising, the $400 million frontstretch renovation project, is targeted for completion in January 2016 in time for the 54th anniversary of the Rolex 24 At Daytona and the 58th annual DAYTONA 500.(DIS)(4-28-2015)
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