Saturday, December 18, 2004
ARC Newsflash
ARC Newsflash
Jack Daniels Update
RCR has informed Action that they will proceed with the #07 as the number for the Jack Daniels/Dave Blaney 2005 racecar.
Dale Earnhardt Jr.
Please see the below schedule for the shipment of the Dale Earnhardt Jr.'s 2005 standard paint scheme as well as the Born On Date cars.
- Standard paint - Will ship from China on 2-26-05
- Born On Date - Bud Shootout - racing 2-12-05. Will ship from China on 1-27-05. A partial order of 2,508 pieces will be aired in for trackside and the distributors.
- Born On Date - Twin 125's - racing 2-17-05. Will ship from China on 1-22-05.
-Born On Date - Daytona 500 - racing 2-20-05. Will ship from China on 1-28-05.
Scheduled delivery in the US 3 weeks after shipped from China.
Smith & Wesson Partnering with Ski Motorsports
Update - As you know, Smith & Wesson is partnering with Ski Motorsports to field a Busch series car for the 2005 race season. The races will include:
Las Vegas - March 12 Bristol - August 26
Atlanta - March 19 Fontana - September 3
Charlotte - May 28 Texas - November 5
Daytona - July 1 Phoenix - November 12
Watkins Glen - August 13
They are looking to field 4 different cup drivers over 8 races and have a Formula One driver scheduled for the Watkins Glen race. They donÂt have confirmation of the drivers yet, but are looking at top Nascar Cup drivers for the program.
Sprint/Nextel
The merger of Sprint and Nextel will create the third largest wireless telephone provider in the world, behind only Cingular Wireless and Verizon Wireless. The development will not change the name of NASCAR's premiere series, which will remain the NASCAR Nextel Cup Series, nor the details of the current 10-year naming rights contract between NASCAR and Nextel. Chairmen point out the importance of Nextel's knowledge on how best to use NASCAR to grow their brand. All parties concerned relayed a gung-ho attitude regarding their partnership two weeks ago during the "state of the sport address" during banquet week in New York City
Checkers in . . . McDonald's out Press Release Below
Checkers in...McDonalds out: Checkers Drive-In Restaurants will take over next year as a fast-food sponsor for NASCAR, replacing longtime corporate partner McDonald's Corp., the Sports Business Daily reported Tuesday. The Tampa-based chain, which has more than 400 locations primarily in the Southeast, will join deli sandwich chain Subway in replacing McDonald's, which has been connected with NASCAR since 1993. Checkers is relatively small compared with the Golden Arches, yet its Southern roots match those of the stock-car racing league. The company's sister chain, Rally's (with another 389 restaurants, mostly in the Midwest), will likely also gain NASCAR rights. Checkers previously signed racing sponsorship deals making it the "official burger" of both the Brickyard 400 and Indianapolis 500. It also has sponsorships with professional and college sports teams, including the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Tampa Bay Devil Rays, University of Florida and Florida State University. McDonald's will remain connected with NASCAR in a different capacity. It will continue to leverage the sport with a soon-to-be-assembled collection of teams, tracks and drivers. "We are definitely not leaving the sport," a McDonald's insider told the Sports Business Daily. "We'll just be using different assets."
HMS Memorial Program
Out of the compassion for the families, and the loved ones lost, we will not be pursuing the Hendrick's memorial program cars at this time.
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