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NASCAR Canadian Tire Series Opener To Air On CTV This Sunday05 / 16 / 13The first race in NASCAR's Canadian Tire Series will be broadcast live on CTV for the first time this Sunday. The race, which is being held at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park, will be one of two races in the series that will be shown live. A race in September will air live on TSN. The other 10 races w... |
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Speedo Inks Deal To Sponsor Cullen Jones
Speedo USA today announced it signed Gold Medal-winning swimmer Cullen Jones to a four-year agreement. Jones, a two-time Olympian who competed in the 50-meter freestyle and swam on U.S. relay teams, was formerly sponsored by Nike. He will wear Speedo apparel through '17. Speedo plans to feature Jo ...
USATF Extends Contract For Siegel
Less than a year after hiring Max Siegel as its CEO, USA Track & Field's BOD has extended his contract through '18. Siegel, a former USATF BOD member and Dale Earnhardt Inc. President of Global Operations, signed a two-year contract with the organization when it hired him last April. In a memo ...
NASCAR Bringing DTM Series To U.S.
NASCAR-owned Grand-Am Road Racing tonight will announce an agreement to bring the German touring car series DTM to the U.S. The races, which would feature Audi, BMW, Mercedes-Benz, Honda, Nissan and Toyota and U.S. manufacturers such as Cadillac, Lincoln or Dodge SRT, would begin as early as '15 and ...
U.S. Speedskating Names Mike Plant Chair
U.S. Speedskating last night named Mike Plant its new Chair. The Braves Exec VP/Business Operations and former USOC BOD member takes over the volunteer leadership of an NGB that has been plagued by scandal over the last year. Plant, a former Olympic speedskater, steps into an organization that has ...
United SportsCar Racing Branding Revealed
Less than six months after its acquisition of the American Le Mans Series, NASCAR’s Grand-Am Road Racing has finalized the name and logo for the combined organization, which will be known as United SportsCar Racing. The organization will use a logo that features a red helmet above an italicize ...
J.M. Smucker Company To Sponsor USOC
The J.M. Smucker Company signed a sponsorship with the USOC, giving it rights to use the five-ring logo to promote its Smucker’s, Folgers, Jif and Smucker’s Uncrustables Sandwiches. The deal runs through '16 and makes the company a sponsor-level partner, a category that typically costs a ...
NRA To Title Sponsor Race In Texas
The NRA finalized a deal with Texas Motor Speedway to become the title sponsor of the track's spring NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race. The agreement, which is expected to be announced today, will result in the first NRA-branded race at the Cup level. Financial terms were unavailable. Sprint Cup sponsor ...
Lowe's Renews Hendrick Sponsorship Deal
Lowe’s signed a two-year renewal with Hendrick Motorsports that will see it remain the primary sponsor of Jimmie Johnson ’s No. 48 car for all 36 Sprint Cup series races in '14 and '15. The company today announced the agreement in Las Vegas where it is holding a meeting with 1,700 stor ...
Stewart-Haas Signs Rush As Primary Sponsor
Stewart-Haas Racing signed commercial truck dealer Rush Enterprises as a primary sponsor for three races on Tony Stewart ’s No. 14 car. Financial terms were not available, but primary sponsorship of top drivers like Stewart typically sells for more than $500,000 a race. Rush Enterprises will ...
USOC Gauging Cities' Interest In '24 Games
The USOC today took the first step toward bidding for the '24 Summer Games by mailing a letter to 35 cities to gauge their interest in becoming a bid city. The letters went to cities ranging in size from Rochester and Tulsa to L.A. and N.Y. The USOC has two years to make a decision about whether or ...
