All five branches of the U.S. Armed Forces, in
conjunction with Action Performance, Jay Howard Events and
five Winston Cup teams and their respective sponsors, have
developed a special program, themed "Tribute to Freedom in
the Millennium," to support their recruiting efforts. Five
cars with special paint jobs will debut in the Coca-Cola 600
at Lowe's Motor Speedway (LMS) near Charlotte on May 28.
The drivers and cars are as follows: Mike Skinner will drive
in the No. 31 Army Chevrolet; Bobby Hamilton in the No. 4
Navy Chevy; Ricky Rudd in the No. 28 Marines Ford; Dale
Jarrett in the No. 88 Air Force Ford; and Jerry Nadeau in
the No. 25 Coast Guard Chevy. Action will develop a full
line of collectible die-cast replicas, as well as apparel
and other merchandise around the cars (THE DAILY).
NASCAR LEGENDS: Wheaties unveiled a series of four
limited-edition boxes around retired NASCAR drivers Richard
Petty, Ned Jarrett, Benny Parsons and Cale Yarborough. The
new packages will be available for a limited time primarily
in the southeastern U.S., and a different box in the series
will be issued about every three or four months over the
next year. Additionally, the Petty-owned No. 43 Pontiac
driven by John Andretti will feature a special Wheaties
paint job in the Winston Select May 20 at LMS (Wheaties).
