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Stewart's ESGR car |
NASCAR Nextel Cup series
regular Tony Stewart will pilot the #29 Employer Support of Guard
and Reserve (ESGR) Chevrolet for Richard Childress Racing in the
Busch Series Stater Bros. 300 on Saturday. Stewart, a 17-time winner
in the NASCAR Cup Series, has yet to see Busch Series action at the
two mile Fontana track with this event marking his first Busch
Series start of 2004.
“It is an honor to drive the ESGR
car for Richard Childress Racing in the Busch Race at
California Speedway,” Stewart said.
“It’s fun for me cause it’s not a lot of pressure but it’s
nice to support the ESGR and knowing how hard the troops are
working for us right now it’s nice to run a special paint
scheme on their behalf and show our support for them now.”
Car owner Richard Childress stressed how important it is to
run this program to support our troops in Iraq. “The Guard
and Reserve is 49 percent of our whole military, without
them we would be in trouble,” Childress said.
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Stewart's ESGR uniform |
“We want to make sure we have
some fun with it but we also want to make sure we get
everybody the awareness out there for the ESGR. The biggest
thing (with this program) is that it gives the ESGR a
marketing tool to where they can go to many other places
with it besides the race track.”
This is part of a five-race deal that began with Bobby
Labonte driving at Texas Motor Speedway on April 3rd,
Stewart this weekend, Ricky Craven at Chicagoland Speedway
on July 10th, Kerry Earnhardt at Dover International
Speedway on September 25th and Kevin Harvick at
Homestead-Miami Speedway on November 20th.
This weekend will also be the first race that Gary Cogswell
will take over as the crew chief of this program. Most
recently, Cogswell served as crew chief for the #12
Supercuts Chevrolet with Busch series driver Tim Fedewa.
“It’s an honor for me to be able to join RCR,” said Cogswell,
a 13 year NASCAR veteran. “This organization has been here
so long and is so solidly planted into this sport that I feel
like I’ll never have to look for another job.”
ESGR operates through a network of more than 2,000
volunteers throughout 55 committees located in each state,
the District of Columbia, Guam, Puerto Rico, the Virgin
Islands and Europe and RCR has been involved with ESGR since
signing a letter of support for the group at Lowe’s Motor
Speedway in October 2002 and carried the ESGR logo at one
time or another last season including all five competing in
the 2003 Daytona 500 weekend.
For more information about ESGR Employer Outreach Programs
and ESGR volunteer opportunities, please visit
www.esgr.com.
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