National Guard Inks Earnhardt Jr. Sponsorship For ’13 Sprint Cup Races

Hendrick Motorsports on Friday announced that the Army National Guard in '13 will sponsor Dale Earnhardt Jr. for 20 NASCAR Sprint Cup races. The National Guard budgeted $26.5M "for its sponsorship this year," but next year's budget "was not announced." The Guard "has been a co-primary sponsor of Earnhardt" since '08, and is sponsoring his car for 18 races in '12. National Guard Marketing Branch Chief Lt. Col. Michael Wegner in a statement said, “What NASCAR gives us is a national marketing platform that also can be leveraged at that local level" Sportingnews.com