New Sponsors for San Jose GP

Bottomley Distributing Co. and the Sainte Claire Hotel have joined Redback Networks Inc. to top a list of 21 sponsors the third annual San Jose Grand Prix.

The event, held July 27-29 on the streets of downtown San Jose, has attracted more than 120,000 fans to the city in each of the last two years, race organizers said Thursday.

Bottomley Distributing, which will showcase its Budweiser brand, opened its doors in 1965 on North 30th St. in San Jose and currently is located in Milpitas.

San Jose-based Redback Networks (NASDAQ:RBAK) is title sponsor of the 1.5-mile, seven-turn downtown temporary street circuit

Now in its third year, the race supports the Canary Foundation, which is dedicated to advancing the science of the early detection of cancer.