Fastenal joins JR Motorsports for 14 races

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Quote :: JR Motorsports announced Friday that Fastenal Co. will sponsor its No. 5 entry in the NASCAR Nationwide Series for 14 races.

The sponsorship, which boosts the team’s number of scheduled races in 2009 to 21, will begin April 4 at Texas Motor Speedway. Dale Earnhardt Jr. will drive the car in two races with sponsorship from the company, including the Texas race and the July race at Daytona International Speedway. Additional drivers and races will be announced later.

The company, which was a sponsor with Chip Ganassi Racing in 2008, joins Unilever (four races), GoDaddy.com (two races), and Delphi (one race) as primary sponsors of the No. 5 team in 2009.

The team earned two victories last year, with Mark Martin winning at Las Vegas Motor Speedway on March 1 and Ron Fellows winning at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve in Montreal, Canada, on Aug. 2.

“We’ve worked really hard putting a program together that will keep this No. 5 car on the track, and we are extremely pleased to bring Fastenal into the JR Motorsports fold for 2009,” said Earnhardt Jr., a winner of 22 races and two championships in what is now the Nationwide Series. “This team was a two-time winner last season, and I feel all the pieces are in place to keep that momentum going.”

Financial terms of the contract were not disclosed.

~Scene Daily~