Daily Archives: July 9, 2013

Economaki Named Third Squier-Hall Award Recipient

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Economaki Named Third Squier-Hall Award Recipient

Veteran motorsports journalist and broadcaster Chris Economaki was a fixture on NASCAR TV broadcasts in the 70s and 80s. Photo - Getty Images

Veteran motorsports journalist and broadcaster Chris Economaki was a fixture on NASCAR TV broadcasts in the 70s and 80s.
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Former ‘Paperboy’ Chronicled NASCAR’s Rise To Major League Sport

Known for more than 50 years as the “Dean of American Motorsports,” the late journalist and broadcaster Chris Economaki has been named the third recipient of the Squier-Hall Award for NASCAR Media Excellence. Economaki will be honored during NASCAR Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony festivities on Jan. 29, 2014 and featured in an exhibit in the NASCAR Hall of Fame in Charlotte, N.C.

Economaki, who died last year at age 91, was the editor, publisher and columnist for National Speed Sport News for more than 60 years, a weekly racing publication he began selling at race tracks at the age of 14. He began his television broadcast career with ABC in 1961 and with CBS Sports helped make the Daytona 500 one of racing’s marquee events.  Continue reading →

NASCAR Team Properties Partners With Alyssa Milano To Launch New Line Of Women’s Apparel

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NASCAR Team Properties Partners With Alyssa Milano To Launch New Line Of Women’s Apparel

NASCAR Team Properties and Touch by Alyssa Milano create a line of apparel for female NASCAR fans. The fashionable apparel is designed utilizing high quality fabrics and features NASCAR drivers such as Dale Earnhardt Jr., Tony Stewart, Danica Patrick and Jimmie Johnson. Photo - 287644G-III Apparel Group, LTD

NASCAR Team Properties and Touch by Alyssa Milano create a line of apparel for female NASCAR fans. The fashionable apparel is designed utilizing high quality fabrics and features NASCAR drivers such as Dale Earnhardt Jr., Tony Stewart, Danica Patrick and Jimmie Johnson.
Photo – 287644G-III Apparel Group, LTD

Apparel Sold Exclusively on the NASCAR.com Superstore and Select Trackside Retailers

NASCAR Team Properties announced today that it has reached a licensing agreement with Touch by Alyssa Milano to create a line of apparel for female NASCAR fans. The fashionable apparel is designed utilizing high quality fabrics and features NASCAR drivers such as Dale Earnhardt Jr., Tony Stewart, Danica Patrick and Jimmie Johnson.

“We’re excited to welcome Alyssa to the NASCAR family, and for the first time, we now have a fashion forward clothing line exclusively for our many female fans,” said Blake Davidson, NASCAR vice president, licensing and consumer products. “The Touch brand offers our fans a fresh and stylish line of apparel that is designed specifically for them.”  Continue reading →

NASCAR Green Continues Steady Growth With Addition of Eaton

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NASCAR Green Continues Steady Growth With Addition of Eaton

2012-nascar-green-logo20 Electric Vehicle Charging Stations To Be Installed At NASCAR Offices 

Drivers, charge your engines. NASCAR announced today a new multi-year official agreement with Eaton, a leader in developing global solutions for today’s most critical electrical power management challenges.The new alliance makes Eaton an Official NASCAR Green Partner, with the designation ‘Official EV Charging Solution Provider of NASCAR’ bolstering the growing roster of companies utilizing the NASCAR Green platform to validate technologies that positively impact the environment.  Continue reading →

Jason’s Journey: Seeing Myself in the Future

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JasonJourneylogo400x300The magical tour I took of the Charlotte Motor Speedway a few weeks ago still has lasting memories.  I was so inspired by the media center, that I want to write about it this week.

It was vast and wide with empty desks and chairs that will be filled by some of the best in the NASCAR media, come race weekend. There I was walking down the aisle, seeing the computer plug-ins and the interview desk. Thinking that I could be here in five years from now, writing, talking, and living my dream. Continue reading →