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Rowdy Pulls Off the Triple
Tuesday, August 24th, 2010Rowdy R/C All Stars
Friday, May 28th, 2010
R/C car grid
MMI worked with Kyle Busch and NOS Energy Drink to put on a special R/C (radio-control) racing event at Charlotte Motor Speedway entitled Rowdy R/C All Stars presented by NOS Energy Drink. Busch, aka Rowdy, invited out some of his NASCAR colleagues to join him and some of the top R/C racers in America from Team Associated. Joining Busch were Juan Pablo Montoya, Scott Speed, Michael McDowell, TJ Bell, Matt DiBenedetto, Joey Logano, Denny Hamlin, Bobby Labonte and NASCAR crew chief, Dave Rogers. Busch took the Celebrity class victory by easily maneuvering his NOS-sponsored 1:10 scale No. 18 Team Associated R/C truck through the 50 ft. by 100 ft. dirt and asphalt off-road track that featured double jumps, hairpin turns, moguls, and a steep dirt berm that led into a 2 ft. high kicker jump. Busch turned his short course electric truck just like the professionals, making minimal mistakes, to out-run runner-up Scott Speed. He later tested his skills against one of the best in the world, Team Associated driver Ryan Maifield, driving a 1:8 scale nitro buggy in the pro demonstration race.
Tops in Darlington
Monday, May 10th, 2010
Double Checkers for Denny Hamlin (c) Getty Images
MMI driver clients made their mothers’ proud at Darlington Raceway (SC) on Mother’s Day weekend, placing the top two finishers in the Sprint Cup race and the top five finishers in the Nationwide race. Both races were won by Denny Hamlin, who edged out Jamie McMurray in the Cup race and JGR teammate Kyle Busch in the earlier Nationwide race.
Gittin in a Monster Win!
Tuesday, April 13th, 2010
Vaughn Gittin Jr. took the top podium spot at the first Formula D event of the 2010 season and did his new sponsor — Monster Energy Drink – proud by beating all the rival energy drink drivers. Check out the Long Beach photo gallery of Wreckedmagazine.com. The win capped a big week that included a Vaughn Gittin/Team Falken launch party at Rob Dyrdek’s Fantasy Factory in Los Angeles that drew an exclusive crowd of 500 plus to kick off the new relationship with Monster. Read all about it at Speedhunters.com. MMI put the sponsorship deal and the launch party together on behalf of Gittin.
New NOS Energy Drink Commercial Features Chris Forsberg
Tuesday, April 6th, 2010NOS Energy Drink launched its first ever national TV during the Martinsville NASCAR Sprint Cup race. The ad campaign features Drifting Champion and MMI client Chris Forsberg in a “day in the life” shoot that ends in a stunt that Forsberg actually successfully performed on his first full attempt. The campaign will run a total of 13 times throughout the year all during Sprint Cup races.
Chris Forsberg Stars in NOS Energy TV Spot
Monday, March 1st, 2010
Chris Forsberg shooting a NOS Energy Drink Commercial
NOS Energy Drink chose American Drifting champion Chris Forsberg to launch its first-ever national TV advertising campaign. The 30 sec. spots will feature a “Day in the Life of Chris Forsberg” as he tests his NOS Energy Drink 350Z at the infamous “Horse Thief Mile” track at Willow Springs Raceway in Rosemond, Calif. NOS Energy Drink just renewed their primary car sponsorship of Chris Forsberg Racing’s Formula Drift team for three additional years, making it the longest sponsorship contract in the sport’s relatively short history. Stated Forsberg: “It shows NOS’ dedication to the sport of Drifting and the active motorsports lifestyle.”
SimCraft Racing Simulation
Thursday, February 25th, 2010
Jamie McMurray at Apex wheel
MMI recently installed a SimCraft racing simulator in MMI’s driver’s lounge, known officially as the “Smoke Lounge.” The Apex sc830 Professional Racing Simulator unit is outfitted with iRacing software to simulate real-like racing conditions and motions. The unit has already caught the curiosity of several MMI clients who have hopped on board for fun or prepare for an upcoming test or race, including 2010 Daytona 500 Champion Jamie McMurray. The unit is especially helpful to the younger development drivers that lack the track time at certain race tracks, some of which they have never visited before. It also provides the more experienced driver and their engineers with valuable set-up information for specific tracks. New track records are sure to follow.
StopRepairBills.com Daytona Debut
Wednesday, February 17th, 2010
Brian Scott pit at Daytona (c) Getty Images
MMI linked up StopRepairBills.com, a leading provider of vehicle service contracts, with Brian Scott to pilot the StopRepairBills.com No. 11 Toyota Camry for Braun Racing in two NASCAR Nationwide Series races at Daytona and Las Vegas. In his season debut at Daytona, Scott finished 19th by avoiding the big wreck that took out Danica Patrick and many others in the stacked field. Scott is competing for the 2010 Nationwide Series Raybestos Rookie of the Year award after a very successful 2009 campaign on the Truck series that netted him one win, seven top-5’s and 13 top-10 finishes.
Jamie McMurray Hooks Daytona 500 Win
Monday, February 15th, 2010
Daytona 500 Victory Lane (c) Getty Images
Jamie McMurray found a new ride for 2010 and quickly found himself in Victory Lane at NASCAR’s biggest race — the Daytona 500 — celebrating with car owner Chip Ganassi and Bass Pro Shops founder Johnny Morris. McMurray thanked them and fellow car owner Felix Sabates for bringing Jamie on board to pilot the No. 1 Bass Pro Shops/TRACKER Boats Chevrolet for Earnhardt-Ganassi Racing this season after four years with Roush-Fenway Racing. McMurray’s fourth career Sprint Cup victory marked his third win on a superspeedway and puts him on top in the 2010 Race for the Chase. Fighting back tears of joy at times, Jamie spent several hours in post-race media obligations Sunday night at the track and then boarded a NASCAR plane on Monday morning to do a media tour in New York City. Sometime on Monday he plans to grab a Big Mac at McDonald’s as promised in his Victory Lane celebration.
Firesuits for Haiti Relief
Thursday, February 4th, 2010
2009 Sprint Cup firesuit
Jamie McMurray brought in 10 of his firesuits to MMI to have them auctioned off to raise funds for the American Red Cross recovery and rebuilding efforts in Haiti following last month’s devastating earthquake. We took some images of the suits, synced up with the NASCAR Foundation, and they are currently up for bid at NASCAR Foundation’s online auction site. Show your support by making a bid.
