NASCAR has received permission from Virginia Tech University to display the school's logo on race cars for the next three weeks, in a tribute to the victims of this week's shootings at the Blacksburg, Va. campus.
Chairman Brian France:
"Our thoughts and prayers go out to the victims, their family members, their friends – and the entire Virginia Tech community. We wanted to make a simple, but strong, gesture of remembrance. We are grateful the university gave us clearance to display their logo."
The logo will be displayed against a black background on the "B-post" – the area just to the right of the driver's side window net – of cars competing in NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series and NASCAR Busch Series events at Phoenix International Raceway (Friday and Saturday), Talladega Superspeedway (April 28-29) and Richmond International Raceway (May 4-5).
Additionally, trucks competing in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series event April 28 at Kansas Speedway also will display the logo.
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4-18-2007 @ 8:28PM
Tara said...
That is very neat. It is always nice to see how close the country gets whenever a tragedy like this occurs.
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4-19-2007 @ 11:53AM
Amanda said...
Rock on Nascar...Thanks for showing support. This is a simple but heartfelt response!!
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4-19-2007 @ 1:56PM
DEDE said...
You can always count on Nascar to do the right thing no matter how minor in times of tragedy
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4-19-2007 @ 8:27PM
JW said...
Nascar....Unlike the robot money whores in other sports...IS truly a fan based sport......Classy act
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