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.
