![]() ![]() 1 Chevrolet driven by defending series champion Josef Newgarden throughout next season. Fitzgerald will also continue as an associate sponsor in the Verizon Ind圜ar Series (VICS) with a presence on the No. 12 Ford Fusion driven by Ryan Blaney in the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series (MENCS) race at Bristol in August of 2018. Fitzgerald will also be an associate sponsor on the car for the balance of the 2018 NXS season.Īs part of the enhanced agreement with Fitzgerald Glider Kits, a Team Penske partner since 2016, Fitzgerald will also serve as the primary sponsor for the team’s No. 22 Ford for 16 races beginning next season, including the season-opening race at Daytona International Speedway, the season-ending race at Homestead-Miami Speedway and both series races at Bristol Motor Speedway, the home track for the Tennessee-based company. 22 Ford Mustang for the majority of next season’s NASCAR XFINITY Series (NXS) races.įitzgerald Glider Kits, North America’s leading truck glider kit assembler, will be the primary sponsor of Team Penske’s No. MOORESVILLE, NC – The partnership between Team Penske and Fitzgerald Glider Kits will continue to grow in 2018, as the team announced today that Fitzgerald will become the primary sponsor on the championship-winning No. IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship.Having 7 days to build a truck, the fact that all the lights were done in a series of seven and, let's face it, anything racing requires a lot of skill and hard work but you need a little luck on your side to boot. Over the course of the 7 day build it's estimated there were over 1,200 man hours invested into the project. As the build was getting closer to completion the truck earned its nickname “Lucky #7”. To complete the build within the tight deadline, many days turned into nights. Building cool trucks and taking on some crazy deadlines are all just part of the fun!” said Brian Bourke. And if it wasn’t enough to build a truck in seven days, the crew from SignSmith out of Crossville, Tennessee had to completely remove the old trailer wrap and install a the new wrap design just in time to head to Texas. Over the next few days, the entire team had to push through the aches and pains of fatigue mixed with some sleep deprivation. This goes for our vendors as well as all the team members at Fitzgerald,” said Tommy Fitzgerald Jr. “A project like this takes a dedicated team fueled by passion. Day two the shop floor was riddled with lots of unique one off parts. All the different vendors stepped up to the plate getting a lot of the parts needed that the Fitzgeralds did not already have in stock for the build. I was just hoping everyone could keep that pace up for seven days including myself,” said Robert Fitzgerald. All the guys really worked hard to get the truck apart. “Day one everyone was feeling really accomplished. The entire truck needed to be disassembled right down to its frame rails, prepped for paint and then rolled it into the booth. ![]() The first day of the truck build a small army comprised of Fitzgerald’s best guys would attack the project full speed. We had a task set out before us to build this one of a kind Peterbilt 389 in only seven days! Like everything that happens on Fast N Loud, they needed a truck in a ridiculous time crunch. What would you do if you got a call from a Professional NHRA drag racer and the star of Fast N Loud, Richard Rawlings wanting a cool custom Big Rig? For us, the answer was: “Heck yeah! We would love to build you a custom truck!” There was only one little set back in the whole deal. ![]()
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