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Daniel Bolden Racing teams with Jersey Mike’s Subs



Like any racecar driver, Daniel Bolden is always hungry for sponsorship.
So, in the pursuit of a new sponsor for his Nashville, TN based Late Model race team, he turned to one of his favorite places to eat, Jersey Mike’s Subs.
“I love to eat at Jersey Mike’s Subs and I had the opportunity to meet Dan McDonald, who is a Jersey Mike’s Subs franchisee and things just kind of clicked, Bolden said. “It took a little while to get together, but we agreed on a sponsorship package for the remainder of this season.”
Bolen said the Jersey Mike’s Subs sponsorship begins with this weekend’s Ken Ten Late Model 125 at Fairgrounds Speedway and continues through several races in September and October, including the All American 400 at the Nashville Fairgrounds Speedway.
“We will be doing some personal appearances and bringing our racecar to Jersey Mike’s Subs locations in Franklin, TN and also at the Nipper’s Corner Jersey Mike’s that’s located on Old Hickory Boulevard just out of Brentwood, TN in September. We will announce the appearance dates next week.”
Dan McDonald, who owns nine Jersey Mike’s Sub stores, said he was pleased to be associated with Daniel and his race team.
“This is something totally new for us and we are really looking forward to the marketing potential of sponsoring Daniel’s racing efforts,” McDonald said. “We are in an area where racing is popular and we see a great potential to reach a new market and bring more brand awareness to our Jersey Mike’s Sub stores.”
This is the second sponsorship announcement for Bolden’s race team in as many weeks. Last week he announced the addition of Panama City Beach as a sponsor of his race team.
“We have been working hard on securing sponsorship for not only the remainder of this season, but also for the 2011 season,” Bolden said. “We have recently brought a marketing firm aboard and are currently attempting to secure several other sponsors that we hope to carry into next season.”

 

 Fairgrounds 9/4/2010 Race Day Event Schedule

 

Bobby Hamilton, Jr. acquires Riverview Speedway

NASCAR driver Bobby Hamilton, Jr. has acquired Riverview Speedway, according to Hartsville attorney Eddie Taylor, one of the former owners of the ¼-mile speedway located in Carthage, TN.
Taylor told Middle Tennessee Racing News that “the paper work has been signed and we are looking forward to seeing Bobby operate the track”.
Hamilton said he was glad to finally get the deal done.
“We’ve been working on getting this deal done for months and now it has finally come together and we got the deal closed today (Wednesday),” he said in a phone interview shortly after the legal documents were signed.
Hamilton, who also operates Highland Rim Speedway in Ridgetop, TN said he and his crew would spend the month of September getting the track and grounds in shape to begin hosting racing events early in October.
“We plan to open the track with a big event that will include a concert by a couple of country music stars that I’ve been speaking with about the track opening,” he said. “We will race ever couple of weeks until cold weather sets in and we plan on a full season at the track beginning next spring.”
Hamilton said his main interest in acquiring the track was to keep racing going in Middle Tennessee.
“I’d love to see the Fairgrounds in Nashville continue to have racing, but that may or may not happen, so we want to have as many tracks operating in this area as possible,” Hamilton said. “Riverview is a really cool track with high banking that allows the cars to go extremely fast and fans really like to watch the cars get around the track in a hurry. It makes for some of the most exciting racing in the country.”
Hamilton said he intends on making the track and its grounds into an entertainment complex that can host music, business and social events as well as racing.
“We plan on becoming involved in the surrounding communities and building relationships with the folks in this area so everyone benefits from the track operating again.”
He said that more information will be forthcoming in the next “week or so” as to the exact opening race and concert date.

 

Choquette Sings Victory Tune in Music City

photo by Joe Shivak

Sunoco National Tour Public Relations- (August 29, 2010)

 

2007 ASA Late Model Series South Division Champion, Jeff Choquette took the lead away from pole sitter Tanner Berryhill on lap four and never relinquished the top spot en route to his first career Sunoco National Tour victory in the Tennessee 150 at Nashville Superspeedway. Choquette had a dominating day in Music City USA as he set the fast time in the final practice on Saturday morning. He later time trialed in as the fastest driver, picking up the AR Bodies Fast Qualifier award with a lap of 30.909 seconds, the only driver under the 31 second bracket. (Read more)