Budweiser and Daytona
International Speedway have announced the beer brand will take on an enhanced
role in NASCAR’s season opening festivities.
Beginning with the 2013
season, Budweiser will become the official title sponsor of Speedweeks – the 10-day
stretch of stock-car racing beginning with the non-point Shootout and continuing
through the Daytona 500, Budweiser also will assume title sponsorship of the
Budweiser Duel at Daytona; two 150-mile qualifying races that determine the
starting lineup for the Daytona 500. These enhancements to Budweiser’s
partnership with DIS will replace the brand’s existing entitlement of the
season-opening, non-points Shootout.
“Speedweeks at Daytona
International Speedway marks the official start of the NASCAR season, and the
opportunity to expand our presence throughout the 10-day event puts Budweiser
even more in the thick of it all,” said Brad Brown, vice president of sports
& entertainment marketing, Anheuser-Busch. “The Shootout has been an
important element of our NASCAR program for 34 years, but this opportunity to
enhance our partnership makes Budweiser even more relevant to our consumers as
well as the fans of the Daytona 500.”
As part of the sponsorship,
Budweiser will also serve as presenting sponsor of the Daytona 500 pre-race
broadcast show. The brand will also receive increased access for consumer
hospitality events, including naming rights to the 5th Turn hospitality area
throughout Speedweeks.
“Budweiser is the longest
running active partner with Daytona International Speedway and we are
incredibly excited to enter this new chapter with them in 2013,” said Daytona
International Speedway President Joie Chitwood. “The opportunities created by this
enhanced partnership are compelling and our fans will benefit the most. The
intensity and fun atmosphere that Budweiser brought to the Shootout for so many
years will be taken up several notches as they assume a much broader role
during Speedweeks and ‘The Great American Race.’ ”
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