Lowe’s will continue its
successful relationship with Hendrick Motorsports after signing a two-year
contract extension that secures the full-season primary sponsorship of the #48
NASCAR Sprint Cup team and five-time series champion Jimmie Johnson for 2014
and 2015.
Announced today to more than
1,700 store managers at the Lowe's national sales meeting, the agreement builds
upon a partnership launched in 2001 when Johnson was selected to drive for the then-new
#48 Hendrick Motorsports team. Now in its 12th full season, the
sponsor-driver-team relationship has become one of the most successful in
NASCAR history.
On Sunday in his 400th Cup
race, Johnson drove the #48 Lowe's Chevrolet SS to his second career Daytona
500 win. In the process, he became just the second driver (teammate Jeff Gordon
is the other) to have the same primary sponsor for all of his first 400 Cup
starts.
Led by crew chief Chad
Knaus, the #48 Lowe's team has now scored at least one Sprint Cup Series
victory in 12 consecutive seasons
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