JR Motorsports announced today a new partnership with Keen Parts
Inc., a leading supplier of Corvette restoration parts. As an official partner,
Keen Parts will receive branding on the deck lid of Regan Smith’s No. 7
Chevrolet for the balance of the season, joining Smith on his bid for a
Nationwide Series title run in 2013.
Owned by Tom and Teresa Keen and based out of Cleves, Ohio, Keen
Parts specializes in Corvette restoration parts ranging from vintage 1953
models to customized accessories for today’s Corvettes. The company’s current
inventory boasts more than 18,000 parts and accessories.
“We pride ourselves on supplying a wide variety of quality
Corvette parts,” said Tom Keen. “To be able to partner with JR Motorsports and
the Earnhardt family is really a wonderful opportunity to grow our company on a
national level. Like the Earnhardts, the Keens have a longstanding relationship
with Chevrolet, and we’re very excited to be teaming up on the track this
season.”
Smith is currently tied for fifth in the NASCAR Nationwide Series
standings after two races. His tenure at JR Motorsports began with a
victory in last year’s finale at Homestead-Miami Speedway. The No. 7 team
solidified its lineup with the addition of five-time NASCAR Sprint Cup Series
champion engineer Greg Ives as crew chief.
“We have been a
Chevrolet family for more than 25 years. It’s who we are,” said JR Motorsports
general manager Kelley Earnhardt Miller. “To bring Keen Parts on board – with
their mutual passion for Corvettes and NASCAR – gives us the opportunity to
build unique relationships with sports-car enthusiasts and every-day car people
that share those same passions. From the car shows we’ve hosted at JR
Motorsports annually since 2010, we’ve seen first-hand the overwhelming affinity
for the Corvette. This new partnership with Tom and Teresa Keen will not only
expand on that, but will hopefully raise significant awareness to the massive
inventory of Corvette accessories and parts that they have.”
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