Interstate Batteries to Sponsor Joe Gibbs Racing and Kyle Busch in Phoenix and Miami

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Interstate Batteries will sponsor Joe Gibbs Racing and Kyle Busch for the final two Sprint Cup races of the NASCAR season.

Primary sponsor Mars Inc., exercised its right to abstain from sponsoring the No. 18 car after an on-track incident in the Nov. 4 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race at Texas Motor Speedway in Fort Worth that involved Busch and series regular Ron Hornaday. NASCAR suspended Busch for the remainder of the Texas race weekend, fined him $50,000 and placed him on probation for the remainder of the year.

When Mars pulled out of the last two 2011 races earlier this week, Interstate decided to step in to support Joe Gibbs Racing – a relationship that has lasted 20 years.

Interstate Chairman Norm Miller described the decision this way: “We feel NASCAR took the appropriate action with Kyle, and we think he will become a better person for it. We also understand and honor Mars’ reasons for stepping back for these last two weeks of the season. As founding sponsor of Joe Gibbs Racing, we felt it was the right thing to do to support JGR, Kyle and the No. 18 team during this difficult time.”

Busch, winner of 104 races across NASCAR’s top-three national touring series – Sprint Cup, Nationwide and Camping World Truck – will make his 14th career Sprint Cup start at this weekend’s Kobalt Tools 500k at Phoenix International Raceway and will also compete at next weekend’s season finale at Homestead-Miami Speedway. Busch won the 2005 Sprint Cup race at Phoenix.

Interstate Batteries PR

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