FedEx Extends Relationship with Joe Gibbs Racing
February 23 2017 - 03:00PM
Business Wire
Longstanding Sponsorship Continues with Denny
Hamlin Driving the #11 FedEx Toyota
FedEx announced today its extension with Joe Gibbs Racing to
serve as the sponsor of the #11 Toyota with driver Denny Hamlin in
the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series.
“FedEx has been synonymous with the #11 car and Denny Hamlin for
many years, and together we have enjoyed great successes on and off
the race track,” said Patrick Fitzgerald, senior vice president,
FedEx Integrated Marketing and Communications. “The FedEx Racing
program provides the unique opportunity for us to engage our team
members and customers, as well as make a positive impact in the
community. We are proud to extend this relationship with Coach
Gibbs and the entire Joe Gibbs Racing organization.”
This year, the company is tying the performance of the #11 FedEx
Toyota on the track to its efforts to improve road safety through a
new program, Delivering Laps for FedEx Cares, by donating $111 for
each lap Hamlin leads and $11,000 for each race victory to Safe
Kids Worldwide, a nonprofit working to protect kids on the road, at
home and at play. Making roads safer for children is a key
initiative under the company’s global giving platform FedEx Cares.
FedEx will also contribute $111,000 to Safe Kids if the #11 team
wins the 2017 NASCAR championship.
Hamlin is a 29-time race winner at NASCAR’s highest level,
including the 2016 Daytona 500, and has made the sport’s playoffs
in 10 of his 11 full-time Cup Series seasons. The Richmond,
Va.-native has amassed 196 top-10 finishes in 398 career
starts.
“FedEx has been with me for my entire career, and I’m honored to
have them continue as the sponsor of the #11 team,” said Hamlin,
who finished sixth in the 2016 NASCAR standings. “As a racer, you
only dream of an opportunity to compete for wins and championships
at the highest level, and I have been fortunate to do that with
FedEx and JGR for more than a decade.”
The sponsorship began when the #11 team was formed at the start
of the 2005 season as Joe Gibbs Racing expanded to a third car.
Since then, the iconic FedEx brand has been a mainstay on the race
track and in the NASCAR garage, and it is currently one of the
longest-tenured sponsor, team and driver combinations in the
sport.
“FedEx has been essential to the growth and stability of Joe
Gibbs Racing through the years,” said team owner Joe Gibbs. “They
are the standard-bearer for how a company’s involvement in NASCAR
can meet and exceed business objectives through commitment to
success in all facets of the relationship.”
Hamlin and the #11 team look to defend their win in the Daytona
500 with this year’s running of the ‘Great American Race’ on
Sunday, Feb. 26. To learn more about FedEx Racing, visit
FedExRacing.com or follow FedEx on Facebook, YouTube and Twitter
via @FedEx.
About FedEx Corp.FedEx Corp. (NYSE: FDX) provides
customers and businesses worldwide with a broad portfolio of
transportation, e-commerce and business services. With annual
revenues of $58 billion, the company offers integrated business
applications through operating companies competing collectively and
managed collaboratively, under the respected FedEx brand.
Consistently ranked among the world’s most admired and trusted
employers, FedEx inspires its more than 400,000 team members to
remain “absolutely, positively” focused on safety, the highest
ethical and professional standards and the needs of their customers
and communities. To learn more about how FedEx connects people and
possibilities around the world, please visit about.fedex.com.
About Joe Gibbs RacingJoe Gibbs Racing (JGR) is one of
the premier organizations in NASCAR with four NASCAR Sprint Cup
Series teams, three NASCAR XFINITY Series teams and a driver
development program. Its 2017 driver lineup will consist of Denny
Hamlin, Kyle Busch, Matt Kenseth, and Daniel Suárez in the Monster
Energy NASCAR Cup Series. Meanwhile Matt Tifft will run fulltime in
the NASCAR XFINITY Series, joining Kyle Busch, Erik Jones, Denny
Hamlin and Daniel Suárez, who will all run partial schedules. In
addition, Cody Coughlin and Riley Herbst are currently in JGR’s
driver development program. Based in Huntersville, N.C., and owned
by Joe Gibbs — a three-time Super Bowl winner as head coach of the
Washington Redskins and a member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame —
JGR has competed in NASCAR since 1992, winning four Cup Series
championships, and four Nationwide Series owner’s championships
along with more than 270 NASCAR races, including four Brickyard
400s and two Daytona 500s.
About Safe Kids WorldwideSafe Kids Worldwide is a
nonprofit organization working to protect kids on the road, at home
and at play. Preventable injuries are the number one cause of death
for children in the United States. Throughout the world, almost one
million children die of an injury each year, and almost every one
of these tragedies is preventable. Safe Kids works with an
extensive network of more than 400 coalitions in the U.S. and with
partners in more than 30 countries to reduce traffic injuries,
drownings, falls, burns, poisonings and more. Since 1988, Safe Kids
has helped reduce the U.S. childhood death rate from unintentional
injury by 60 percent. Working together, we can do much more to
protect kids. Join our effort at http://safekids.org.
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FedEx Corp.Jonathan Lyons,
901-434-4019jonathanlyons@fedex.comorJoe Gibbs RacingChris Helein,
704-944-1562chelein@joegibbsracing.comorWeber ShandwickTom
O’Connor, 386-547-5905toconnor@webershandwick.com
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