Showing posts with label Nationwide. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Nationwide. Show all posts

Tuesday, October 20, 2009

Fast Michael Cherry Leaves For Charlotte and The Drive for Diversity Combine



Fast Michael Cherry Leaves For Charlotte and The Drive for Diversity Combine - The evolution of the Drive for Diversity, NASCARs leading on track diversity initiative, will continue in 2010 as competitors relocate to Charlotte and enter academy-style development under a single team ownership structure. Under the Revolution Racing banner, minority and female drivers will compete on four NASCAR Camping World Series teams and six NASCAR Whelen All-American Series teams.

Fast Cherry in The Simulator

Michael Cherry showing how it's done on the Nationwide simula... on Twitpic

Friday, April 24, 2009

Fast Cherry on TV Series

BET's new reality series "Changing Lanes," from executive producer Max Siegel will premiere in the second quarter of 2010. The show will focus on Nascar's Drive for Diversity program. Michael Cherry will appear in the show.

Chief operating officer of Nascar Media, Jay Abraham, said "We want to expose people to the excitement of the sport, bring a new audience to the network and a new audience to Nascar," Mr. Abraham said. "It isn't only about finding the Tiger Woods of Nascar; it's about exposing the opportunities in our sport to the community, whether it's working as a PR person, a fabricator or an engineer, as well as a driver."

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Tuesday, March 10, 2009

Greenville News features Fast Michael Cherry and Greenville Pickens Speedway



Greenville News features Fast Michael Cherry, Greenville Pickens Speedway, Nationwide Mutual Insurance, in partnership with local agent Carlo White, when they announced sponsorship of Cherry in conjunction with the Drive for Diversity initiative. Fast Michael Cherry and car owner Addis Motorsports unveiled the Addis Motorsports No. 34 car, with the number honoring Wendell Scott, the first black racer to win a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series event.

Cherry said, "They've opened up a big door for me," Cherry said. "Now I've got to show them what I'm made of. We're going to try for a championship this year."

Full Throttle Covers Fast Cherry News

Full Throttle covers the big news from Nationwide Insurance that they will sponsor Fast Michael Cherry for the 2009 season.

2009 Media Coverage of Nationwide Sponsorship

Earth Times noted that Nationwide Insurance will Sponsor Fast Michael Cherry in NASCAR’s Drive for Diversity Initiative in the Whelen All American Series for 2009,