Monroe, NC – Jay Robinson Racing and HotRodGrills jointly announced today that HotRodGrills will serve as the primary sponsor of the No. 28 driven by Kenny Wallace, for the NNS race Saturday March 20th in Bristol.
“We have been looking to team with driver Kenny Wallace and the No. 28 Chevy of Jay Robinson Racing, and when we put our focus together, with a start at Bristol, everything just came together great,” Ryan Bluestone, CEO of HotRodGrills said. “We are thrilled to kick things off in Bristol with JRR and Kenny Wallace. HRG looks forward to great success on and off the track as we move toward cultivating an even longer standing relationship with the Team.”
“We are excited to head to Bristol with HotRodGrills on board as primary sponsor for the Scotts Turf Builder 300,” said Jay Robinson, owner of the team. “HotRodGrills is known by many race fans as a Championship quality grill. Our team and crew use an HRG grill at the shop and the track and we will be grilling on one in the Bristol infield over the race weekend events.” Jay added, we hope this race sponsorship will lead to continued opportunities after Bristol, with their quality company and fantastic grill product in the future.” “It will be great to have them partnered with Kenny Wallace behind the wheel of our No. 28 HotRodGrills Chevy in Bristol.”
“I am really looking forward to giving the HotRodGrills team a solid run at Bristol. Bristol has always been exciting for me and a really successful track throughout my career, and I certainly will be backed by a “hot’ “at its best ” product sponsor in the HotRodGrills No. 28,” said driver Kenny Wallace.
HotRodGrills will also be partnering up with JRR and Kenny Wallace for the Nationwide event in Talladega in April 2010. HRG will shortly announce a Kenny Wallace/JRR/HRG ultimate sweeps promo to be rewarded this year at PIR (Phoenix) during the second trip to the track in November 2010.
JRR, Kenny Wallace and Team HotRodGrills will get their first shot at the Bristol Motor Speedway on Friday, with two Nationwide Series practice session. Qualifying is on schedule for Saturday, March 20th at 9:30 AM. This year’s Nationwide Series Scotts Turf Builder 300 Bristol race begins at 2:30 PM Saturday, March 20, with pre-race coverage starting at 2pm on ABC.
took advantage of a strong restart during the final green-white-checkered flag attempt to take the victory in Sunday’s Kobalt Tools 500 at Atlanta Motor Speedway, a win that marked a second consecutive spring race victory at the 1.54-mile quad-oval. 