ADVISORY/Photo of Richard Petty; John Andretti and the No. 43 Cheerios / Betty Crocker machine is available on BW PhotoWire/AP PhotoExpress, NewsCom, PressLink and Business Wire's Web Site.Photo/Business/Sports Editors ADVISORY... --(BUSINESS WIRE) The photo is BW1 on AP PhotoExpress. The photo is on Business Wires Web Site at URL URL in full Uniform Resource Locator Address of a resource on the Internet. The resource can be any type of file stored on a server, such as a Web page, a text file, a graphics file, or an application program. : http://www.businesswire.com/cgi-bin/photo.cgi?pw.063000/bw1 Photo caption reads: DAYTONA BEACH Daytona Beach (dātō`nə), city (1990 pop. 61,921), Volusia co., NE Fla., on the Atlantic coast and Halifax River (a lagoon); inc. 1876. Center of a rapidly urbanizing area, in a region settled by Spanish Franciscans in the 17th cent. , Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 30, 2000 A new era in NASCAR NASCAR (National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing), organization that sanctions American stock-car races, est. 1948. It held its first race in Daytona Beach, Fla. sponsorship will begin this weekend at Daytona International Speedway Daytona International Speedway is a superspeedway in Daytona Beach, Florida. It is a 2.5 mile (4 km) tri-oval race track facility with a seating capacity of 168,000 spectators. as Cheerios and Betty Crocker Betty Crocker, an invented persona and mascot, is a brand name and trademark of American food company General Mills. The name was first developed by the Washburn Crosby Company in 1921 as a way to give a personalized response to consumer product questions. become the first new primary sponsors of the famed Petty Enterprises No. 43 Pontiac in 29 years. Driver John Andretti, pictured left, took to the track today for the first time in the new No. 43 under the watchful eye of legendary car owner Richard Petty, pictured right, who exercised his creative talents to help design the No. 43 Cheerios / Betty Crocker machine, which still maintains the `Petty Blue' paint scheme. The No. 43 Cheerios / Betty Crocker Pontiac will race for the first time in the Pepsi 400 July 1. (Business Wire photo) CONTACT: Petty Enterprises, Chip Williams, 704/660-0796 (chip.williams@mindspring.com) or General Mills, Minneapolis, Roman Blahoski, 763/764-3699 (roman.blahoski@genmills.com) See Business Wire story 2077 for more information. |
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