FIT AMERICA Teams Up With NASCAR's No. 77 Jasper Engines Ford.DEERFIELD BEACH Deerfield Beach, town (1990 pop. 46,325), Broward co., SE Fla., on the Atlantic coast; inc. 1925. The development of high-technology industry and commerce expanded the town and more than doubled its population between 1970 and 1990. , Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 10, 1999-- FIT AMERICA, the all-natural weight loss program, announced Friday that it has entered into a sponsorship agreement with Jasper Motorsports Jasper Motorsports is a former NASCAR Winston Cup/NEXTEL Cup team. It was owned by a variety owners including D.K. Ulrich and Doug Bawel. 1970s-1980s The car started in 1971 at what turned out to be the only Winston Cup race at Smoky Mountain Raceway as the #41 Ford owned , the owners of the Jasper Engine and Transmission No. 77 driven by Robert Pressley Robert Pressley from Asheville, NC was born April 8, 1959. He is a former NASCAR driver. In a February 2006 Sportingnews.com article about the 2001 Daytona 500 field, Robert's current status was listed as "Opened Celebrity's Hotdogs in Asheville, N.C., a year ago. . FIT AMERICA has been granted sponsorship rights for the No. 77 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. , Winston Cup team for four races during the 1999 season. The sponsorship will be in effect for the entire 2000 season. Debi Davis, founder of FIT AMERICA made the announcement from the company's headquarters in Deerfield Beach. "We are excited about our relationship with Robert Pressley and the entire Jasper Motorsports racing organization," said Davis. "We believe FIT AMERICA will receive an enormous benefit from our involvement in the NASCAR Winston Cup series and are 100 percent committed to the sport and the No. 77 team." So how did the founder of a company that was recently recognized by Working Women Magazine as one of the top 500 women-run businesses in America finally decide on which NASCAR team to work with? "I was very impressed im·press 1 tr.v. im·pressed, im·press·ing, im·press·es 1. To affect strongly, often favorably: with the Jasper Motorsports operation, team owner Doug Bawel and Pressley," continued Davis. "During one of our meetings, Doug and I discovered that we both have been honored by Ernst and Young as Entrepreneurs of the Year from our home states. That coincidence forged a unique bond between us that I felt gave us a collective business edge." Bawel was honored in 1998 from Indiana and Davis from Florida in 1999. FIT AMERICA plans to utilize their sponsorship to identify prospective franchise owners, to attract new customers to their retail locations and to expand the company's brand recognition. FIT AMERICA's all natural weight loss and wellness products are sold at retail locations in 17 states nationwide. There are currently 74 franchise stores in operation with additional stores in Arizona, North Carolina North Carolina, state in the SE United States. It is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean (E), South Carolina and Georgia (S), Tennessee (W), and Virginia (N). Facts and Figures Area, 52,586 sq mi (136,198 sq km). Pop. , New York, Texas New York is a hamlet in Henderson County, Texas, USA, about 11 miles east of Athens. Geography New York lies at the intersection of FM 804 and FM 607 in a stereotypically flat portion of East Texas, surrounded mostly by farm land. , Connecticut, Florida and New Jersey scheduled to open before year's end. For more information on FIT AMERICA's complete line of all-natural wellness products and a store directory visit our website on-line at www.fitamerica.com. |
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