{"id":2349,"date":"2012-07-27T12:16:23","date_gmt":"2012-07-27T16:16:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/?p=2349"},"modified":"2012-07-27T12:16:23","modified_gmt":"2012-07-27T16:16:23","slug":"david-ragan-to-have-wheres-waldo-featured-on-car-at-martinsville","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/2012\/07\/27\/david-ragan-to-have-wheres-waldo-featured-on-car-at-martinsville\/","title":{"rendered":"David Ragan to have Where&#8217;s Waldo featured on car at Martinsville"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><\/strong>David Ragan driver of the No.34 Ford Fusion for Front Row Motorsports will have Where&#8217;s Waldo featured on his car at Martinsville Speedway in October. Ragan has a full time ride with Front Row Motorsports, his best finish this season was 7th at the Spring race at Talladega. He finished 24th in the Spring race at Martinsville.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Press Release<\/strong> <strong>(Statesville, NC)<\/strong> Everyone\u2019s favorite globetrotter, <strong><em>Where\u2019s Waldo?<\/em><\/strong><em><\/em>, has been known to pop-up wherever the action is and he\u2019s at it again! To celebrate his 25<sup>th<\/sup> anniversary, Classic Media, the driving force behind <em>Where\u2019s Waldo?<\/em> has partnered with Front Row Motorsports and Lionel NASCAR Collectables to have Waldo spotted on David Ragan\u2019s No. 34 Ford Fusion later this season, when the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series heads to Martinsville Speedway for the October 28<sup>th<\/sup> race weekend.\u00a0 In perhaps one of the most unique paint schemes in NASCAR history, the entire No. 34 Ford will transform into the iconic <em>Where\u2019s Waldo?<\/em> \u201cOn The Beach\u201d scene that will then be rolled out as limited edition die-cast cars. <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/teamfrm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/Waldo-469x365.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"469\" height=\"365\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are pleased to partner with the top-tier team of Front Row Motorsports and driver David Ragan so fans can bring the search for Waldo at the NASCAR track,\u201d said Nicole Blake, EVP Global Marketing &amp; Consumer Products, Classic Media. \u00a0\u201cWaldo typically travels on foot, so it is exciting that he now has his first set of wheels with the <em>Where\u2019s Waldo?<\/em> No. 34 car and the die-cast cars from Lionel NASCAR Collectables. You never know where Waldo will show up next!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWaldo is such a powerful icon,\u201d said David Ragan, driver of the No. 34 Ford.\u00a0 He continued, \u201cfrom waiting rooms, to classrooms, to both road trips and afternoons at home, I think most of us have sat down and tried to find Waldo at least a few times. This is probably the most unique paint scheme I\u2019ve ever had on one of my cars.\u00a0 A partnership with <em>Where\u2019s Waldo?<\/em> alone would have been very cool, but to have the entire car designed as an actual mural \u2013 that is just awesome,\u201d commented Ragan.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe design die-cast for just about every team in NASCAR,\u201d said Howard Hitchcock, General Manager of Lionel NASCAR Collectables. \u201cI can honestly say that this <em>Where\u2019s Waldo? <\/em>paint scheme is one of the most fun and interesting designs we\u2019ve produced.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI can picture Waldo enthusiasts and NASCAR fans from around the world sitting with their No. 34 die-cast in hand, searching for Waldo just as they would in one of the <em>Where\u2019s Waldo<\/em>? books,\u201d Hitchcock continued.<\/p>\n<p>Credit Front Row Motorsports http:\/\/www.frmteam.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>David Ragan driver of the No.34 Ford Fusion for Front Row Motorsports will have Where&#8217;s Waldo featured on his car at Martinsville Speedway in October. Ragan has a full time ride with Front Row Motorsports, his best finish this season was 7th at the Spring race at Talladega. 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