{"id":10630,"date":"2013-10-25T23:51:58","date_gmt":"2013-10-26T03:51:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/?p=10630"},"modified":"2013-10-26T14:02:39","modified_gmt":"2013-10-26T18:02:39","slug":"national-guard-extends-sponsorship-of-dale-earnhardt-jr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/2013\/10\/25\/national-guard-extends-sponsorship-of-dale-earnhardt-jr\/","title":{"rendered":"National Guard extends sponsorship of Dale Earnhardt Jr."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_10631\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10631\" style=\"width: 594px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-10631\" alt=\"getty images\" src=\"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/files\/2013\/10\/daleearnhardtjr1.jpg\" width=\"594\" height=\"397\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/files\/2013\/10\/daleearnhardtjr1.jpg 594w, https:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/files\/2013\/10\/daleearnhardtjr1-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 594px) 100vw, 594px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-10631\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">getty images<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The Army National Guard will sponsor the No. 88 Chevrolet driven by Dale Earnhardt Jr. though the 2014 season.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNASCAR is a critical marketing platform for the National Guard,\u201d said Lt. Col. Michael Wegner, marketing branch chief, Army National Guard. \u201cThis program touches recruiters, influencers, our own Citizen Soldiers and those interested in the Guard\u2019s many career opportunities and benefits. NASCAR fans in our target demographic are twice as likely to consider the military as a career option, and the overall fan base strongly advocates for military service. It\u2019s the right place for the Guard and has helped us recruit more than 400,000 Citizen Soldiers since 2007.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Army National Guard paint scheme will be featured on Earnhardt&#8217;s car in 20 races on the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series schedule in 2014.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s an incredible privilege to work with and represent the Guard,\u201d Earnhardt said. \u201cWe have the opportunity to interact with those who serve our country and many who are considering military careers. I\u2019m personally in awe of their sacrifices and feel a tremendous amount of pride in our relationship with them. The entire No. 88 team is looking forward to another season together.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>PepsiCo\u2019s continuing support of the No. 88 Hendrick Motorsports team includes five primary races annually through the 2015 Sprint Cup season. Additional sponsorship for Earnhardt will be announced at a later date.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; The Army National Guard will sponsor the No. 88 Chevrolet driven by Dale Earnhardt Jr. though the 2014 season. \u201cNASCAR is a critical marketing platform for the National Guard,\u201d said Lt. Col. Michael Wegner, marketing branch chief, Army National Guard. \u201cThis program touches recruiters, influencers, our own Citizen Soldiers and those interested in the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":10631,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20,788],"tags":[170],"coauthors":[675],"class_list":["post-10630","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cup-series","category-news","tag-dale-earnhardt-jr"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10630","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10630"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10630\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10631"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10630"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10630"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10630"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=10630"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}