ROCKLIN, California -- Fred Penney and Penney Racing Supply are proud to announce that they have signed Thomas Martin to drive the Fred Penney/Sierra Mist/Golfland Entertainment Centers/Penney Racing Supply-PRS 2002 Chevy Monte Carlo in NASCAR’s 2003 Featherlite Southwest Touring Series.
Team owner Frederick W. Penney, a successful business owner and attorney from the Sacramento, California area, brings several years of racing management experience and the necessary resources to field a first class team. Penney founded Penney Racing Supply, a wholesale racing supply house and fabrication shop, to augment his already successful water park and entertainment businesses on the West Coast. Penney continues to build strategic alliances with Pepsi, Golfland Entertainment Centers and other regional and national outlets in hopes to build a multi-car team for 2003 and beyond.
Sierra Mist, a product of Pepsi, has come on board as the major sponsor of the #21 Chevy Monte Carlo. Golfland Entertainment Centers, with locations in California and Arizona, have also joined the Fred Penney Race Team.
Ted Bambino, Pepsi Bottling Group Marketing Manager, is looking forward to this relationship. “Pepsi is excited to have Thomas Martin join the Fred Penney Racing team and help Pepsi promote Sierra Mist in our other marketing partner, Golfland Entertainment Centers.”
Thomas Martin, a former Pro-Four Series Champion on the West Coast, will be competing for Rookie-of-the-Year honors. Martin has ran several races in the Featherlite Southwest Series over the past two years to familiarize himself with the cars, the competition, and the tracks. “I am excited about the opportunity to team up with Fred Penney” Martin said. “With Fred Penney’s business knowledge, Crew Chief Shaun Capenter’s team knowledge and Car Chief Ty Joiner preparing the cars, I know it will be a very successful year.”
Fred Penney’s race team just finished a successful test at Phoenix Int'l Raceway in preparation for the final event of the 2002 Featherlite Southwest Series season . Martin will debut the new Fred Penney Racing/Sierra Mist/Golfland Entertainment Centers/PRS #21 Chevrolet Monte Carlo in the Cruise America "125" at Phoenix International Raceway on Thursday, November 7. Following the race, fans will be able to get up close to their favorite drivers during NASCAR’s “Zoomfest” located at the Arizona Center. Penney Racing, with Driver Thomas Martin, invites you to stop by the #21 Fred Penney Racing/Sierra Mist/Golfland Entertainment Centers/PRS 2002 Chevy Monte Carlo.
