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Budweiser and Richard Childress Racing Team Up for the 2011 season

It is final thatBudweiser and Kevin Harvick will team together for 20 races during the 2011 Sprint Cup Season. Budweiser began looking for a new driver around the same time Harvick needed a sponsor. Budweiser has been behind Kasey Kahne for the past 3 years starting in 2008. Kasey is moving to Hendrick Motorsports in 2012, and that agreement left the longtime NASCAR sponsor in search of its third driver. Kasey will race for Red Bull for the 2011 and will  make the switch to Hendricks at the beginning of the 2012 season. Kevin Harvick currently holds the lead for the Chase in the Sprint Cup and is ahead by 293 points.  Kevin Harvick’s No. 29 Chevrolet will hold the Budweiser tradition red paint scheme for 20 races during next season. They will also sponsor the two non-points races during Speedweeks as Harvick is the Budweiser Shootout champion for the past 2 years. Budweiser will not be sponsoring the Sprint All-Star Race as it will be a  co-primary sponsor. They will remain an associate sponsor during the other 16 cup races for the season. NASCAR and Budweiser go back more than three decades, and we’re excited to have as successful driver like Kevin Harvick to usher in a new era for them. Harvick and Richard Childress Racing lost current sponsor Shell-Pennzoil in April. Kevin responded by snapping a 115-race winless streak that same week at Talladega, and can not wait until the 2011 season. Budweiser is one of the most respected sponsors in our sport, and he is looking forward to driving the No. 29 Budweiser Chevrolet. He believes he will take it to Victory Lane and continue Winning Championships and Budweiser is behind him all the way. Combining his talent with Budweiser’s NASCAR lineage and proven track record of innovative sponsorship this makes this an exciting pairing for fans everywhere.