NASCAR introduced Friday afternoon at Daytona Worldwide Speedway that Craftsman will grow to be the brand new entitlement sponsor of the NASCAR Truck Collection, because the model will return to a job it served in for over a dozen years after the collection was first fashioned. Craftsman first served because the title sponsor of the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Collection from its inaugural season in 1995 till 2008.
Craftsman takes over title sponsorship of the Truck Collection from Tenting World, which changed Craftsman because the collection’ entitlement sponsor starting in 2009. Tenting World introduced final month it might go away NASCAR on the finish of the 2022 season.
Along with title sponsorship of the Truck Collection by means of the Craftsman model, NASCAR additionally introduced that Stanley Black & Decker has grow to be the game’s official instrument model.
“We have a good time the return of the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Collection with our prospects, distribution companions and staff,” learn a press release by Doug Redpath, Stanley Black & Decker’s president of hand instruments, equipment and storage. “From proud householders and homebuilders to auto lovers and grasp mechanics, Craftsman has been the model generations have trusted to get the job finished.
“The Truck Collection represents genuine, daring and proud drivers and followers, which embody the identical traits of our Craftsman model. We look ahead to our return in Daytona in 2023 to reunite with our loyal followers as we start this new chapter in NASCAR historical past.”
Craftsman’s sponsorship of the Truck Collection was integral to the formation of the collection’ id, as taglines resembling “Robust Vehicles, Robust Racin'” set the tone for a division that rapidly turned a NASCAR fan favourite. Stars and champions of the Craftsman Truck Collection included NASCAR Corridor of Famer Ron Hornaday, Mike Skinner, Jack Sprague, Ted Musgrave and the late Bobby Hamilton, amongst different cagey veterans and ascending younger drivers on their technique to Cup alike.
This 12 months’s Truck Collection is at present two races into its playoffs, with Grant Enfinger and Chandler Smith having received the primary two races of the Spherical of 10 to advance to the following spherical. 5 races stay within the 2022 season, with the collection’ subsequent race at Kansas Speedway on Sept. 9.