Hunt Brothers Pizza Extends HAAS CNC Racing Partnership

2008 Primary Sponsorship of Nos. 66, 70 Announced

KANNAPOLIS, N.C. -- HAAS CNC Racing announced today that it has extended its sponsorship agreement with Hunt Brothers Pizza for the 2008 NASCAR Sprint Cup season. The Nashville, Tenn.-based company will serve as a primary sponsor of the No. 66 and No. 70 Chevrolets in multiple races and will be an associate sponsor on the No. 66 in each of the remaining races.

“We are very excited to have Hunt Brothers Pizza as a continued partner,” said HAAS CNC Racing general manager Joe Custer. “This is a great step ahead for our race team. We’re looking forward to representing Hunt Brothers well, both on and off the track.”

The No. 70 Chevy Impala SS first featured the Hunt Brothers Pizza brand at Talladega in April where the team qualified third.

“NASCAR is a natural fit for Hunt Brothers Pizza,” said company executive Scott Hunt.  “NASCAR fans are known to be the most brand-loyal fans among all of the major sports and we’re proud to have many NASCAR fans in our existing customer base. We look forward to taking our message nationally to the millions of fans across the country

Next up for Hunt Brothers Pizza is the July 5, Coke Zero 400 at Daytona International Speedway where the company will be primary sponsor of the No. 66 HAAS CNC Racing Chevrolet driven by Scott Riggs.  

About HAAS CNC Racing

Based in Kannapolis, N.C., and owned by the world’s largest CNC machine tool builder, Haas Automation Inc., HAAS CNC Racing has competed in NASCAR since 2002. The team currently fields two NASCAR Sprint Cup Series teams with a 2008 driver lineup consisting of Scott Riggs in the No.66 and Johnny Sauter, Jason Leffler and Max Papis in the No.70.

HAAS CNC Racing is a technological leader in NASCAR. Its newly constructed 140,000-square-foot, world-class, shop facility boasts cutting edge equipment including a research and development department filled with HAAS CNC machines for prototype production, and a seven-post, full-scale track simulator to model race track conditions. In early 2008, the team’s parent company completed construction of Windshear, a 180-mph rolling-road wind tunnel that is the first of its kind in North America, and only the third rolling road wind tunnel of its scale in the world. 

About Hunt Brothers Pizza 

The four Hunt Brothers - Don, Lonnie, Jim and Charlie - have been in the pizza business since 1962 and in business together since 1990. Hunt Brothers Pizza is the largest distributor of fresh dough pizza to the convenience store market, with over 6,000 locations in 27 states.

The Hunt Brothers Pizza program offers a complete turnkey operation for convenience stores and all of the equipment and training the storeowner needs to be successful in the pizza business. Hunt Brothers Pizza team members who deliver product in company owned trucks service the stores weekly. In addition to delivery, service includes rotating product, training employees, displaying marketing materials and support in business development.

The Hunt Brothers Pizza product line encompasses all day parts – including the company’s 12” pizza, its Thin Crust pizza and their distinctive 12” breakfast pizza all with Hunt Brothers Pizza’s signature promise of “All Toppings No Extra Charge®.” For more information about Hunt Brothers Pizza, please visit www.huntbrotherspizza.com or call 1-800-453-3675.