CocaCola 600 NASCAR Sprint Cup Race and Hisense 300 to Include Team Fastrax™ Performances
Concord, NC (PRWEB) May 22, 2015 -- The Hisense 300 and CocaCola 600 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series races are held at the Charlotte Motor Speedway in Concord, NC as part of a weekend long Memorial Day celebration. Saturday, May 23rd, in the Hisense 300, NASCAR XFINITY Series regulars will battle against NASCAR Sprint Cup Series drivers in a 300 mile afternoon showdown. Team Fastrax™ will perform as part of the opening ceremony of the race, with a patriotic American Flag demonstration jump. The team will also perform before the CocaCola 600, long considered one of the top 5 NASCAR races. Defending race winner, Jimmie Johnson, will battle it out for the checkered flag with Kevin Harvick, Joey Logano, Matt Kenseth, Dale Earnhardt Jr., and all of the stars of the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series.
John Hart, owner of Start Skydiving, and member of Team Fastrax™, said, “We are honored to be performing our patriotic American Flag skydive during such an exciting weekend at Charlotte Motor Speedway. Both races are sure to be a lot of fun, and we appreciate the opportunity to salute our fallen heroes on Memorial Day weekend.”
According to the speedway website, the 56th running of the CocaCola 600 NASCAR Race will include a performance by ZZ Top. In addition, according to Fox Sports, as part of “NASCAR: An American Salute”, drivers in the CocaCola 600 will honor fallen service members by featuring the name of a fallen United States Armed Forces member on their windshield.
Team Fastrax™ is sponsored by Selection.com®, a leading provider of criminal background checks and pre-employment screening services. Team Fastrax™ is the most ambitious professional skydiving team in the world. The parachute demonstration team has a roster of more than twenty-nine active members, with a collective of more than 300,000 skydives. Team Fastrax™ has performed exhibition skydives all over the world for audiences large and small as a patriotic display or as a product promotion.
For more information on the race, or to purchase tickets visit the Charlotte Motor Speedway website.
For questions or for an interview, contact Gene Newsom with Team Fastrax™ at 513-422-5867.
Gene Newsom, Team Fastrax, http://www.teamfastrax.com, 513-422-5867, [email protected]
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