(AUGUSTA, Ga.) — E-Z-GO, a Textron (NYSE:TXT) Company, announces that its consumer-direct e-commerce site, shopezgo.com, will sponsor Kevin Harvick’s No. 2 Chevrolet Silverado in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Atlanta 200 race on March 6, 2010 at Atlanta Motor Speedway.
Shopezgo.com also will be a secondary sponsor of the No. 33 Chevrolet Silverado owned by Kevin Harvick Inc. and driven by NASCAR veteran Ron Hornaday throughout the 2010 Truck Series season. Hornaday is the defending Truck Series champion and is the series’ only four-time champion.
“We are pleased to support Kevin Harvick and his Truck Series race teams at the Atlanta 200 and throughout the 2010 season,” said Kevin P. Holleran, president of E-Z-GO. “Customers of
E-Z-GO and NASCAR fans alike share a passion for quality vehicles, parts and accessories.”
“Race fans can expect shopezgo.com to deliver with the same speed, determination, and commitment to excellence that they see Kevin Harvick and Ron Hornaday display each week during NASCAR Camping World Truck Series competition.”
Harvick is a veteran of the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series and a frequent competitor in the NASCAR Nationwide Series and NASCAR Camping World Truck Series. While driving for his Kevin Harvick Inc. team Harvick has made 32 Truck Series appearances, accumulating 6 wins, 22 top-five and 26 top-10 finishes.
“We’re excited at KHI to add E-Z-GO to our list of partners,” said KHI co-owner Harvick. “Atlanta Motor Speedway has been a good track for me over the years and I’ve run well there in both the Cup and Nationwide Series. It’s where I got my first career Cup win in 2001 and then last season I got my first career win in the Nationwide Series at the track. This year my first trip there will be in the No. 2 E-Z-GO Chevy for the Atlanta Truck race and hopefully I can give them a proper welcome to KHI and the Truck Series with a visit to victory lane.”
Shopezgo.com is the official online source for E-Z-GO Genuine Parts and Accessories. The site, accessible directly at www.shopezgo.com, features more than 1,000 parts and accessories, including canopies, weather enclosures, tires and wheels, brush guards, step bars and kickplates, towing implements, vehicle cleaners and touch-up paints. Customers can browse products by category or search by product name to find parts that are compatible with their specific vehicles. In addition, customers can find and select a preferred E-Z-GO dealer in their area, who can help them install purchased parts and accessories and better customize their E-Z-GO vehicle to enhance their lifestyle.
To shop for E-Z-GO Genuine Parts and Accessories, log on to www.shopezgo.com. For more information about E-Z-GO and its complete line of golf and light-transportation vehicles, visit www.ezgo.com.
For more information about Kevin Harvick, Ron Hornaday and the #2 and #33 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series teams, visit www.kevinharvickinc.com.
About E-Z-GO
E-Z-GO, a Textron Inc. company, is a leading manufacturer of golf cars and utility vehicles.
E-Z-GO is the preferred golf car fleet provider for many of the world’s most revered golf courses, clubs and resorts. E-Z-GO boasts the largest sales and service network in the industry, with more factory branch locations and independent distributors than any other manufacturer of golf cars and utility vehicles.
More than a maker of golf cars, E-Z-GO is also a leading provider of turf and utility vehicles for a variety of applications and industries. Products sold under the E-Z-GO brand include Shuttle personnel carriers, MPT turf-maintenance vehicles, and ST personal utility vehicles. E-Z-GO also produces the Cushman line of heavy-duty material carriers.
Founded in 1954 in Augusta, Ga., E-Z-GO became part of Textron Inc. in 1960.
About Textron
Textron Inc. is a multi-industry company that leverages its global network of aircraft, defense, industrial and finance businesses to provide customers with innovative solutions and services. Textron in known around the world for its powerful brands such as Bell Helicopter, Cessna Aircraft Company, Jacobsen, Kautex, Lycoming, E-Z-GO, Greenlee, and Textron Systems. More information is available at www.textron.com.
About Kevin Harvick Inc.
Kevin Harvick Inc. (KHI), established in 2001 by Kevin and DeLana Harvick, is an 80,000 sq. ft. facility located in Kernersville, N.C. Home of the 2009 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series championship team, KHI enters 2010 in its seventh full year of competition with two full-time Truck Series teams and one full-time Nationwide Series team. Four-time Truck Series champion Ron Hornaday returns to the helm of the No. 33 Truck team looking for his fifth title and third championship for KHI (2009 and 2007), while Sprint Cup series stars Kevin Harvick and Elliott Sadler guide the No. 2 Truck team. Two-time NASCAR Nationwide Series champion Harvick will again shine as the lead driver of the No. 33 Nationwide Series team as he continues to make his mark in motorsports and establish KHI as one of the top teams in NASCAR competition. For more information about KHI and its teams, please visit www.KevinHarvickInc.com.
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