Yates Racing NASCAR Race Driver Travis Kvapil to Visit Farmers Insurance Home Office February 19th from 3 to 4 P.M.
LOS ANGELES--Farmers Insurance Group of Companies®, will sponsor Yates Racing --Travis Kvapil and the No. 28 Ford Fusion in the February 21 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race at Fontana, California.
“This is an exciting first for Farmers and we are pleased to sponsor Travis Kvapil in this Sunday’s Sprint Cup race,” commented Kevin Kelso, Farmers Executive Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer. “Travis will come to Farmers Home Office tomorrow from 3:00 to 4:00 p.m. to sign autographs and meet the Farmers family of NASCAR fans.”
The No. 28 Farmers Insurance Ford Fusion will debut Friday, February 20th during opening practice of the NASCAR Sprint Cup race weekend at Fontana, Calif.
Kvapil is from Janesville, Wis., and has recorded six top-10 finishes and one career pole in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series. In 2003, Kvapil won the Craftsman Truck Series Championship.
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Photo and Interview Opportunity with Yates Racing NASCAR driver Travis Kvapil. |
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Thursday, February 19, 2009 from 3:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. |
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Farmers Insurance Home Office, 4680 Wilshire Boulevard, Los Angeles 90010. |
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ABOUT FARMERS INSURANCE
Farmers Group, Inc. is a wholly owned subsidiary of Zurich Financial Services, an insurance-based financial services provider with a global network of subsidiaries and offices in North America and Europe as well as in Asia Pacific, Latin America and other markets. Farmers® is the nation's third-largest Personal Lines Property & Casualty insurance group. Property and casualty products are underwritten and issued by the Farmers Exchanges and their subsidiaries, which Farmers Group, Inc. manages but does not own. Headquartered in Los Angeles, Farmers provides homeowners, auto, business, specialty products, life insurance and financial services to more than 10 million households. For more information about Farmers, visit our Web site at www.farmers.com.
ABOUT YATES RACING
Yates Racing currently operates three motorsports teams in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series. Formerly known as Robert Yates Racing, the team is owned by Doug Yates, who took the reins after his father, Robert Yates, retired following the 2007 season. In 2008, Doug partnered with Max Jones; a former road racer and long-time race team championship General Manager. During Yates Racing’s 21-year tenure in the NASCAR Sprint Cup series, the organization has earned a total of 57 wins, 49 poles, 270 top-five finishes, 433 top-ten finishes, and a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Championship. In 2009, Hall of Fame Racing has teamed up with Yates Racing to field the No. 96 Ford Fusion in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series.