SKF to Be Co-primary Sponsor of Brad Keselowski's No. 22 Ford Mustang for Nationwide Series Race at Bristol Motor Speedway


SKF will be a featured co-primary sponsor on the No. 22 Ford Mustang driven by Brad Keselowski as he tries to make it two in a row for Penske Racing in the 2013 NASCAR Nationwide Series at this Saturday’s Jeff Foxworthy’s Grit Chips 300 at Bristol Motor Speedway.



“Sam Hornish, Jr. did a great job driving to victory lane last week in Las Vegas,” said Keselowski. “Hopefully we can make it two in a row for Penske Racing and bring home a trophy for the SKF/Discount Tire No. 22 Ford Mustang.”



SKF and Penske Racing are in the second season of a multi-year racing partnership that saw Keselowski win the Sprint Cup Championship in the partnership’s first year together last season.



In addition to being a co-primary sponsor at Bristol Motor Speedway, SKF also will be a co-primary sponsor for the No. 22 Ford Mustang at Richmond International Raceway on April 26. SKF also is scheduled to be a primary sponsor of Penske Racing’s No. 12 Ford Fusion for two Sprint Cup Series races, at Kansas Speedway on April 21, and at Talladega Superspeedway on October 20, which will take place during the Chase for the Sprint Cup Championship.



Throughout the 2013 racing season, SKF will be featured in the NASCAR Sprint Cup and NASCAR Nationwide Series, as well as the IZOD IndyCar Series. Race fans will see the SKF brand showcased in the Sprint Cup Series on the No. 2 Miller Lite Ford driven by Brad Keselowski and the No. 22 Shell-Pennzoil Ford driven by Joey Logano; and in the Nationwide Series on the No. 12 Alliance Truck Parts/WURTH Ford driven by Sam Hornish, Jr. and the No. 22 Discount Tire Ford driven by Brad Keselowski, Joey Logano and Ryan Blaney. In addition, SKF will be showcased in the IndyCar Series on the No. 3 Team Penske Dallara/Chevrolet driven by three-time Indy 500 Champion Helio Castroneves, who scored two victories in 2012, including the season-opening St. Petersburg Grand Prix.



As a technical partner to the entire Penske Racing organization, SKF brings its world-class knowledge of reducing friction to both the NASCAR and IndyCar racing arenas. Partnering since November 2011, SKF and Penske Racing have over 25 different application and development projects, drawing from all five of SKF’s technology competence areas: bearings, seals, lubrication, mechatronics and services.



For further information, please contact:



Walter Delevich, SKF North America, Vice President Communications, +1 267 436 6910, walter.g.delevich@skf.com

 

Brian Salvatore, Harris, Baio McCullough, 215-440-9800, brian@hbmadv.com

 

SKF, the Knowledge Engineering Company, is a leading global supplier of friction-reducing solutions for industrial and transportation applications. Products include bearings, seals, mechatronics, and lubrication systems. The company also offers a broad scope of services that include technical support; maintenance and reliability services; engineering consulting; and training. By combining our expertise in bearings, seals and lubrication, we can increase the fuel efficiency and performance of passenger and commercial vehicle systems, including wheel ends, transmissions and drive trains. Lincoln, an SKF Group Brand, specializes in centralized lubrication systems that automatically direct precise amounts of grease or oil to bearings, pins, bushings and other lubrication points, as well as lubrication pumps, hose reels, control valves, used fluid drains, grease fittings and a comprehensive line of grease guns. For more than 100 years, Lincoln has been a preferred brand for car dealerships, fleet operations, independent mechanics and advanced do-it-yourself car enthusiasts. Today the SKF Group is present in more than 130 countries, with 15,000 distributor locations worldwide. Annual sales in 2012 were $10 billion and the number of employees was 46,775. www.skf.com

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