Less than a month after the team’s Jan. 11 announcement that it was rebranding
Less than a month after the team’s Jan. 11 announcement that it was rebranding
Petty GMS to Legacy Motor Club, the Statesville, N.C.-based operation announced it had signed a multi-year partnership with Arrowhead Brass to be on Noah Gragson’s No. 42 Chevrolet’s B-post and Jones’ No. 43 Chevrolet C-post in three NASCAR Cup races this season. Two days later it was announced Sunseeker Resorts would return to Gragson’s car. That same day it was announced the hiring of a president for business operations, a senior vice president for partnerships services and the promotion of an employee to vice president of racing operati
“I think the structure and the organization of what Jimmie wants for the future is kind of a somewhat long-term plan,” Jones said. “The marketing side of things is what’s been the biggest shift so far.”Jones said there was nothing that surprised him about Johnson the owner when he arrived at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum for the Busch Light Clash, but he was sure it was a different experience for Johnson to watch cars race in which he had an investment.
“He really stayed out of the way,” Jones said. “I saw Jimmie, I think, one time the whole weekend. He came in the hauler on Sunday morning, hung out, and chatted for a minute and went right to work. He had a lot of people there, handful of guests up in a suite that he was kind of hanging with.”
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