Dozens of adults and kids showed up Friday at the Huntington Alltel store to take a gander at the #12 Dodge of Ryan Newman. The NASCAR showcar made a pitstop at the store on Route 60 in Huntington and folks got an up close and personal look at the innerworkings of the car.
Kids lined up to have photos taken in front of the car, including Zach Bocook of Huntington, who let me snap his picture.
Lest you think it was a shell car that’s never seen a green flag, this was a former road race car of Newman’s team Penske from two seasons ago.
Others – young and adult - tried their hand at the pit crew challenge of loosening and tightening the lugnuts on a tire. Participants were astonished to find out the average NASCAR tire weighs 70 pounds.
In the following weeks, the car will visit Alltel stores in Putnam and Kanawha counties.
To find out where, visit www.alltelracing .com.
Showcars routinely make stops at sponsor shops and individual team and sponsor websites usually have information on appearances of cars and drivers.
1 comment:
GO #12!
Check out my Ryan Newman Fan blog. I am still working on it, but there it is!!
Mike Pratt
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