For Immediate Release                         

 

Making a “Z-Line” for the Busch Series

Z-Line Designs to Sponsor NASCAR Busch Series Driver

Kevin Conway and the No. 18 Joe Gibbs Racing Team in 2007

 

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CONCORD, N.C., (Jan. 24, 2007) – Officials from Joe Gibbs Racing (JGR) announced today that furniture manufacturer Z-Line Designs will sponsor Kevin Conway and the

No. 18 Chevrolet in the NASCAR Busch Series beginning with the March 24 race at Bristol (Tenn.) Motor Speedway.  In a press conference at the Embassy Suites Hotel in

Concord during the NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Media Tour, team owner J.D. Gibbs, Conway and Z-Line Designs president and chief operating officer Jim Sexton unveiled the

partnership.

 

“It’s great to have such an innovative company as Z-Line Designs on board at Joe Gibbs Racing,” said Gibbs.  “Z-Line Designs, much like our race team, is family-owned

and run.  Their core values are very similar to ours, so it’s a perfect partnership.  We plan on putting a product on the race track that’s just as good the products

Z-Line Designs offers to consumers.”

 

Established in 1995, Z-Line Designs has become the nation’s leading import manufacturer of home office, home entertainment and home décor ready-to-assemble furniture,

widely recognized for its quality and innovative designs.  Sexton, founder of the company, recognized early on the need for high quality, fashionable furniture to support

the exploding market for consumers’ home office and home entertainment technologies.  The company’s foresight continues today with the ongoing introduction of

pioneering concepts in furnishings. 

 

“Z-Line Designs is proud to sponsor the No. 18 Joe Gibbs Racing Team in the NASCAR Busch Series,” said Sexton.  “With Kevin Conway behind the wheel and as a

spokesperson for our brand, we feel confident that we can make Z-Line Designs top of mind among NASCAR’s ever-growing fan base.  We’re also leveraging this

sponsorship to build upon our already strong relationships with our vendors.  This is more than a sponsorship.  It’s a platform for new business.”

 

Standing atop that platform is Conway .  The 28-year-old from Lynchburg, Va., comes to JGR with six Busch Series starts and a diverse background that includes

experience in AMA Motocross, the World Karting Association, Legends cars (where in 1994 he was the youngest national champion in series history), USAC Midgets,

late model stock cars and time in the American Speed Association, ARCA and the NASCAR Busch West Series.  He most recently served as a test driver for Ginn Racing

(nee MBV/MB2 Motorsports).  Outside of motorsports, Conway has a marketing degree from the University of North Carolina Charlotte .

 

Conway will pilot the Z-Lines Designs Chevrolet for eight races, while JGR’s NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series drivers Tony Stewart and Denny Hamlin will take the wheel at

California in February and Richmond ( Va. ) in May, respectively.  Conway ’s races include Bristol (March 24); Dover (June 2); Nashville (June 9); New Hampshire

(June 30); Chicagoland (July 14); California (Sept. 1); Richmond (Sept. 7); and Kansas (Sept. 29).

 

“I’m thrilled to not only to be driving for Joe Gibbs Racing, but to have Z-Line Designs as my sponsor,” said Conway .  “The support JGR and Z-Line has given me is

incredible.  I’m looking forward to getting the season off to a great start and building a long term and very successful relationship between myself, JGR and

Z-Line Designs.”

 

For more information about Joe Gibbs Racing, log on to www.joegibbsracing.com.  For more information about Conway or Z-Line Designs, log on to

www.kevinconway.net or www.z-linedesigns.com.

 

-JGR-

 

Joe Gibbs Racing (JGR) is one of the premier organizations in NASCAR, currently fielding three NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series teams, two NASCAR Busch Series teams

and a driver development program.  Its driver lineup consists of Tony Stewart, Denny Hamlin and J.J. Yeley in Nextel Cup, Hamlin, Stewart, Aric Almirola, Kevin Conway

and Brad Coleman in Busch, and Marc Davis and Joey Logano in the NASCAR Busch East Series.  Based in Huntersville, N.C., and owned by Joe Gibbs – a three-time

Super Bowl-winning coach, a member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame and current coach of the Washington Redskins – JGR has competed in NASCAR since 1992,

winning three Cup Series championships and over 50 NASCAR races, including two Brickyard 400s and the 1993 Daytona 500.

 

 

 

 

 

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