Saturday, November 20, 2010

ANNETT TO PILOT RUSTY WALLACE RACING’S NO. 62 IN 2011

Pilot Travel Centers to Continue Backing of Up and Coming Iowa Native

HOMESTEAD, FL (November 19, 2010) — Officials of Rusty Wallace Racing
(RWR) announced today that Iowa native, Michael Annett, will take the helm
of the team’s No. 62 Toyota Camry in a full-season bid for the 2011
NASCAR Nationwide Series championship.

Pilot Travel Centers, a long-time Annett backer, will serve as primary
sponsor of Annett’s No. 62 Toyota for his 2011 campaign.

Annett, a 24-year old native of Des Moines, Iowa, will be embarking upon
his third full Nationwide Series season in 2011. Considered one of the
sports' most promising up and coming drivers, Annett finished among the
top-10 in the Nationwide Series driver standings during his 2009 rookie
season. He also has two ARCA Racing Series wins to his credit, including
a victory in the series’ most prestigious event at Daytona in 2008.

Said Annett, “I’m really looking forward to joining Rusty Wallace
Racing in 2011. This is going to be a great next step in my career and
I’m very grateful to Pilot Travel Centers for helping to make this
possible.

“Rusty Wallace Racing has fielded top-10 cars consistently over the past
few years; I feel we’ll be very competitive right out of the box. I’m
looking forward to having one of my good friends, Steve Wallace, as my
teammate as well. Coming from a single car team, I’m excited about the
resources that having a teammate can provide.

“While I’m focused 100% on finishing out 2010 as strongly as possible,
I can’t wait for Daytona. I’m ready to put the Pilot Travel Centers
Toyota up front next season.”

Stated RWR team owner, Rusty Wallace, “We’re extremely excited to
welcome Michael Annett and Pilot Travel Centers to our team. Michael has
shown a lot of promise over his first two seasons and we’re looking
forward to helping him continue to develop his career. We fully expect
Michael and the No. 62 team to be among the contenders in 2011.

I’d also like to wish Brendan Gaughan all the best as he transitions
back to the truck series for next year. With his new child, the reduced
schedule should allow him to spend more time with his family and we wish
them all well in the future.”

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About Rusty Wallace Racing, LLC

North Carolina-based Rusty Wallace Racing (RWR) is a professional auto
racing team steeped in the legendary history of its founder, Rusty
Wallace—one of NASCAR’s top-ten drivers of all-time. The team
currently campaigns the No. 66 and No. 62 Toyota Camrys in the prestigious
NASCAR Nationwide Series. In 2009, RWR stood as the only team with
multiple drivers ranked among the top-ten in the final Nationwide Series
driver standings. For more on Rusty Wallace Racing, please visit the
award-winning rustywallace.com.

About Pilot Flying J

Pilot Flying J is headquartered in Knoxville, Tennessee, and has more than
550 locations in North America. The company employs more than 20,000
people and is the largest retail operator of travel centers in North
America.

Friday, November 19, 2010

One Light Bulb at a Time

**Writer Unknown**

One Light Bulb at a Time

A physics teacher in high school, once told the students that while one grasshopper on the railroad tracks wouldn't slow a train very much, a billion of them would.

With that thought in mind, read the following, obviously written by a good American.

Good idea...one light bulb at a time...

Check this out . I can verify this because I was in Lowes the other day - I was looking at the hose attachments. They were all made in China . The next day I was in Ace Hardware, and just for the heck of it, I checked the hose attachments there. They were made in USA .

Start looking --- In our current economic situation, every little thing we buy or do affects someone else - even their job. So, after reading this email, I think this lady is on the right track. Let's get behind her!

My grandson likes Hershey's candy. I noticed, though, that it is marked made in Mexico now. I do not buy it any more..

My favorite toothpaste, Colgate is now made in Mexico . I have switched to Crest.

You have to read the labels on everything ..

This past weekend I was at Kroger. I needed 60 Watt light bulbs and dryer sheets. I was in the light bulb aisle, and right next to the GE brand that I normally buy was an off-brand labeled, "Everyday Value". I picked up both brands of bulbs and compared the stats - they were the same, except for the price. The GE bulbs were more money than the Everyday Value brand - - - but the thing that surprised me the most was the fact that GE was made in MEXICO and the Everyday Value brand was made in - get ready for this - the USA , in a company in Cleveland , Ohio .

So on to another aisle - Bounce Dryer Sheets..... yep, you guessed it, Bounce cost more money and is made in Canada . The Everyday Value brand was less money and MADE IN THE USA! I did laundry yesterday and the dryer sheets performed just like the Bounce Free I have been using for years and at almost half the price!

So throw out the myth that you cannot find products you use every day that are made right here. My challenge to you is to start reading the labels when you shop for everyday things and see what you can find that is made in the USA - the job you save may be your own or your neighbors!

If you accept the challenge, pass this on to others in your address book so we can all start buying American, one light bulb at a time! (We should have awakened a decade ago!!!!!!)

Let's get with the program...help our fellow Americans keep their jobs and create more jobs here in the U.S.A.

 

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