Joe Gibbs Racing signs Progressive Insurance to sponsor Denny Hamlin
HUNTERSVILLE, N.C. — Joe Gibbs Racing has signed Progressive Insurance to a primary sponsorship deal with Denny Hamlin in the NASCAR Cup Series.
Hamlin will have Progressive on his No. 11 Toyota Camry XSE for 18 Cup Series races, starting this Sunday at Homestead-Miami Speedway and the following Sunday at Martinsville Speedway.
“Blue was the color of my first late model I raced back in 2000 so it’s cool to bring it back,” Hamlin said. “You’re gonna be seeing this at the front of the field. When you see the ‘P’, you better watch out.”
Beyond Homestead-Miami and Martinsville, Hamlin will have Progressive on his car for these races:
- Bristol (April 13), Talladega (April 27), Texas (May 4), Kansas (May 11), NASCAR All-Star Race at North Wilkesboro Speedway (May 18), Nashville Superspeedway (June 1), Pocono (June 22), Chicago Street Race (July 6), Dover (July 20), Indianapolis (July 27), Watkins Glen (Aug. 10), Richmond (Aug. 16), World Wide Technology Raceway (Sept. 7), New Hampshire (Sept. 21), the Charlotte Roval (Oct. 5), Phoenix (Nov. 2)
FedEx was Hamlin’s primary sponsor for 608 of his 691 Cup starts to date. FedEx left after last year. Their final race was the championship race at Phoenix Raceway where Hamlin finished 11th.
Hamlin is one win away from being the winningest driver in the winningest car number in NASCAR Cup Series history. The No. 11 has 234 Cup wins, with 54 of them belonging to Hamlin.
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