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January 29, 2015

Visser Precision to sponsor Furniture Row Racing


Advanced manufacturing solutions provider to be associate on No. 78

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Visser Precision, LLC, owned by Furniture Row Racing team owner Barney Visser, will join the No. 78 NASCAR Chevrolet, driven by Martin Truex Jr., as an associate sponsor for the 2015 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series season.

The team announced the news during its stop on the Charlotte Motor Speedway Media Tour presented by Technocom.

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The advanced manufacturing solutions provider, utilizing special alloys and proprietary manufacturing methods, is headquartered in a state-of-the-art facility in Denver, Colorado, which also serves as the team’s home base. The business grew out of the race team, and its president, Ryan Coniam, is a former race engineer and crew chief in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series.

“This is an exciting move for not only our teammates at Visser Precision but also for our growing list of domestic and international clients,” Coniam said in a team release. “Visser Precision with its advanced technologies shares many of the same attributes that you will find in the high-tech, competitive world of NASCAR. There is definitely some DNA between the two businesses, and we are thrilled to be included with Furniture Row Racing.”

Joe Garone, general manager of Furniture Row Racing, said the Visser Precision name will be positioned on the roof of the No. 78 Chevrolet.

“We welcome Visser Precision as our new associate sponsor,” Garone said. “Visser Precision has a success story that is quite remarkable for such a young company. We are proud to be a partner on the car and in the race shop to help tackle the challenges of NASCAR’s competitive sport.”

Truex said he was impressed by the facility on a recent visit, saying there were “pieces and parts that we really can’t talk about” for military use. He explained how his new associate sponsor personally helped him.

“I build remote-controlled boats,” Truex said. “That’s one of my hobbies. They actually built me a part. It’s probably worth like $14,000, but it’s really only worth $100 to anybody else.”

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