Toy State partners with No. 7, starting with the Great American Race
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Toy State will be the primary sponsor on Tommy Baldwin Racing's No. 7 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series car for the first five races of the season, beginning with the Daytona 500 (Feb. 22, 1 p.m. ET, FOX).
The company announced its plans on Tuesday and said it will announce a driver in the next few weeks.
Acquiring radio-controlled toy company Nikko in 2014, Toy State will reintroduce Nikko-branded R/C vehicles to the U.S. market this year under the Toy State umbrella. Nikko has been a global leader in R/C toys since 1958.
"Toy State has been a leader in the toy car business for 30 years, and they are everything the TBR team looks for in a partner -- innovative, competitive and willing to challenge the status quo," Tommy Baldwin Jr., president of Tommy Baldwin Racing, said. "We're excited to have them as the No. 7 car's primary sponsor."
In 2014, Baldwin fielded Michael Annett and Reed Sorenson in the No. 7 and No. 36 Chevrolets respectively full time. Annett joined HScott Motorsports earlier this week with sponsor Pilot Flying J. Dave Blaney, Mike Bliss and Bobby Labonte also ran TBR cars last year.
In six seasons and 321 races, Tommy Baldwin Racing has a top five and two top-10 finishes with Blaney scoring a third-place result for the team at Talladega in October 2011.