The partnership between Team Penske and Fitzgerald Glider Kits will continue to grow in 2018, as the team announced today that Fitzgerald will become the primary sponsor on the championship-winning No. 22 Ford Mustang for the majority of next season’s NASCAR XFINITY Series (NXS) races.

Fitzgerald Glider Kits, North America’s leading truck glider kit assembler, will be the primary sponsor of Team Penske’s No. 22 Ford for 16 races beginning next season, including the season-opening race at Daytona International Speedway, the season-ending race at Homestead-Miami Speedway and both series races at Bristol Motor Speedway, the home track for the Tennessee-based company. Fitzgerald will also be an associate sponsor on the car for the balance of the 2018 NXS season.

As part of the enhanced agreement with Fitzgerald Glider Kits, a Team Penske partner since 2016, Fitzgerald will also serve as the primary sponsor for the team’s No. 12 Ford Fusion driven by Ryan Blaney in the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series (MENCS) race at Bristol in August of 2018. Fitzgerald will also continue as an associate sponsor in the Verizon IndyCar Series (VICS) with a presence on the No. 1 Chevrolet driven by defending series champion Josef Newgarden throughout next season.

“Team Penske continues to grow its relationship with Fitzgerald Glider Kits and we welcome the company’s increased role as a sponsor with the No. 22 Ford Mustang team in 2018,” said Roger Penske. “We work closely with Fitzgerald in our trucking business and the company has certainly made the most of its partnership with our race teams across different platforms since it joined Team Penske in 2016. We look to continue to build the Fitzgerald Glider Kits brand as we move to the next level next season.”

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“It’s not easy to win this one,” said Newgarden. “Whenever you get opportunities, I think you’ve got to seize it. We were in a great position to do it. We had a great car this weekend. Happy for Roger (Penske, team owner) and the group. Be able to check that off in the box, being able to contribute, I’m really happy for the team and happy to get this result for everybody.”

This was the first INDY race in which Fitzgerald Glider Kits participated in as a sponsor.

“You certainly hope you can win early and win often,” Newgarden said. “I think my goal was to maximize our potential, my potential, in the team as early as that could be. It’s not easy integrating into a new group. It’s been pretty fluid for me just because Team Penske is a very easy group to join, I find. They’re very open, welcoming, there’s so much information to look at, the teammates are so good, it helps you kind of get on pace pretty quick.”

What an exciting weekend we had.. the Fitzgerald Glider Kits 300 was a blast. The rain held off long enough for us to get a full race in. Unfortunately our 22 car didn’t take the checkered after leading for 61 laps of the race but the Indy Car driven by @josefnewgarden beat the rest of the drivers and took first place at the Honda Indy Grand Prix of Alabama. We want to give a shout out to our family, friends, customers, vendors, sponsors and race fans who all made this weekend an unforgettable event. We can’t say enough how excited we are to be apart of @team_penske and the racing world we’ve grown up idolizing. Thanks to all that showed up rain or shine to the #FGK300 we’re looking forward to plenty more and a great rest of 2017!! @bmsupdates @fitzgeraldgliderkits @fitzgeraldpeterbilt

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