Effort To Get NASCARFans To Quit Smoking Gains Speed (NAPSA)—Onesponsor of the 2005 NASCAR season is interested in helping people make it over the finish line by helping them to quit smoking. The season opened with Nicor- ette’s debut as thefirst quit-smoking sponsor in the motor sport’s history, and the endof the season has seen the second quit-smoking brand sponsoringa car. To top it off, GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) Consumer Healthcare has announced plans for 2006 that include the wildly popular driver Jeff Gordon and his #24 car and a sponsored race as part of the company’s efforts to help race fans, their friends and family members who wantto quit smoking. Commit Stop Smoking Lozenges, the company’s medicinal nicotine product for smokers trying to quit, signed on as the primary sponsor of Ganassi Racing’s #39 Commit Dodge for two 2005 Four-time Nascar championship driver Jeff Gordon and Bill Slivka, vice-president of GSK Consumer Healthcare unveil the paint scheme for the new #24 DuPont/Nicorette Chevrolet. NASCAR Nextel Cup Series races. Rookie driver David Stremme used the opportunity to gain more experience before he moves up to the Cup Series full time in 2006. In 2006, Nicorette broadens its NASCAR presence on the track by joining Hendrick Motorsports’ #24 DuPont Chevrolet team as an asso- ciate sponsor. Jeff Gordon will run a #24 DuPont/Nicorette Chevrolet twice during the 2006 Nascar NEXx- TEL Cup Series; his first of two paint schemes was recently un- veiled at Lowe’s Motor Speedway in Charlotte, N.C. The companywill also continue to sponsor Chip Ganassi’s #41 Target Dodge to be driven in 2006 by promising newcomer Reed Sorenson. NASCAR will also have its first With a special paint scheme to promote Commit Stop Smoking Lozenges, Nascar driver David Stremme (#39) pulls ahead of Jeremy Mayfield at the UAW-GM Quality 500 at Lowe’s Motor Speedway. ever quit-smoking title sponsor for a race when the Nicorette 300 Busch Series event runs March 18, 2006 in Atlanta. ting and entertain fans with an exciting racing simulator. 2006, a Winners Circle exhibit will counsel smokers about quit- smoking as well as racing news At Cup Series races throughout For fans that don’t makeit to the track, Quit2WinRacing.com offers information about quitting and behind-the-scenes interviews.
