By Sarah Handy, Staff Writer
It’s been officially announced that Agri Supply a family owned group of farm stores offering products from farm machinery to hunting and outdoor sporting goods will sponsor NASCAR Cup Series driver Joey Gase in the 62nd annual Daytona 500.
Gase will pilot the No. 51 Chevrolet in this year’s prestigious event.
🚨 Big News! 🚨
Agri Supply is happy to announce we will once again be sponsoring @joeygaseracing for the#daytona500 on Sunday February 16th! Follow @rickwareracing for more updates as we get closer to race day.🏎️🏁 @DISupdates#joeygase #agrisupply #nascar #BluegreenDuel #tgif pic.twitter.com/7pYBF52OSG— Agri Supply (@AgriSupply) January 31, 2020
Additionally, he will see sponsorship from EFX Corp. and Page Construction adorn his Chevrolet as well.
A Cedar Rapid, Iowa native, Gase signed a full-time deal to drive for Rick Ware Racing in the NASCAR Cup Series with that deal being announced in late December.
Gase has competed in all three of NASCAR’s top-three series in his career with a majority of his seat time coming in NASCAR’s second-tier NASCAR Xfinity Series.
In 32 starts in the NXS last season, Gase posted six top-20 finishes with a best finish of 16th occurring in last season’s season-opener at Daytona International Speedway.
He also made 11 starts in the NASCAR Cup Series posting a season best finish of 27th also coming at Daytona last July.
Gase joins veteran driver JJ Yeley as the two that will drive full-time for Rick Ware Racing in the NCS in 2020. This year’s Daytona 500 will be the second of Gase’s career having finished 23rd in the 2017 event.
Check out our #Daytona500 paint scheme 😍@EFXFS #PageConstruction@AgriSupply @RickWareRacing pic.twitter.com/Fq3oXLGbAM
— Joey Gase Racing (@JoeyGaseRacing) February 1, 2020
The NASCAR Cup Series season-opener Daytona 500 will take place on Sunday February 16 at 2:30 p.m. ET live on Fox.