WILMINGTON, Mass., Sept. 24,
2024 /CNW/ -- UniFirst Corporation (NYSE:UNF), a
North American leader in providing customized business uniform
programs, facility service products and first aid and safety
services, in partnership with 14-time NASCAR Cup Series champions
Hendrick Motorsports, will be at
Kansas Speedway on Sunday, September
29 as Chase Elliott competes
in the opening race of the Round of 12 in the playoffs behind the
wheel of the UniFirst No. 9 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1. The race begins
at 3 p.m. ET on USA Network.
Elliott heads to Kansas seventh
in the playoff standings, six markers above the elimination line.
In 17 Cup Series starts at the 1.5-mile track, the Dawsonville, Georgia, native has one win,
seven top-five finishes and 11 top 10s. Elliott most recently drove
to a third-place finish there in the spring.
The UniFirst No. 9 Chevy will once again sport the company's
distinctive signature green color and logo designs accompanied by
racing-inspired black and white accents on the car's exterior.
Elliott and the entire No. 9 Hendrick
Motorsports race team will also wear fire suits that
complement the UniFirst car design and feature the company's colors
and logo.
"A big congratulations to Chase
Elliott for moving on to the Round of 12 in in the
playoffs," said David Katz,
UniFirst's Executive Vice President of Sales and Marketing. "Our
fans are excited to watch Chase in action, driving the UniFirst No.
9 Chevy. We're all behind Chase and the No. 9 team, cheering them
on to victory."
The UniFirst No. 9 will make its final appearance of the season
at the Charlotte ROVAL on October 13.
UniFirst is also serving as an associate sponsor of Elliott and the
No. 9 team for all other races throughout the end of the
season.
"Kansas is one of my favorite
tracks, so I'm looking forward to getting there and climbing behind
the wheel of the No. 9 UniFirst Chevrolet," said Elliott, six-time
National Motorsports Press Association Most Popular Driver.
"Finishing second last weekend at Bristol was a boost for our team and now we
need to keep that momentum going. Hopefully we can finish one
position higher on Sunday at Kansas and punch our ticket to the next round
of the playoffs."
The 2024 NASCAR season marks the eighth year of UniFirst's
multi-year partnership with Hendrick
Motorsports, and it's the fifth year that the company is
serving as a sponsor of Elliott and the No. 9 team. UniFirst is the
Official Workwear Provider of Hendrick
Motorsports, supplying work clothing and uniforms to the
team, as well as to its sister company, Hendrick Automotive Group.
For more information on UniFirst, visit UniFirst.com.
About UniFirst
Headquartered in Wilmington,
Mass., UniFirst Corporation (NYSE: UNF) is a North American
leader in the supply and servicing of uniform and workwear
programs, facility service products, as well as first aid and
safety supplies and services. Together with its subsidiaries, the
company also manages specialized garment programs for the cleanroom
and nuclear industries. In addition to partnering with leading
brands, UniFirst manufactures its own branded workwear, protective
clothing, and floorcare products at its three company-owned
ISO-9001-certified manufacturing facilities. With more than 270
service locations, over 300,000 customer locations, and 16,000-plus
employee Team Partners, the company outfits more than 2 million
workers every day. For additional information, contact UniFirst at
888.296.2740 or visit UniFirst.com. Follow UniFirst on Social
Media: LinkedIn, Facebook, X, YouTube, Instagram.
About Hendrick
Motorsports
Founded by Rick Hendrick in 1984,
Hendrick Motorsports is the
winningest team in NASCAR Cup Series history. At the sport's
premier level, the organization holds the all-time records in every
major statistical category, including championships (14),
points-paying race victories (311) and laps led (more than 80,000).
It has earned at least one race win in a record 39 different
seasons, including an active streak of 38 in a row (1986-2023).
Celebrating its 40th anniversary in 2024, the team fields four
full-time Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 entries in the NASCAR Cup Series
with drivers Alex Bowman,
William Byron, Chase Elliott and Kyle
Larson. Headquartered on more than 100 acres in Concord, North Carolina, Hendrick Motorsports employs approximately 600
people. For more information, please
visit HendrickMotorsports.com or interact
on Facebook, Instagram and X.
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