Three
Trucks, Three Drivers, Aiming for One Record-Breaking Run
DAYTONA
BEACH, Fla. (June 1, 2016)
– Mike Skinner is joining forces with a longtime friend and
supporter for this year’s Goodwood Festival of Speed as Caymus
Vineyards partners with the former NASCAR Champion for the annual
hill climb event in West Sussex, England. The vineyard’s logo will
appear on Skinner’s firesuit, as well as the “Skinner Special”
truck, which he will use
during an attempt to win his third consecutive victory in the NASCAR
class, and better the record time he first set on the famous hill
climb course in 2014 and then eclipsed again in 2015.
In addition, Caymus Vineyards will also be featured on the “Celebrity
Truck” driven by professional athlete, WWE World Heavyweight
Champion and WCW World Heavyweight Champion, Bill Goldberg.
“I
am very excited to have Caymus Vineyards join us for our Goodwood
effort,” said Skinner. “I’ve enjoyed their wines for many
years. Much like Caymus makes first-class wines, the Goodwood
Festival of Speed is a first-class event, so we can’t wait to
represent them there. We have a great group of partners that we work
with for this event—Cessna, Beechcraft, Bell Helicopter, Toyota,
E-Z-GO, Bad Boy Buggies, Justin Boots, Charlie 1 Horse Hats,
Maui Jim, SiriusXM, FocusPoint Private Capital Group, SunTrust Bank,
Sentinel Real Estate, Warrington Asset Management, Florence Capital,
our nonprofit
beneficiary Hope For The Warriors, and now Caymus Vineyards—it’s
just such a fun and special event for both myself and our team owner
Andrew Franzone. Caymus wines would certainly pair well with victory,
and I hope we’re all able to celebrate together at the awards
ceremony that Sunday afternoon.”
Skinner’s
relationship with Caymus Vineyards actually spans back to 2008 when
the two celebrated together in Victory Lane at Las Vegas Motor
Speedway while Skinner was racing for Bill Davis.
The
June race will be a reunion of sorts, as the team will bring three
NASCAR trucks to England. With team owner Franzone driving the third
entry on the circuit, all three machines driven by Skinner, Goldberg
and Franzone have connections to the Bill Davis Racing family.
“We
are extremely pleased to support Mike Skinner in his races at
Goodwood this year,” said Chuck Wagner, Owner/Winemaker of Caymus
Vineyards. “We truly appreciate his patronage of our wines over the
years and want to return that support. And we feel honored to be in
the company of great people and organizations that support racing.
Whatever the business or professional endeavor, we value the pursuit
of excellence and pushing to achieve the best possible performance.”
Hosted
by Lord March at the Goodwood Estate in West Sussex, England, the
Goodwood Festival of Speed features every kind of car imaginable from
the 1800s through today while also attracting some of the most
accomplished drivers in motorsports. This year’s Goodwood Festival
of Speed will take place June 23-26. Follow @MStheGunslinger
on Twitter, or @SkinnerRoundUp
on Twitter,
Facebook or
Instagram for
news and updates throughout the event.
About
Caymus Vineyards
Caymus
Vineyards is located in Rutherford, a town in Napa Valley,
California. It was founded in 1972 by Chuck Wagner and his parents,
Charlie and Lorna Wagner. Their family comes from a long line of
grape growers and winemakers, with a farming legacy in the Valley
that traces back to the 1850s. Today the family is proud to showcase
a collection of wines from Wagner Family of Wine that have a
reputation for quality and consistency, sourced from premier wine
growing regions of California namely, Caymus, Conundrum, Mer Soleil,
Emmolo and Red Schooner. Caymus Special Selection Cabernet Sauvignon
is the only wine in the world to have been awarded the title Wine of
the Year twice
by Wine Spectator magazine, an honor that the family has been working
to live up to ever since.
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