Driver and Company to Race for Dirt and Pavement Championships
INDIANAPOLIS, IN – Continuing to fill out a busy summer schedule, Andretti Autosport Short Track announced today that third generation driver Jarett Andretti will compete in every pavement United States Auto Club (USAC) Traxxas Silver Crown Series event and seventeen USAC National Sprint Car events, covering eleven states. The Sprint Car and Silver Crown Series are two of the most prestigious in all of open wheel racing, listing Jarett’s father John and great uncle Mario Andretti as graduates.
Window World®, a long time supporter of both Jarett and his father, will be the primary sponsor of the No. 4 Window World Silver Crown Car in each of the scheduled USAC Pavement races and the No. 18 Sprint Car for selected USAC races. The car will also carry associate sponsorship from Superior Auto, Schaeffer Oil and Stoops Freightliner during the series’ four-race pavement and seventeen-race dirt events.
For Andretti, who is already committed to a full dirt Sprint Car schedule throughout Indiana, the Sprint Car and Silver Crown races will add valuable experience to his promising career. “I got the opportunity to race at nine new race tracks last year and look forward to the challenge of facing more new tracks this year, thanks to Window World. To race around the country will help me gain more experience and progress even quicker.” said Andretti. “The USAC series has so much history and my family has deep roots racing Sprint and Silver Crown machines as well. Our goal is to have strong finishes for Window World and all of our supporters.”
The Andretti family’s deep tradition in the Sprint and Silver Crown Series attracted Window World to continue its support of Jarett in his climb up the motorsports ranks.”Our relationship with John goes back to the Daytona 500 and Indy 500, and more recently the Rolex 24 with Jarett and John,” said Tammy Whitworth, CEO of Window World. “Both Window World and Andretti Autosport are family companies, built upon passion, talent and hard work. Jarett has a promising future and Window World is proud to be a part of it.”
The Silver Crown Car and Andretti’s Sprint Car add experience to Jarett’s resume, which already includes championships in go-karts and the USAC Eastern Ignite Pavement Series. In 2012, Andretti competed in supermodifieds, capturing the Oswego (N.Y.) Speedway Rookie of the Year honors in that class. Last season, he competed in Sprint Cars and Silver Crown Cars, capturing the Lawrenceburg Speedway Rookie of the Year in the Sprint Car class.
Andretti is currently a junior at North Carolina State University in the honors program.
About Window World
Window World®, headquartered in North Wilkesboro, N.C., is America’s largest replacement window and home remodeling company with more than 200 locally owned and operated offices nationwide. Founded in 1995, the company sells and installs windows, siding, doors and other exterior products. Window World is an ENERGY STAR® partner and its window products have earned the Good Housekeeping Seal for six consecutive years. In 2013 it ranked “Highest in Customer Satisfaction with Windows and Doors in a Tie” by J.D. Power. Additionally, through its charitable foundation Window World Cares®, the Window World family provides funding for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital®, where it was named New Corporate Partner of the Year in 2010. Since its inception in 2008, the foundation has raised over $4 million for St. Jude. Window World, Inc. also supports the Veterans Airlift Command, a non-profit organization that facilitates free air transportation to wounded veterans and their families. For more information about Window World, visit www.WindowWorld.com or call 1-800 NEXT WINDOW.
About Window World Powersports™:
Window World Powersports™ is the line of automotive and motor vehicles developed and maintained by Window World®. The collection was initiated in 2009 and has grown to seven vehicles: the No. 43 Indy Cup Car, the No. 34 Window World Cares Cup Car, the Superbird, the Window World Chopper, the St. Jude Dream Bike, the Veterans Airlift Command Bike and the Stinger. The Stinger, developed by John Andretti, Andretti Autosport and Window World, is a tribute to the 1911 Marmon Wasp, the first winning Indy 500 car. The traveling vehicle showcases the signatures of former Indy 500 starters. For each signature received, Window World makes a donation to Window World Cares®, its charitable foundation. For more information on the Stinger or other Powersports vehicles, visit www.WindowWorldRacing.com.
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