GoDaddy.com extends sponsorship with JR Motorsports and Hendrick Motorsports

MOORESVILLE & CONCORD, N.C. (Dec. 16, 2008) – GoDaddy.com today extended its partnerships with JR Motorsports and Hendrick Motorsports, which will give the world’s leading registrar of Internet domain names a significant presence in NASCAR’s top two series in 2009. GoDaddy.com will be the primary sponsor for 20 Nationwide Series events with JR Motorsports next season. The schedule includes one race apiece with veteran drivers Dale Earnhardt Jr. and Tony Stewart in the No. 5 Chevrolets, which will be fielded part-time. In addition, GoDaddy.com will sponsor the No. 88 Chevrolets of JR Motorsports and 2009 championship contender Brad Keselowski in 18 Nationwide Series races. Keselowski also will attempt a seven-race Sprint Cup schedule in the No. 25 GoDaddy.com Chevrolets of Hendrick Motorsports. The Cup effort will be led by veteran crew chief Lance McGrew. Details of the Nationwide and Cup programs, including race dates, will be announced at a later time. Earnhardt, a GoDaddy.com spokesperson and NASCAR’s most popular driver, has won 22 races and two championships (1998 and 1999) in the Nationwide Series. Stewart, a two-time Sprint Cup Series champion, has seven Nationwide victories to his credit, including five in 2008. The two drivers have recorded 82 NASCAR wins between them. Keselowski, 24, recently completed his first full Nationwide season, finishing an impressive third in championship points. Fans voted him the series’ most popular driver after posting two wins, 11 top-five finishes and 20 top-10s in 2008. In November, he also made his first two Sprint Cup starts with support from GoDaddy.com, recording solid top-25 efforts for Hendrick Motorsports at Fort Worth, Texas, and Homestead, Fla. GoDaddy.com’s first foray into auto racing came in December 2006 with the Indy Racing League’s Danica Patrick. The company moved into NASCAR last season as a primary sponsor in the Sprint Cup Series (two events), Nationwide Series (six events) and Camping World Truck Series (five events). The extension and expansion of the GoDaddy.com relationship completes the 2009 sponsorship picture for the No. 88 JR Motorsports Chevys. The company joins Unilever (11 races) and Delphi Corp. (six races) as primary sponsors of Keselowski in the Nationwide Series.