Hendrick motorsports drivers and crew chiefs are anticipating performance gains this season from the new chevrolet camaro zl1 1le but they should see additional help later this year. Jeff gordon commercial test drive 2 pepsi max prank. Disguised jeff gordon takes reporter on wild ride to evade. Nascar has announced that it is introducing its seventh generation of cup vehicles in the 2021 season. The camaro won its first cup race last year, but did not win again until the 22nd race, in august. Nascar cup series drivers, nascar drivers, auto racing. With rearwheel drive, a 650horsepower small block fuelinjected. Pepsi made a mistake in their super bowl commercial that.
Jeff gordons alltime drive prank still makes us laugh every. How cool would it be if we coukd ride with a nascar driver just once. However when we talked to a representative at the dealership, he said he could not comment. The chevrolet camaro zl1 is coming to nascar sort of. Nascar live race coverage, latest news, race results, standings, schedules, and driver stats for cup, xfinity, gander outdoors nascar official home race results, schedule, standings, news. Chevrolet teams and drivers had a historically bad 2018 nascar cup series season.
The film served as part of a viral marketing advertising campaign to promote pepsi max. Kenseth, the former cup series champion and twotime daytona. Nascar driver takes unsuspecting car salesman for wild ride. Heres a look at the good, bad, ugly, and possibly some. April 6 today in jayskis nascar history page 10 of 24. The only race car driver in history to be named associated press male athlete of the year, he is a seventime nascar cup series champion, sharing the alltime record with stock car racing icons richard petty and dale earnhardt. We wanted to create the most authentic connection between track and showroom, so we started with camaro zl1. This test drive video showing nascar champion jeff gordon going to a car dealership in disguise and taking an unsuspecting car salesman on the test drive of his. Pepsi max jeff gordon commercial prank drive youtube.
Nascar official home race results, schedule, standings. Nascar driver takes unsuspecting car salesman for wild ride in pepsi ad. Mar 12, 20 nascar driver takes unsuspecting car salesman for wild ride in pepsi ad. It airs next week on nbcsn and includes kyle busch, dale jr. Stern nbc sports has teamed up with iracing to form a new short track series, with races at rockingham, irp, myrtle beach and martinsville. The video, which has been viewed by more than 40 million on youtube, was widely derided as a stunt to promote pepsi max. Rating is available when the video has been rented. Once upon a time, nascar used to be as much about the cars as the drivers. Mar 12, 20 nascar driver jeff gordon went undercover to test drive a 5th generation camaro during a promotional prank for pepsi max. Chevrolet introduces new camaro model for 2020 nascar cup. Those cars, including a new camaro, are already being tested at nascar tracks.
Follow your favorite team and drivers progress with daily updates. Camaro zl1 1le joins camaro ss, which has been chevrolets entry in the nascar xfinity series since 20, winning 76 races, four driver s championships. The cars that ruined nascar, and how theres hope for the future. Only one chevy driver won a race last year after austin dillon won. What ended up happening was a very funny video of gordon test driving a camaro with the car salesman. What do you get when you mix nascar driver jeff gordon, pepsi and a car salesman. Apr 06, 2020 race and commercial breakdown of the goodys fast relief 500. Chevrolet, camaro and zl1 are all synonymous with winning, both on and off the track, said reuss. The pepsi max commercial is showing humor and celebrity endorsement jeff gordon nascar driver.
General motors has announced that their 2018 nascar monster energy cup series race cars will be based on the appearance of the chevrolet camaro zl1. Monster energy nascar cup series driver william byron. Mar, 20 disguised by a makeup team, nascar champion jeff gordon strolls onto the lot of a used car dealership claiming to be a minivan driver named mike. Chevrolet unveils 2018 camaro zl1 monster energy series race car. Chevrolet has some serious work to do shoring up its monster energy nascar cup series program ahead of the 2019 season. According to several reports, the commercial was shot at troutman motors in concord. Pepsi max camaro jeff gordon commercial test drive. Ford mustang to enter nascar cup series in 2019 fox news. Chevrolet to campaign camaro zl1 1le in nascar cup series.
Nascar race results, schedule, standings, news, drivers. Chip ganassi racing announces today that when the nascar cup series returns to the track for the remainder of the 2020 season, matt kenseth will be behind the wheel of the no. Camaro zl1 1le joins camaro ss, which has been chevrolets entry in the nascar xfinity series since 20, winning 76 races, four driver s championships and four manufacturers championships. Apr 17, 2018 mustang and camarobodied cars have been competing against each other in nascars secondtier series now called xfinity since 20, but this will be the first time that the two pony cars. This highly detailed and accurate 3d model will be used by race teams and sponsors for proposals, marketing, displays, billboards, banners, merchandise, etc. Chevy, nascar drivers unveil supercharged camaro zl1 cup race. Browse through 2020 nascar cup daytona 500 results, statistics, rankings and championship standings. Ford mustang planned for monster energy series in 2019. Hendrick teams welcome new camaro, engine parts upgrade. Nascar driver takes unsuspecting car salesman for wild.
For those of you nascar fans that like stats and love to hate commercials, or wonder how often your driver was focused on during these races, here is the breakdown for sundays race. Nascar driver bubba wallace thinks kyle larson deserves a. Chevrolet will compete in the nascar cup series next season with an updated version of its camaro, the zl1 1le. Camaro featured at daytona 500 florida department of. Nascar, iracing and fox sports have joined forces to create the enascar iracing pro invitational series, a multiweek effort that will see nascar drivers and dignitaries compete virtually on the. Nascar driver jeff gordon gets revenge in pepsi max. Marcantoine camirand to drive new 2018 chevrolet camaro.
Driver marcantoine camirand, who will compete fulltime in the nascar pintys series in 2018, is excited to be at the wheel of the new no. It also marks the second year knaus will be partnered with driver william byron and the no. Apr 17, 2018 ford performance announced tuesday morning that it plans to bring the companys iconic mustang to the monster energy nascar cup series in 2019. Nascar s jeff gordon pranks used car salesman with. On tracks a mile long or more, nascar requires both inner and outer tires. Feb 27, 2014 a year ago jeff gordon took an unsuspecting car salesman on a hairy testdrive. Nascar driver kyle larson uses nword on iracing pro. Transcript for jeff gordon gets revenge in pepsi max commercial we continue now with nascar great jeff gordon pulling off a highspeed prank in his new pepsi max ad. The manufacturer announced on thursday that its teams in the cup series in 2020 will. This prank commercial may be completely staged, but its still pretty amusing. Nascar live race coverage, latest news, race results, standings, schedules, and driver stats for cup, xfinity, gander outdoors. Rpm3d, inc, the leader in 3d motorsports graphics has created the 2018 monster energy cup camaro in 3d for the upcoming season. Feb 09, 2017 jeff gordons alltime drive prank still makes us laugh every time.
Nascar cup 2020 daytona 500 results nascar cup race. Nascar driver kyle larson uses nword on iracing pro series livestream the event was being watched by thousands of fans across multiple livestreams on. Unsuspecting car salesman goes on the test drive of his life when a disguised jeff gordon pretends interest in a camaro. May 15, 2017 the tires used in nascar are a lot different from those generally used on a street car because the demands placed on them due to temperature and speed are so extreme. Jeff gordon nascar pranks car salesman funded by pepsi. Jamie mcmurray racing the adventhealth camaro in the clash at. Johnson a seventime nascar champion and driver of the chevrolet ss had. Nascar drive is racing fans best race day experience with incar cameras, live audio and live leaderboards from. Hendrick motorsports driver executive pepsico spokesperson jg motorsports owner driver axalta coating systems advisor fox nascar broadcaster in popular culture. It also led to this great commercial with waltrip and junior arguing over who deserves the title of mr. The film was directed by peter atencio and stars nascar driver jeff gordon. Sign up for the for the win newsletter to get our top stories in your inbox every morning. I believe that the audience would be for people who drink pop. Because when worldclass technology meets a worldclass driver, incredible things happen.
Mar, 20 this prank commercial may be completely staged, but its still pretty amusing. In addition to being wider and softer, theyre comprised of specialty compounds approved by nascar. Jimmie johnson is one of the most accomplished professional athletes of his era. We are thrilled to run camaro in nascar next year, with the timehonored and tracktested. In a brief video that went viral this week, the nascar star appeared to take a car salesman for the ride of his life. Marking a major milestone in his career, 2020 will be seventime nascar cup series champion crew chief chad knaus 20th fulltime season atop the pit box. The clip began with an incognito gordon at the wheel of a 2009 chevy camaro, gearing up for a test drive with the salesman in the passenger seat. Nascar also invited the patrol to display the camaro at daytona usa for the entire week leading up to the daytona 500. Pepsi made a mistake in their super bowl commercial that nascar fans are sure to notice. Bows toward history were all around as the cars took center stage with drivers, teams, nascar. The production camaro is available with three different engines. Apr 03, 2019 nascar xfinity series driver tyler reddick will drive a pink dolly. Chevrolet teams made the switch from the ss to the new camaro zl1 for.
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