Hampton 2/26/2016 6:15:29 PM
News / Sports

NASCAR Folds of Honor QuikTrip 500 to Include Team Fastrax™ Performance

The Folds of Honor QuikTrip 500 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race is held at the Atlanta Motor Speedway in Hampton, GA. Sunday, February 28th, defending race winner, Jimmie Johnson, will battle it out for the checkered flag with Kevin Harvick, Chase Elliott, Matt Kenseth, Dale Earnhardt Jr., and all of the stars of the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series. As part of the opening ceremony Team Fastrax™ will be performing their amazing patriotic American Flag demonstration jump, which includes two skydivers with red, white, and blue streamers and one with their 2,000 sq. ft. American Flag.

John Hart, owner of Start Skydiving, and founding member of Team Fastrax™, said, “We are honored to be performing our patriotic American Flag skydive during such an exciting weekend at Atlanta Motor Speedway.”

According to the speedway website, the weekend will be packed with entertainment for the whole family.   Saturday features the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Great Clips 200. Throughout the weekend there will be musical performances, vintage vehicles on display, Go-Kart racing, and shows by X Games gold medalist ‘Cowboy’ Kenny Bartram and the Steel Rodeo Freestyle Motocross Exhibition.

Team Fastrax™ is officially sponsored by SELECTiON.COM® a leading provider of criminal background checks and pre-employment screening services.   Team Fastrax™ is the largest professional skydiving team in the world.   The parachute demonstration team has a roster of more than twenty-nine active members, with a collective of more than 300,000 skydives. Team Fastrax™ performs exhibition skydives all over the world, for audiences large and small, as a patriotic display or product promotion.

For more information on the race, or to purchase tickets visit the Atlanta Motor Speedway website.

For questions or for an interview, contact Gene Newsom with Team Fastrax™ at 513-422-5867513-422-5867.

Contact:

Gene Newsom
DZO/General Manager
gene@teamfastrax.org