Turnbull Manufactured Firearms to be Awarded to NASCAR Sprint Cup Pole and Race Winners at Texas Motor Speedway

Bloomfield, NY (PRWEB) April 8, 2010

Turnbull Manufacturing Company will be providing commemorative firearms to the winners at the April and November 2010 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series races at Texas Motor Speedway.

Turnbull Manufacturing has created three pairs of Turnbull 45 Colt style single action revolvers with 5 ½” barrels, and (pre-ban elephant) ivory grips. These pistols are custom engraved with a modified Colt factory ‘A’ pattern, with crossed checkered flags on the front of the frame, the State of Texas outline on the breech ball, and the Texas Star on loading gate.

All the pistols will be highly polished and appear as the original Colt pistols did in the late 1800s, utilizing specialized finishing processes that have been perfected by Turnbull. These pistols’ will feature a carbona blue finish while the frame, gate and hammer will be bone and charcoal color case hardened, along with a nitre blue finish on all the screws and pins.

One pair of pistols will be on display at Texas Motor Speedway throughout the 2010 race season, and will be fired off during the Victory Lane celebrations in true Texas style. At the end of the race season, Texas Motor Speedway will auction off its pair of Turnbull manufactured pistols. Proceeds from the sale will benefit the Speedway’s children’s charity.

Per tradition, Texas Motor Speedway presents a set of pistols to the race winner at two of its marquee events, the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series races. One pair will be awarded to the winner of the Samsung Mobile 500 on April 18 and another pair will be for the winner of the AAA Texas 500 on November 7. Each pair of pistols will be presented in a custom-fitted, glass panel front handgun display case.

Additionally, Turnbull Manufacturing has created two Turnbull model 1886 deluxe take down rifles which will be presented to the pole winners for the April and November 2010 Sprint Cup Series races at Texas Motor Speedway. These Turnbull rifles feature a 26″ half round, half octagon barrel in 45-70 caliber. Each rifle will feature a gold colored inlaid panel on the butt stock and will be custom engraved with the Texas Motor Speedway logo, and the tag line “The Great American Speedway.”

All the Turnbull manufactured guns will have custom serial numbers to signify them as unique trophies for these NASCAR Sprint Cup Series events. Keith VanOrman, Turnbull Manufacturing Company president, will present the commemorative firearms in the winner’s circle along with company founder, Doug Turnbull.

About Turnbull Manufacturing and Doug Turnbull Restoration

Turnbull Manufacturing Co., Inc. creates faithful reproductions of vintage firearms working from original designs such as Colt and Winchester. They also work closely with several gun manufacturers to recreate limited edition “vintage” firearms. Founded as Doug Turnbull Restoration, the company is also world renowned for the faithful and accurate restoration of vintage firearms using the same processes and techniques used by the original gun makers. They also specialize in custom firearms work and gun upgrades.

Turnbull Manufacturing Co., Inc. is headquartered in Bloomfield, N.Y. USA. For more information, contact them at 585-657-6338 or visit http://www.turnbullmfg.com

About Texas Motor Speedway: Texas Motor Speedway, with a crowd capacity in excess of 190,000, is among the largest sports stadiums in America and features an array of amenities that make it one of the premier venues in the world of sports. Known as “The Great American Speedway!,” the 1.5-mile superspeedway located in Fort Worth plays host to two races in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, Nationwide Series and Camping World Truck Series as well as one in the Indy Racing League IZOD IndyCar Series. The attendances for the NASCAR Sprint Cup events since the facility opened in 1997 annually rank among the largest sporting events in the United States. Texas Motor Speedway is owned and operated by Speedway Motorsports, Inc. a publicly traded company that is a leading marketer and promoter of motorsports entertainment in the United States.

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Sports Museum of American to Open May 2008 in New York City

New York, NY (PRWEB) March 11, 2008

The Sports Museum of America (SmA), the nation’s first and only interactive, multi-media all sports museum experience, is set to open in New York City in early May 2008. As the first museum to pay tribute to the history and excitement of all sports, SmA has partnered with more than 50 single-sport Halls of Fame, national governing bodies and other top athletic organizations, to showcase inspiring exhibits, memorabilia, stories and heroes that resonate with fans of all ages. In addition to hosting the first women’s sports hall of fame, SmA will also be the new permanent home of the Billie Jean King International Women’s Sports Center and the legendary Heisman Trophy and annual televised presentation.

Located at 26 Broadway, in the heart of Lower Manhattan and at the corner of Broadway and Beaver Streets, SmA will be steps away from the “Charging Bull” statue, the Statue of Liberty and Staten Island ferries, Wall Street, South Street Seaport and the 9/11 memorial currently under construction.

“The Sports Museum of America will, for the first time, offer visitors one destination where they can come to experience the feeling of triumph at the core of all great athletes and all sports,” said Philip Schwalb, the museum’s Founder & CEO. “With the tremendous support of our partners in top professional athletic organizations and the generosity of some of the nation’s greatest and most legendary athletes, we’ll be able to share their stories, and through them, showcase the excitement, grandeur and significance of sports in American culture.”

Partners include the USA Football and the Pro Football Hall of Fame, NASCAR, USA Basketball and the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame, the NCAA Hall of Champions, USA Hockey, the Hockey Hall of Fame, the Women’s Sports Foundation, the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum, the Yogi Berra Museum & Learning Center, U.S. National Ski and Snowboard Hall of Fame and Museum, USA Track & Field, the National Track and Field Hall of Fame, and many more.

SmA has also tapped some of the most decorated, iconic sports stars in America for its Honorary Board of Trustees. Founding members of the Board include 7-time NBA All-Star Jason Kidd, Heisman Trophy winner Doug Flutie, Olympic Hall of Famer Mary Lou Retton, former World Heavyweight Boxing Champion Joe Frazier, racing legend Mario Andretti, tennis great Martina Navratilova, 7-time Tour de France winner Lance Armstrong, and Basketball Hall of Famer Julius “Dr. J” Erving.     

The Sports Museum of America will be the permanent home of one of sports most revered honors – the Heisman Trophy and annual presentation – as well the Billie Jean King International Women’s Sports Center, which includes the first and only hall of fame dedicated to the athletes and pioneers in women’s sports.

The Heisman Trophy is one of the most recognized trophies in all of sports. Since the events of 9/11, the Heisman has been presented in various Lower Manhattan locations, but will take permanent residence in SmA’s Heisman Gallery. The Gallery will present the history of the award, define the attributes that make a Heisman winner, and pay tribute to all Heisman winners past and present. At the center of the gallery, visitors will be able to touch and take a picture with the original Heisman Trophy, and can cast their votes for the next Heisman winner, who will be awarded the trophy each December at the Sports Museum of America.

About the Sports Museum of America

The Sports Museum of America (SmA) is the nation’s first and only interactive, multi-media all-sports experience, richly showcasing the history, grandeur and significance of sports in American culture. Created in exclusive partnership with over 50 single-sport Halls of Fame, National Governing Bodies, and other sports organizations across North America, SmA features amazing state-of-the-art interactive technologies, dramatic original films and an iconic collection of sports memorabilia. SmA is also the new permanent home of the legendary Heisman Trophy (and annual televised presentation), and the Billie Jean King International Women’s Sports Center including the first ever women’s sports hall of fame. Located at 26 Broadway just footsteps from the Statue of Liberty ferry, the Sports Museum of America will open in early May 2008. http://www.sportsmuseum.com.

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Jostens Releases Daytona Commemorative Track Collection Photo Book

Daytona Commemorative Track Collection Photo Book

Minneapolis, MN (PRWEB) November 18, 2010

Jostens, in conjunction with Daytona International Speedway® and The NASCAR Library Collection, today introduced a Daytona Commemorative Track Collection Photo Book that captures Daytona’s rich history through official Daytona images, iconic race stories, and a genuine Daytona Track Surface Medallion embedded in the cover. The Daytona Photo Book is an additional offering in Jostens’ growing new collection of NASCAR Fan Photo Books and part of Jostens’ limited edition Daytona Commemorative Track Collection memorabilia containing actual pieces of track from the celebrated racing landmark’s 2010 repaving project.

Race fans and collectors can now get the ultimate photo book that tells the story of one of the most storied race tracks in the world. The photo book has hundreds of officially licensed professional photographs directly from Daytona International Speedway’s archives that have not previously been made available. From the first Daytona 500® in 1959, Junior Johnson’s discovery of drafting, the infamous 1979 fight at the finish between Bobby and Donnie Allison and Cale Yarborough, to The King and The Intimidator, if it happened in the more than 50 years of Daytona International Speedway racing, it is memorialized in this book.

“The stories from Daytona are simply legendary”, said Tricia Hamak-Sundeen, Director, Photo Books, Jostens. “Our team worked closely with Daytona International Speedway and NASCAR to design a book that not only captures these iconic moments, but also lets fans customize the book using Jostens’ exclusive online tools to tell their own one-of-a-kind Daytona story.”

Fans can order the photo book as is or customize it with their own photos, stories and memories from Daytona. The easy-to-use website, http://www.jostens.com/daytonabook, lets fans add pages with their own digital photos and text to tell their Daytona story – combined with Daytona images from the first race all the way up to the 2010 repave.

Quantities of these commemorative photo books are limited and available only while supplies last. For a complete listing of currently available genuine track pieces and to sign up for updates on the availability of new pieces, visit http://www.jostens.com/daytona or call 1.800.839.7125.

Daytona International Speedway, which was built in the late 1950s, has been resurfaced only once previously – in 1978. As part of the 2010 repave, the Daytona International Speedway’s entire 2.5-mile tri-oval will be repaved, including the skid pads, apron and pit road. Concrete will be used for the pit stalls. The repaving project has a target completion date of January 1, 2011.

Jostens supplies trophies and championship rings for the NASCAR-sanctioned series and is the exclusive designer/provider of NASCAR championship rings. Jostens presented Jamie McMurray with a one-of-a-kind Champions Ring following his thrilling triumph in the 2010 DAYTONA 500®. Jostens has created 28 of the 44 NFL Super Bowl rings, including the ring for the Green Bay Packers Super Bowl I victory. Jostens has also designed and produced NBA Finals, Stanley Cup and World Series championship rings, as well as rings for collegiate sports championships.

About Jostens

Minneapolis-based Jostens is a provider of products, programs and services that help people tell their stories, celebrate important traditions and recognize achievements. The company’s products include school yearbooks and other memory book products, scholastic products such as class rings and graduation products, and products for athletic champions and their fans. Jostens is a subsidiary of Visant Corporation, a marketing and publishing services enterprise servicing the school affinity, direct marketing, fragrance and cosmetics sampling and educational and trade publishing segments.

About NASCAR Library Collection

A division of NASCAR’s overall licensing operation in its Charlotte office, NASCAR Publishing oversees more than 40 licensed publishing partners. In 2004 NASCAR launched the NASCAR Library Collection, which provides a level of authentication and quality to NASCAR-licensed books. Representing a range of books as diverse and varied as the NASCAR fan base, the NASCAR Library Collection captures the NASCAR lifestyle from all angles. The NASCAR Library Collection includes books in a number of categories, including drivers and personalities, cookbooks, history, children, fiction and romance, and statistics, facts and reference. NASCAR Library Collection titles can be found in an array of retail outlets, including mass market, bookstores, NASCAR.com Superstore, specialty and more.

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