UniFirst Corporation Unveils A New Car and Driver for the 2020 Season
January 27, 2020 at 11:00 am
Share
UniFirst Corporation is unveiling a new car and driver for the 2020 season. Six-time Cup Series winner, Chase Elliott, voted by NASCAR fans as the most popular driver the past two years, will be at the helm of the all-new No. 9 UniFirst Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 1LE. The 2020 NASCAR Cup Series season officially begins on Feb. 16 with the Daytona 500. The new UniFirst No. 9 Chevrolet will make its debut on March 8 at the Phoenix Raceway and will prominently feature the company's signature green colors and sleek designs, along with its recently updated corporate logo. UniFirst will be the primary sponsor of the No. 9 team, with Elliott behind the wheel, for three races in 2020, and an associate sponsor for all races throughout the season. The 24-year-old Elliott, a native of Dawsonville, Georgia, captured his first win of the 2019 season at Talladega Superspeedway, marking his first NASCAR Cup Series superspeedway victory. He went on to win at Watkins Glen for the second consecutive season, and then at the Charlotte Motor Speedway road course. He put together five straight top-five finishes—the longest streak of his career—and secured new career highs with four pole awards and 601 laps led. Elliott qualified for the NASCAR playoffs for the fourth time in his career, reaching the Round of 8 for the third consecutive season. To top off last year's results, Elliott won the fan vote for the Cup Series most popular driver award for the second straight year—an honor his father, NASCAR Hall of Fame driver Bill Elliott, won 16 times. The new driver announcement continues UniFirst's multi-year partnership with Hendrick Motorsports. UniFirst is the Official Workwear Provider of Hendrick Motorsports, supplying work clothing and uniforms to the team, as well as to its sister company, Hendrick Automotive Group.
UniFirst Corporation provides workplace uniforms and protective work wear clothing in the United States. The Company operates through five segments: The U.S. and Canadian Rental and Cleaning, Manufacturing (MFG), Specialty Garments Rental and Cleaning (Specialty Garments), First Aid and Corporate. The U.S. and Canadian Rental and Cleaning segment purchases, rents, cleans, delivers, and sells, uniforms and protective clothing and non-garment items in the United States and Canada. The MFG segment designs and manufactures uniforms and non-garment items primarily for the purpose of providing these goods to the United States and Canadian Rental and Cleaning segment. The Specialty Garments segment purchases, rents, cleans, delivers, and sells, specialty garments and non-garment items primarily for nuclear and cleanroom applications and provides cleanroom cleaning services at limited customer locations. The First Aid segment sells first aid cabinet services and other safety supplies.