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On Sunday, October 19th, 2014 Team Fastrax will be performing as part of the opening ceremony of the GEICO 500 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race. The race is held at the Talladega Superspeedway in Lincoln, AL.
The GEICO 500 is a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race held at the Talladega Superspeedway in Lincoln, Alabama. Defending race winner Dale Earnhardt Jr will battle it out with other drivers such as Jimmie Johnson, Matt Kenseth, Brad Keselowski and Kasey Kahne. Team Fastrax will be performing an amazing patriotic display with their 5,000 sq. ft. American Flag, three 1,100 sq. ft. flags, and four red, white and blue streamers, to start the race. For the full story click here.
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Selection.com® is the main sponsor for two amazing events being held this coming weekend. Thursday, July 10, is the start to the 4-day Warrior Weekend to Remember and Ohio Challenge Hot Air Balloon Festival at Middletown Regional Airport in Middletown, OH.
The 4-day Warrior Weekend to Remember is being held in conjunction with this year’s Ohio Challenge Hot Air Balloon Festival, and actually starts prior to the festival on Thursday, July 10th at 6:00am with Hot Air Balloon rides for the eighteen warriors and a golf outing at Weatherwax starting at noon. The Warrior Weekend to Remember is an exciting combination of activities meant to enrich the lives of our active duty and veteran men and women injured in combat or training. For the full story click here.
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On Saturday June 14, 2014, Team Fastrax will be performing several patriotic American Flag Skydives, as part of Flag Day celebrations, including the opening ceremony for the Dayton Dragons. The Dayton Dragons are a local Single-A baseball team, affiliated with the Cincinnati Reds.
The Dayton Dragons’ Flag Day game against the Lake County Captains, is sure to be an unforgettable night. The game starts at 7pm, and prior to the game, Team Fastrax will be performing an American Flag skydive with their beautiful 1,100 sq. ft. American Flag and 3 of their red, white, and blue streamers.
Team Fastrax will also be seen performing variations of their patriotic skydive at the American Legion Post in New Carlisle, Ohio as part of their Flag Retirement Ceremony at 7:15pm, and the Flag Day Parade in Ellis, Kansas at 12pm. For the full story click here.
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Team Fastrax performed their amazing pyrotechnics skydive in a recent commercial made by Smirnoff. The commercial is for their new product, Smirnoff Double Black.
A strange light seems to be falling from the sky in the beginning of this new, exciting commercial for Smirnoff. In the commercial, the four skydivers free fall down with the pyrotechnics, all while a huge underground party is going on. The mysterious skydivers separate before landing in dramatic fashion and appear from behind fog on the ground. They are then revealed to be 4 women who flew in to join their friends. The point of the commercial is to Arrive Boldly. The video can be viewed on YouTube here. For the full article, click here.
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Texas Tech University will be holding a “Lone Survivor” game on Saturday, November 9, 2013. The game will pay tribute to veterans and personnel of the United States Military.
According to the Texas Tech website, in conjunction with the Lone Survivor Foundation, the Military Order of the Purple Heart and Under Armour, Texas Tech University will present the “Lone Survivor Game” on Saturday, Nov. 9, when the Red Raiders take on the Kansas State Wildcats at Jones AT&T Stadium. Based on the harrowing story of former Navy SEAL and fellow Texan, Marcus Luttrell, the Lone Survivor Game will bring national recognition to the Lone Survivor Foundation as well as pay tribute to our nation’s veterans, and the active duty personnel of the United States Military.
Texas Tech also states that in addition to the celebration of the Lone Survivor Foundation, they will host more than 400 Purple Heart recipients and their families from all across the nation. The gathering is expected to be the largest of Purple Heart recipients on American soil in history. These brave men and women will be honored for their service to our nation in a special ceremony that will also feature Tim Kingsbury (father of Kliff Kingsbury) and the late Guffrie Smith (father of head basketball coach Tubby Smith). Kingsbury and Smith were both awarded Purple Hearts while serving in Vietnam and World War II, respectively. Texas Tech will also host Gold Star families from the South Plains as well as guests from Cannon Air Force Base in Clovis, N.M.
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