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- Ricky Stenhouse’s No. 47 Chevrolet will be sponsored by Hulk Hogan’s Real American Beer at Michigan International Speedway.
- This is the second time this season Real American Beer has sponsored Stenhouse, the first being in Las Vegas in March.
Ricky Stenhouse’s No. 47 Chevrolet will display the stars, stripes and Hulk Hogan’s Real American Beer at Michigan International Speedway this weekend.
For the second time this season, Real American Beer will sponsor Stenhouse’s ride. The Hulkster-owned brand and the Hyak Motorsports driver first joined forces in March at Las Vegas.
“Brother, Michigan knows how to go full throttle — and so does Real American Beer,” said Hogan, a WWE Hall of Famer, co-founder of Real American Beer and resident of Clearwater, Florida. “We’re back on the track, back in the fight, and there’s no better time to crack one open and let it rip.”
Jimmy Hart, Hogan’s former wrestling manager and the man nicknamed “The Mouth of the South,” will be walking around the infield, passing out cold ones with a megaphone in hand all weekend.
Hogan, whose real name is Terry Bollea, launched the beer in June of 2024.
“Motorsports fans have been some of our loudest supporters from day one,” CEO Terri Francis said. “This partnership is part of our strategy to meet them where they are — on the road, in the stands and in the beer aisle.”
Stenhouse is no stranger to drink-related sponsorships. SunnyD and NOS energy drink have been frequent flyers on his hood this season.
Like the first race he linked with Real American Beer, Stenhouse’s machine will be dressed in red, white and blue — this time, with a flag motif — with the brand’s logo on the side.
At Nashville last Sunday, Stenhouse posted his first DNF of the year. He received a bump on the left-rear quarterpanel from Carson Hocevar before sliding backward into the wall on Lap 106. That ended his evening. He was none too pleased afterward, saying he planned to address the incident with Hocevar.
The FireKeepers Casino 400 is scheduled to go green shortly after 2 p.m. Sunday.
“We didn’t get the result we were after in Nashville, and that’s frustrating, for sure,” Stenhouse said. “But this team’s got heart. We’ve put in the work this week, and we’re heading to Michigan with a clean state and a fast Real American Beer Chevy.”
