{"id":428303,"date":"2026-01-23T15:41:12","date_gmt":"2026-01-23T15:41:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/428303\/"},"modified":"2026-01-23T15:41:12","modified_gmt":"2026-01-23T15:41:12","slug":"hardees-named-official-qsr-of-nascar-01-23-2026-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/428303\/","title":{"rendered":"Hardee&#8217;s Named Official QSR Of NASCAR 01\/23\/2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"img-responsive\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/media.mediapost.com\/dam\/cropped\/2026\/01\/22\/hardees_l7XxRnT.png\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Hardee\u2019s is stepping up to sponsor one of<br \/>\nthe most popular sports in America.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this week NASCAR announced it has named Hardee\u2019s as the official quick service restaurant of NASCAR. The partnership marks NASCAR\u2019s<br \/>\nfirst QSR partner since 2008.<\/p>\n<p>On top of the multiyear commitment, Hardee\u2019s will also team up with 23XI Racing as a primary partner with Bubba Wallace and the No. 23 team. The branded No.<br \/>\n23 Hardee\u2019s car will appear at several upcoming races, along with Hardee\u2019s branded team uniforms and equipment, along with Wallace\u2019s firesuit.<\/p>\n<p>NASCAR races draw millions of<br \/>\nviewers, often over three million per cup race, and over six million viewers for the Daytona 500.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Hardee\u2019s is an American classic with deep roots in our sport, and its return represents<br \/>\nmore than a new partnership \u2014 it symbolizes the power and appeal of NASCAR\u2019s heritage,\u201d said Craig Stimmel, NASCAR chief commercial officer. \u201cAs more legacy brands look to<br \/>\nNASCAR to connect with loyal, multigenerational fanbases, Hardee\u2019s stands out as a partner that understands the passion, tradition and energy that fuel our community.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>advertisement<\/p>\n<p>advertisement<\/p>\n<p>As part of<br \/>\nthe agreement . Hardee\u2019s will incorporate its My Rewards loyalty program to engage NASCAR fans, as well as collaborate with both 23XI Racing and Wallace across digital, social and<br \/>\ncommunity-driven campaigns.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>This isn\u2019t Hardee\u2019s first lap around the track; in the1980s and 1990s, Hardee\u2019s-backed entries achieved 12 NASCAR Cup Series victories,<br \/>\ndriven by Hall of Famers including Bobby Allison (1981), Cale Yarborough (1983\u20131988), Alan Kulwicki (1985) and Dale Jarrett (1988\u20131989).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u00a0 Hardee\u2019s is stepping up to sponsor one of the most popular sports in America. Earlier this week&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":427636,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[446],"tags":[178463,49,48,634,82,178462],"class_list":["post-428303","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nascar","tag-along-with-hardees-branded-team-uniforms-and-equipment-01-23-2026","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-nascar","tag-sports","tag-the-branded-no-23-hardees-car-will-appear-at-several-upcoming-races"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/428303","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=428303"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/428303\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/427636"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=428303"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=428303"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=428303"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}