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FORT WORTH, Texas (April 12, 2010) — Ryan Newman’s No. 39 U. S. Army Chevrolet will have a different look at this weekend’s Samsung Mobile 500 Sprint Cup race at Texas Motor Speedway.

Adorning the hood and rear quarter panels of the Stewart-Haas Racing car will be the Army Reserve Officers’ Training Corps logo (Army ROTC).

Army ROTC is a college-based officer commissioning program designed as an elective focusing on leadership development, problem solving, strategic planning and professional ethics.  Army ROTC is the largest military branch within the Department of Defense ROTC programs.

The U.S. Army offers competitive, merit-based scholarships to ROTC students, who are referred to as Cadets in the Army.

“As a strong advocate for secondary education it will be special for me to drive the Army ROTC Chevrolet in Texas,” said Newman, a Purdue University engineering graduate and winner of last week’s Cup race in Phoenix. “Army ROTC is an excellent program which provides Cadets a college education as well as preparing them with leadership skills for a career as an Army officer.”

Newman’s No. 39 Army ROTC Chevrolet will make its debut Friday during the noon practice session at the 1.5-mile Texas Motor Speedway oval.

- DMF Communications for U.S. Army Racing, Press Release