As most of us are aware, the Budweiser-Bernstein is the longest running in the motorsports industry, so it is certainly came as a shock to many when Anheuser-Busch said last Monday that this year’s season will be Budweiser’s last as official beer sponsor of the NHRA and as primary sponsor of Kenny Bernstein Racing and the Budweiser Top Fuel dragster.
Kenny and Brandon Bernstein guests in Full Throttle TV
Still, Kenny Bernstein Racing will continue racing if new sponsorship is secured for 2010.
“We’re passionate about the sport of NHRA drag racing and plan to continue if we can secure sponsorship,” Bernstein said. He won six NHRA championships with Budweiser as his sponsor, and his son, Brandon, took over in 2003. “We are moving forward with the search for a replacement so that we can field an NHRA team in 2010 with Brandon as the driver,” he said.
The team pulled in second in the Full Throttle Drag Racing Series after their first three races, which tells us that if they will certainly be a loss if they can’t find a sponsor in time. Let’s keep our fingers crossed, folks.
