Unilever Extends Sponsorship Deal With JR Motorsports

Car racing team JR Motorsports and Unilever have agreed to extend their sponsorship deal through 2018. As part of the deal, which first started in 2009, the team, which is co-owned by racecar driver Dale Earnhardt Jr., will carry Unilever sponsorship on its NASCAR Xfinity Series automobiles for 20 races in the 2017–2018 season. With the extension taking the team and the company into their 10th year of partnership in the NXS competition, the deal covers Unilever’s brands, including Suave, Degree, and Breyers.