Blu Frog Motorsports kicked off its 2009 seasonthroughout Speed Week with a bang at Daytona 

International Speedway, introducing our new brand

in America’s biggest week of NASCAR racing!

Our exciting Blu Frog Motorsports week started with past Daytona 500 Champion Derrike Cope driving the No. 76 Blu Frog Energy Dodge in the Gatorade Duel Twin 150 race on Thursday 2/12, showcasing our brand to a National TV audience of millions … and a huge track full of excited NASCAR fans! Derrike has been running NASCAR for over 20+ years and his fans are everywhere … and while giving autographs all week long, Derrike further boosted our brand to all of NASCAR Nation!

The excitement continued under the lights on Friday 2/13, as our No. 74 Blu Frog Energy Dodge driven by Larry Foyt ran way strong in the Camping World Truck race under, coming in 20th … and we were in position to finish a lot higher if we hadn’t gotten collected and all tore up during one of those inevitable NASCAR crashes. Larry and his team made us proud by getting the truck fixed as best they could and coming back out to finish the race on National TV … talk about exposure to millions and millions of people!

Finally, we almost had ANOTHER car in the race on Saturday, when Larry Foyt finished just five one-hundredths of a second behind in qualifying for the Nationwide Series in the No. 56 Blu Frog Energy Chevrolet Monte Carlo. And we actually should have BEEN in the race, because our car ran faster than 6 other cars that got in the race based on last year’s owner’s points! Larry did a great job in the 56 and can’t wait to get back on the track with Blu … we can’t either! 

By the time Speed Week was over, Blu Frog Energy was known by everyone at Daytona! Not only did we have THREE great-looking Blu frog branded vehicles all over the track and garages the whole week, we were featured on National TV on three different days and three different networks … that’s brand exposure and visibility no other energy drink in our industry has, and it’s Blu Frog that’s catching the eye of the entire racing world!

Look for even more Blu Frog Motorsports news in the coming weeks … because racin’ is in our blood big time!

Blu Frog Motorsports kicked off its 2009 season throughout Speed Week with a bang at Daytona International Speedway, introducing our new brand in America’s biggest week of NASCAR racing!

Our exciting Blu Frog Motorsports week started with past Daytona 500 Champion Derrike Cope driving the No. 76 Blu Frog Energy Dodge in the Gatorade Duel Twin 150 race on Thursday 2/12, showcasing our brand to a National TV audience of millions … and a huge track full of excited NASCAR fans! Derrike has been running NASCAR for over 20+ years and his fans are everywhere … and while giving autographs all week long, Derrike further boosted our brand to all of NASCAR Nation!

The excitement continued under the lights on Friday 2/13, as our No. 74 Blu Frog Energy Dodge driven by Larry Foyt ran way strong in the Camping World Truck race under, coming in 20th … and we were in position to finish a lot higher if we hadn’t gotten collected and all tore up during one of those inevitable NASCAR crashes. Larry and his team made us proud by getting the truck fixed as best they could and coming back out to finish the race on National TV … talk about exposure to millions and millions of people!

Finally, we almost had ANOTHER car in the race on Saturday, when Larry Foyt finished just five one-hundredths of a second behind in qualifying for the Nationwide Series in the No. 56 Blu Frog Energy Chevrolet Monte Carlo. And we actually should have BEEN in the race, because our car ran faster than 6 other cars that got in the race based on last year’s owner’s points! Larry did a great job in the 56 and can’t wait to get back on the track with Blu … we can’t either!

By the time Speed Week was over, Blu Frog Energy was known by everyone at Daytona! Not only did we have THREE great-looking Blu frog branded vehicles all over the track and garages the whole week, we were featured on National TV on three different days and three different networks … that’s brand exposure and visibility no other energy drink in our industry has, and it’s Blu Frog that’s catching the eye of the entire racing world!

Look for even more Blu Frog Motorsports news in the coming weeks … because racin’ is in our blood big time!

It was a beautiful thing to see the BluFrog car with Derrike Cope driving zip around the track!  I’ve never watch NASCAR before but I suddenly understood why this sport is so addicting.  I felt my heart beating like crazy and the only race was against the clock.  This up coming week should really be exciting! 

I just read that Derrike will be starting 25th in Gatorade Duel 2, this is what Derrike said yesterday

“February 8, 2009 - Derrike updated us on Saturday’s events at Daytona. He said, “Things are a bit hectic right now. We practiced today with the Cup car. We were not that fast by ourselves, but we will keep working on it. Wednesday will be the important day when we get to practice in the draft. Qualifying will be what it is, just a starting spot for Thursday. I will update you prior to Thursday’s Twin Gatorade Duals.”

From the press release posted at the Derrike Cope Fan Club (no permalink):

“We’re really delighted to have The Limu Company and the new Blu Frog Energy drink as our sponsor,” said Cope, the 1990 Daytona 500 Champion. “We’re especially excited to create great synergy for the Blu Frog Energy brand in combination with Larry Foyt. It’s pretty rare but very powerful to have three separate vehicles creating major branding and awareness opportunities for the same company. This Speed Week should give a huge boost to the Blu Frog Energy brand!”

Foyt echoed Cope’s enthusiasm saying, “Our entire race team is excited about the opportunity to partner with The Limu Company and Blu Frog Energy in their national launch. They have a really exceptional product that our team loves, and the Blu Frog Energy brand is an exciting one that NASCAR fans will embrace. All of LimuNation will be thrilled with our races at Daytona, and we’re just as thrilled to have Blu Frog Energy on board as our primary sponsor.”

UPDATE: Qualifying results are in! Derrike Cope drove the #75 Blu Frog Energy Drink Motorsports Dodge and qualified 51st in the Daytona qualifier on Sunday, with a speed of 182.02 mph and a lap time of 49.44 secs. Cope will be racing again in the Gatorade Duel on Thursday, February 12 to earn his spot in the Daytona 500. The event will be broadcast on Speed network starting at 1pm Central time.

For an explanation of Daytona 500 qualifying and the Gatorade Duel, and what that means for Derrike Cope in the Daytona 500, please see this excellent post from Racing News Digest.

Visit http://blufrogmotorsports.com for more updates or contact me directly!

We fly out to Miami, FL. in a few hours and enjoy a few days in South Beach, then Friday we board an amazing ship to cruise down to the Bahamas for some R&R with Royal Caribbean cruise lines!

You see it’s because of this industry that we are able to travel like this. I didn’t have to make sure I had enough vacation time to take this trip. I didn’t have to ask permission to take the time off and I didn’t have to worry about not getting paid while I was gone! I know people on my team around the globe are working when I’m off playing and my business grows.

I actually recruited a minister today, a man doing god’s work who told me that he can’t take a vacation because he can’t afford it. That he hasn’t truly taken his wife on their honeymoon trip. That really touched my heart and that my friends is why I do this business. To help people, to help people change their lives for the better!

With BluFrog you can earn a FREE trip with the company. All inclusive! Where all you have to do is get yourself to the nearest airport! I told this man that we will do everything we can to get him that trip! I’m excited to see that happen. He got started last night with BluFrog because he see’s where this can take him.

I’ll be shooting video on my trip and lots of pictures so make sure you check me out at facebook, twitter and YouTube all which you can see on the main page of this site on the bottom right.

I’m getting very excited to watch my first every NASCAR race with our new BluFrog Motor Sports racing team with Larry Foyt driving the #56 car. Make sure you watch and support this new car with the FROG on the hood on February 13-14th, 2009.

Enjoy your week and I’ll talk to you soon!

BLU FROG ENERGY RACING TEAM/MOTOR SPORTS

AJ FOYT’s son is our driver LARRY FOYT

BLU FROG ENERGY SPONSORS #56 NASCAR TEAM

#56 CHEVROLET MONTE CARLO SS

BluFrog Motor Sports NASCAR #56

CRAFTSMAN TRUCK SERIES

#56 CHEVROLET TRUCK

BluFrog Truck!

BluFrog Motor Sports Driver Larry Foyt

I’m looking to get some pictures of the Car and Truck so you will be ready to cheer on the BluFrog Car!

Larry is great guy and I really like him.  After reading some of his bio I think there is some big wins in his future!  Here’s some info I found out about him.

In 2001, Foyt moved to the Busch Series, driving the #14 Harrah’s Chevrolet Monte Carlo. He had five top-twenties and finished 22nd in points, third in the Rookie of the Year championship. The next year, he had two top-tens and finished 20th in points. He moved to Cup full-time in 2003, and had a best finish of 16th at Homestead-Miami Speedway, finishing 41st in points. After the team lost its Harrah’s sponsorship, Foyt ran just three races before the team closed its doors.

In 2005, Foyt ran one race in ARCA and finished in the twelfth in the race. He ended up missing most of the season after suffering back injuries in a crash in the Indy 500. He hoped to make the Daytona 500 in the #50 owned by Arnold Motorsports, but missed the race. Early in the season, he announced the formation of his own Busch Series team, but after sponsorship failed to materialize, the team dissolved. He also ran the Indianapolis 500 again, finishing 30th after suffering handling problems.

Here’s a video of Larry Foyt crashing his car so let’s pray we don’t see him do the same in #56