ConectUS Wireless has firmly established The Horn as the flagship video series for channel partners and agents across the U.S. who support the wireless network marketplace for SMBs and enterprise customers. Other established video series on ConectUS.com and MyConectUS.com include TECH TALKS, Partner News – LIVE, Did You Know?, and News Flash!

Over the last few years, ConectUS has been sponsoring NASCAR drivers in Cup Series and NASCAR Saturday races. Indeed, last week we sponsored J.J. Yeley’s NASCAR at Las Vegas Superspeedway. We’ve also featured the ConectUS Car in promotional activities not only online, but also at in-person events such as expos and conferences. For example, the ConectUS Car featured prominently at this year’s Channel Partners Conference. Thus, the ConectUS Car has come to be synonymous with the ConectUS brand.

ConectUS’ video output now includes many topics not related to wireless networks so we’ve decided to sunset The Horn title and launch Winners Circle to include all topics from technology to sports to human interest stories.

Winners Circle will be anchored by Neil Farquharson (pictured here) and will feature guest contributors from relevant industries and sports. Neil will be supported by the ConectUS content teams including Rick James Stapp, Karen Nguyen, and Noah Weber.

About ConectUS Wireless
ConectUS Wireless was founded in 1974. The company originally provided 2-way radio and paging services in the Southern California area. In 1983 when cellular service was introduced, ConectUS was awarded one of the first four cellular exclusive distributorships with PacTel in Los Angeles, CA.

ConectUS is a Platinum member of the Verizon Partner Network offering all of Verizon’s Mobility products and services including Smartphones, Tablets, 4G/5G Business Internet, Failover Routers, Jetpacks, and more. Our unique relationship with Verizon Wireless allows us to drop ship equipment directly to our customer’s place of business. ConectUS has created a true Verizon Wireless direct fulfillment program for our extensive dealer and sales agent base that covers most of the major markets in the United States.

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About ConectUS Racing
ConectUS Racing offers sponsorship opportunities for businesses, big and small. We give organizations the chance to have their logo or promotional message on a NASCAR. We can also arrange for guests to be seated right next to the action on race day. Our sponsored drivers build lasting relationships with their business sponsors. They make sure that business people and whoever accompanies them to the track on race day have a once-in-a-lifetime experience. The impact of these opportunities lasts much longer than just race day.

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Some of the modified cars had floorboards and seats removed, so they were able to transport as many cases of liquor as possible. Stronger suspension was required to handle the increased weights, and if dirt roads might feature in the high-speed chases, it was common to put deflector barriers in front of the engine grill to reduce the ingress of road dirt clogging the radiator.

Even before Prohibition ended in 1933, some drivers were already racing these souped-up automobiles just for fun, through the streets of North Carolina, Virginia, Tennessee, Georgia, and other states in the South. In 1932, Ford introduced its flathead V-8, with eight-cylinders, liquor runners were fast to adopt the engine – and so too did police departments in a bid to keep pace.

Hence, some of the early NASCAR drivers had moonshining somewhere in their or relatives’ upbringing. For example, Junior Johnson tore up dirt tracks across the South and notched five victories on the NASCAR circuit in 1955. It is reputed that between races and seasons, he would return home to the mountains of North Carolina to work in the family business – moonshining. You had to have a fast car to be able to moonshine and stay ahead of law enforcement and, for Johnson, that was the perfect introduction to a career with the National Association of Stock Car Racing.

When on May 23rd, 2010, the inaugural NASCAR Hall of Fame class was introduced, several of the best-known drivers were original front runners during the end of the prohibition era. The root of stock car racing comes from Prohibition and has now blossomed into a world-famous organization.

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On June 19th, 1949 at the Charlotte Speedway, Sara Christian became the first female NASCAR racer in history. Sara competed in the first-ever NASCAR Cup Series race, placing 14th in her new No. 71 Ford. She had seven career starts during the NASCAR Cup Series, her most memorable race being in 1949 at the Heidelburg Raceway in Pittsburgh where she placed fifth overall.

Another name that comes to mind when speaking of the trailblazers of NASCAR is Janet Guthrie. Before Janet began racing in 1963, Guthrie was originally an aerospace engineer. She became the first woman to both qualify AND compete in both the Indianapolis 500 and the Daytona 500. Guthrie’s most memorable finish came in 1977 at the Bristol Motor Speedway, in which she placed sixth place. This remains the best finish by a woman in what is now known as today’s NASCAR’s premier series, a mark only matched by Danica Patrick in 2014. Guthrie was also one of the first women elected into the International Women’s Sports Hall of Fame in 1980. In 2006, Guthrie was inducted into the International Motorsports Hall of Fame.

When thinking about modern-day NASCAR and the women who race today, names like Danica Patrick, Natalie Decker, Amber Balcaen, and many more come to mind. Amber Balcaen became the first Canadian-born woman to win a NASCAR-sanctioned race in the United States in 2016. Balcaen, 30, was born in Winnipeg, and she considers herself to be a “one-woman show”. A lot of struggle, trials, and tribulations came to Balcaen because she does everything on her own, such as learning business skills to sign million-dollar sponsorship contracts alongside racing amongst her peer’s men and women.

In 2004, NASCAR developed a program that empowered women and ethnically diverse drivers called the “Drive for Diversity” program. The program aims for diversity across the sport, including the pit crew. Though NASCAR was founded in 1948, the organization didn’t have its first female pit crew member, Christmas Abbott, until 2012. Brehanna Daniels became the first Black female over-the-wall tire changer in NASCAR history after becoming an alumni of the “Drive for Diversity” program.

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