NASCAR

The National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing (NASCAR) is a an organizer of car racing events in the United States.

In 2002, NASCAR teamed up with the Muppets for a marketing campaign that involved plush toys, die-cast cars and other merchandise meant to promote a series of car designs used to decorate cars in the organization's primary Winston Cup Series.

In addition to a program car which featured all of the Muppets, the following teams of Muppets and drivers appeared:

Picture ! Driver	Muppet	Number	Car	Team	Sponsor
Casey Atwood	Rowlf the Dog	#7	Dodge Intrepid	Ultra Motorsports	Sirius Satellite Radio
Johnny Benson	Fozzie Bear	#10	Pontiac Grand Prix	MBV Motorsports	Valvoline
Bill Elliott	The Swedish Chef	#9	Dodge Intrepid	Evernham Motorsports	Dodge
Dale Jarrett	Miss Piggy and Kermit the Frog	#88	Ford Taurus	Robert Yeats Racing	UPS
Bobby Labonte	Pepe the King Prawn	#18	Pontiac Grand Prix	Joe Gibbs Racing	Interstate Batteries
Jeremy Mayfield	Dr. Bunsen Honeydew and Beaker	#19	Dodge Intrepid	Evernham Motorsports	Dodge Dealers
Ricky Rudd	Gonzo	#28	Ford Taurus	Joe Gibbs Racing	Havoline
Jimmy Spencer	Animal	#41	Dodge Intrepid	Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates	Target

ReferencesEdit

Sesame Street featured a spoof called "Nascount" in Episode 4154. In the sketch, the Count is a race car driver on a pit stop who refuses to rejoin the race until he has counted all forty cars that go by.