WILMINGTON, Mass., March 21, 2023 /CNW/ — UniFirst Company (NYSE: UNF), a North American chief in offering personalized enterprise uniform applications, facility service merchandise and first help and security companies, in partnership with 14-time NASCAR Cup Collection champions Hendrick Motorsports, can be debuting the UniFirst No. 9 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 at Circuit of The Americas on Sunday, March 26 at 3:30 pm EDT.

The No. 9 automobile can be pushed by road-racing standout Jordan Taylor who’s filling in for 2020 Cup Collection champion and five-time NASCAR hottest driver Chase Elliott as he continues to recuperate from his leg harm. The No. 9 workforce has a powerful historical past at COTA, with two top-five finishes in simply two begins on the observe, together with a victory with Elliott in 2021.

“We’re thrilled to see the UniFirst No. 9 make its debut and look ahead to having Jordan behind the wheel,” mentioned David Katz, UniFirst Government Vice President Gross sales and Advertising. “Jordan is a top-notch street racer, and we have now each confidence that he’ll give an excellent efficiency at COTA.”

Taylor is at present competing for Corvette Racing within the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship. Hailing from Orlando, Florida, he has already achieved important success within the IMSA prototype class by profitable each the 2017 championship and 24 Hours of DAYTONA. Whereas his upcoming race on March 26 at Circuit of The Americas marks his first begin within the Cup Collection, Taylor has raced a number of occasions at this street course and even claimed two victories (in 2016 and 2017) throughout his 4 appearances in IMSA.

“I used to be honored to be requested by Hendrick Motorsports to fill in for Chase at COTA and characterize UniFirst,” mentioned Taylor. “That is clearly beneath troublesome circumstances and there is going to be a studying curve for me, however the No. 9 workforce has been robust at this observe and having that longer observe on Friday goes to assist considerably. I am hopeful that we will go on the market and make Chase and everybody at UniFirst proud this weekend.”

The 2023 NASCAR season marks the seventh yr of UniFirst’s multi-year partnership with Hendrick Motorsports, and it is the third yr that the corporate is serving as a sponsor of the No. 9 workforce. UniFirst continues to be the Official Workwear Supplier of Hendrick Motorsports, supplying work clothes and uniforms to the workforce, in addition to to its sister firm, Hendrick Automotive Group.

For extra data on UniFirst, go to UniFirst.com.

About UniFirst
Headquartered in Wilmington, Mass., UniFirst Company (NYSE: UNF) is a North American chief within the provide and servicing of uniform and workwear applications, facility service merchandise, in addition to first help and security provides and companies. Along with its subsidiaries, the corporate additionally manages specialised garment applications for the cleanroom and nuclear industries. UniFirst each companions with main manufacturers and manufactures its personal branded workwear, protecting clothes, and floorcare merchandise; and with 260 service places, over 300,000 buyer places, and 14,000-plus worker Group Companions, the corporate outfits greater than 2 million employees day-after-day. For extra data, contact UniFirst at 888.296.2740 or go to UniFirst.com.

About Hendrick Motorsports
Based by Rick Hendrick in 1984, Hendrick Motorsports is the winningest workforce in NASCAR Cup Collection historical past. On the sport’s premier degree, the group holds the all-time information in each main statistical class, together with championships (14), points-paying race victories (293) and laps led (greater than 77,000). It has earned not less than one race win in a report 38 completely different seasons, together with an lively streak of 37 in a row (1986-2022). The workforce fields 4 full-time Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 entries within the NASCAR Cup Collection with drivers Alex Bowman, William Byron, Chase Elliott and Kyle Larson. Headquartered on greater than 100 acres in Harmony, North Carolina, Hendrick Motorsports employs roughly 600 individuals. For extra data, please go to HendrickMotorsports.com or work together on Twitter, Fb and Instagram.

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NEW YORK, Sept. 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — Circuit, an on-demand, electrical shuttle service, closed an $11M Collection A financing spherical, led by Tribeca Enterprise Companions. Buyers included Citi Impression Fund, Impression Engine, Groundswell Ventures, Gaingels, the Los Angeles Cleantech Incubator (LACI) Impression Fund and Forefront Enterprise Companions.

Circuit generates income by way of service contracts with cities and personal developments and by way of its promoting platform. The brand new capital shall be used to develop Circuit’s workforce, improve its expertise, and develop to extra markets as demand for its companies continues to rapidly enhance. The corporate has greater than tripled in measurement since 2020, and can proceed so as to add new markets all through this 12 months. 

Circuit serves first and last-mile connections to key city locations, with a 100% electrical fleet. It focuses on pooled rides over quick distances, to cut back demand for parking in downtown areas and mitigate the variety of automobiles on the highway. Circuit’s companies helped to keep away from over 500 Metric Tons of GHG emissions in 2021, and is on tempo to greater than double that influence this 12 months.

“James and I’ve been lucky to develop the enterprise with our superb workforce and clients.  We have seen an enormous uptick in demand and alternatives as cities and builders pay nearer consideration to congestion, emissions, and environment friendly mobility options.  We could not be extra excited in regards to the spherical and, extra importantly, the nice group of buyers that we’ll have on our facet to assist scale the enterprise,” Alex Esposito, Co-Founding father of Circuit.

“The primary/last-mile transportation problem has been a problem for Cities, Transit Companies and builders for a really very long time,” stated Brian Hirsch, co-founder and Managing Associate of Tribeca Enterprise Companions. ” Circuit’s resolution is solely smarter, greener and less expensive than conventional choices.  It is spectacular how the workforce has labored with these bigger, extra advanced b2b and b2g clients and the way the tech-enabled options have been embraced by a large mixture of communities across the nation.” 

Circuit is the way forward for mobility. In 2021, 52-percent of all journeys have been three miles or much less. By its tech-enabled platform, which incorporates the Circuit app, the corporate implements on-demand ride-share companies to assist city dwellers get across the neighborhood in a sustainable, reasonably priced, and interactive approach. The companies are backed by way of B2B and B2G service contracts, so they’re at all times the least costly technique to get round city. In some instances, fully free. Drivers are W2 workers and often native to the neighborhood. Circuit saves every metropolis cash, reduces emissions, creates jobs, and reduces transportation prices for residents and guests.

The enterprise, which began as a seashore shuttle within the Hamptons, is now in 30 markets throughout eight states, and introduced a partnership with Brightline Prepare Techniques late final 12 months, increasing companies in West Palm Seaside, Ft. Lauderdale, and Miami Florida. Extra latest launches embody Wilton Manors, FL;  Plymouth, MA; Chula Vista, CA; Oceanside, CA and Huntington Seaside, CA.

About Circuit: Based by James Mirras and Alex Esposito in 2011, Circuit is an electrical, micro-transit resolution. Circuit makes use of fleets of automobiles that fulfill the primary/last-mile hole that is skilled by municipalities all over the world. The service is made doable by collaborating with municipalities, builders and promoting companions. Since beginning the corporate as a pet-project of their hometown, the enterprise is now working in cities throughout NY, FL, CA, NJ, CO, MA, and TX, and has offered over 6M rides with out burning an oz of fuel or touring various miles.  Study extra at www.ridecircuit.com

About Tribeca Enterprise Companions (“TVP”):  TVP is a NYC-based enterprise capital agency that companions with world class entrepreneurs primarily within the New York space leveraging rising applied sciences and enterprise fashions to create and disrupt large markets. Notable prior and present TVP investments embody ACV Auctions , Katapult , ShopKeep , Appnexus , BetterCloud (acquired by Vista Fairness Companions), Clypd (acquired by AT&T), Thinkful , AlphaSense and HoneyBook.

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