Nascar Nationwide Series?

Currently known as the Nascar Busch Series will change to the Nascar Nationwide Series in 2008.  The Nationwide deal was finalized today, Tuesday, October 2.  Several other corporations were interested in taking over the position that Anheuser-Busch for 26 years, including Subway.  In the end Nationwide landed the deal estimated to be a 7 year commitment and $10 million per year.  It is still not clear what Nationwide will decide on as a series name.
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As reported on sportingnews.com

With the title sponsorship in place, Nationwide is expected to build ties to International Speedway Corp., as well. ISC owns 11 NASCAR tracks, and the current insurance category sponsor is AAA Insurance -- it is the "official auto club" of ISC's tracks.

It has not yet been announced what Nationwide will call the racing series, which also has been labeled the Grand National and the Late Model Sportsman series.

NASCAR will have some sponsorship sorting out to do. Currently, Allstate is the official insurance company of NASCAR, and Nationwide Insurance likely will take over that role.