Foyt secures three sponsors for Satos Indycar season

Indycar legend AJ Foyt's team has renewed deals with three sponsors for the 2013 championship.Alfe Heat Treating, Greer Enterprises and Housby Trucking have extended their relationship with AJ Foyt Racing. Greer Enterprises, a waste management firm, has been associated with Foyt since the 1950s and is the former driver's longest-serving sponsor.Alfe, meanwhile, will sponsor the team for a third successive season. Were really looking forward to Indy this yearthats a big race for usand getting more customer involvement, said Kurt Westman, president of the heat treating services company.Last year we focused predominantly on our Indiana customer base and now were realising weve got a lot of customers who are very excited about Indy that are outside of our Indiana marketsMichigan, Ohio and even North Carolinaso Im sure were going to see some presence from those customers in those states as well."AJ Foyt Racing will field former Formula One driver Takuma Sato this year, with the new Indycar season scheduled to begin in St Petersburg on 24th March.

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