It was one of the sponsors of NASCAR with drivers like Davey Allison, Ernie Irvan, Kenny Irwin Jr., Ricky Rudd, Jamie McMurray, Casey Mears, and Juan Pablo Montoya.

He is the brother of Roger Mears, father of off-road racer, Clint Mears, and the uncle of NASCAR driver Casey Mears, also born in Bakersfield.

On the extra lap, Casey Mears blew a tire, Ricky Rudd hit the wall, then Mark Martin and Dale Earnhardt, Jr. suffered tire failures.

A 2003 incident at Loudon involving Dale Jarrett and Casey Mears had resulted in the banning of racing back to the caution.

That was the second time in three years that a driver won their first race at the Coca-Cola 600 ; Casey Mears won his only race to date in the 2007 running.

On July 4, 2008, Hendrick Motorsports owner Rick Hendrick and Martin announced that he would replace Casey Mears in the 5 car for the 2009 season, running a full-time schedule for the first time since 2006.

Shortly after his first test with Ganassi, in February 2006, he won the 24 Hours of Daytona endurance sports car race with Ganassi teammates Scott Dixon and Casey Mears.

Following two 40th place finishes in a row ( a Bristol Motor Speedway wreck, caused by miscommunications between Casey Mears and his spotter, and a Michigan International Speedway engine failure ), Kahne found himself sitting outside of the top 12, out of contention for the Chase.

The cars driven by Ward Burton, Dale Earnhardt, Jr., Jeff Gordon, Jimmie Johnson, Mark Martin, Casey Mears, Paul Menard, Tony Raines, Martin Truex, Jr., Scott Wimmer and J. J. Yeley all sported cues from the ' 57 Chevy's memorable design while J. J. Yeley's No. 18 Monte Carlo SS displayed a throwback Interstate Batteries logo.

In 2008, Waltrip was parked in a race in Richmond for his deliberate hit on Casey Mears.

At the Aaron's 312 Busch Race at Talladega, Busch went on a wild ride down the backstretch when he got turned into teammate Casey Mears ' car by Tony Stewart.

** NASCAR Nextel Cup Coca-Cola 600 won by Casey Mears

During the Michigan race in June, he was angry with his temporary teammate Casey Mears.

On the March 30, 2010 it was announced Riggs would drive the # 90 Chevrolet Impala for Keyed-Up Motorsports on an initial two race contract, taking over from Casey Mears who moved to Joe Gibbs Racing as a standby driver for Denny Hamlin.

Casey James Mears ( born March 12, 1978 ) is the driver of the # 13 GEICO Ford for Germain Racing in the Sprint Cup Series.

Casey Mears drove the # 25 for Hendrick Motorsports in 2007.

On July 8, he finally won his first NASCAR race, a Busch Series race at Chicagoland Speedway, coasting to the finish after running out of fuel. Casey Mears racing in his Busch Series car

Casey Mears and Germain Racing recorded the team's best finish on an oval track, 12th, at Martinsville Speedway on October 30, 2011.

On August 24, 2012 Casey Mears won the pole for the Bristol night race due to rained out qualifying making it his first pole for Geico and first pole for Casey since 2007.

Casey Mears was originally going to drive this car full-time in 2006 with sponsorship from Home123, but it was later announced he would drive the # 42 car instead.

Casey Mears, a Busch Series driver was hired to drive the car.

Casey Mears drove nine races and won his first career race at Chicagoland Speedway.

Casey heard the voice distinctly and he knew who it was, but it took him a while to make the mental readjustment and control the disturbance inside his head.

Casey heard the click of the distant receiver before he could open his mouth, and it took him no more than three seconds to make his decision.

The first burial, that of four year old Michael Casey from Francis Street in Dublin, took place on the following day in a section of the cemetery known as Curran's Square.

When Menzies ' successor, Harold Holt, was officially presumed dead on 19 December 1967, the Governor-General Lord Casey sent for McEwen and he was sworn in as Prime Minister, on the understanding that his commission would continue only so long as it took for the Liberals to elect a new leader.

The famous railroad disaster which killed engineer Casey Jones took place in Yazoo County, just north of Vaughan, Mississippi, in 1900.

Casey took over the task of preparing a voluminous report on flood control.

Casey and Sverdrup took charge of investigating the Abau Trail.

After Reagan took office, Reagan named Casey to the post of Director of Central Intelligence.

Marlboro nowadays sponsors the Ducati MotoGP team whom Valentino Rossi rides for ( and former team of Casey Stoner, the year he took his first MotoGP title ), despite as of the 2009 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season, they are only allowed to brand the bikes at 1 round, in Qatar.

On 17 July 1991, in response to the infamous debate on the Nine Network's Midday television show with host Ray Martin, debating on Australia remaining a constitutional monarchy, in a live televised debate with singer Normie Rowe and radio broadcaster Ron Casey, who ended up physically brawling, Bishop issued a media release which said: " It may well have been High Noon on the Midday Show when Ron Casey took a swipe at Normie Rowe but this conduct indicates just how divisive the debate on the Monarchy has become.

As Joe Casey and Sean Phillips took over Wildcats, they quickly dealt away with Kenyan while Void and Emp ended up having Spartan absorb their assets and powers, thus the book began a long spell featuring him aided by Ladytron and Grifter with Maul and Voodoo guest-starring and as well as new characters Noir, Agents Wax and Mohr of the National Park Service.

During his time on the show, a highly publicised on-air scuffle took place in 1991 between former pop idol Normie Rowe and radio personality Ron Casey.

It updated the timeframe of the novel from the 1960s to the 1980s and took many liberties with key points of the novel ( for example, Ian Dunross became a bachelor who had a romance with Casey Tcholok ).

The Penguins BLACK AND GOLD GAME II, featuring members of the Pittsburgh Penguins and Wilkes-Barre / Scranton Penguins, took place at the Mohegan Sun Arena at Casey Plaza on Monday, September 19, 2011.

Culver later took the character's name, Casey, and that of the popular singer Donovan to create the pseudonym under which he would appear in all his other erotic roles.

The magazine went through a makeover and name change ( to SI Women ) in September 2001, after Susan Casey, former Editor of Outside, took over from Sandy Bailey, as Editor in Chief.

Wrangler Jeans were first made by Blue Bell, who acquired the brand when they took over Casey Jones in the mid-1940s.

Casey took command of the 1st Armored Division in July 1999.

Casey Kasem returned as Shaggy ( having left the role after suffering stroke in the late 1990s ), Grey DeLisle took over Daphne's role ( having previously voiced the character in Scooby-Doo and the Cyber Chase after Mary Kay Bergman ( who died in 1999 )), while former Facts of Life actress Mindy Cohn took over Velma's as B. J.

Martin sat on the bench for most of the season ’ s first two months and took over second base duties when Casey Stengel moved Gil McDougal from second to third base to replace military bound Bobby Brown.

Prior to this, Gerry Flynn was sacked as manager and former club captain Robbie Casey took charge on a temporary basis.

In early 2003, Pat O ' Brien filled in for Casey Kasem three times on Kasem's radio programs American Top 40 and American Top 20, once in January, once in February, and once in March when Kasem took vacation time.

Instead, rookie Casey Dellacqua took her place.