Fedex Racing® Press Materials 2018 Corporate Overview
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FedEx Racing® Press Materials 2018 Corporate Overview FedEx Corp. (NYSE: FDX) provides customers and businesses worldwide with a broad portfolio of transportation, e-commerce and business services. With annual revenues of $61 billion, the company offers integrated business applications through operating companies competing collectively and managed collaboratively, under the respected FedEx brand. Consistently ranked among the world’s most admired and trusted employers, FedEx inspires its more than 400,000 team members to remain “absolutely, positively” focused on safety, the highest ethical and professional standards, and the needs of their customers and communities. To learn more about how FedEx connects people and possibilities around the world, please go to about.fedex.com. 2 Table of Contents FedEx Racing — Commitment to Community ..................................................... 4–6 Denny Hamlin — Driver, #11 FedEx Toyota Camry Biography ......................................................................... 7–10 Career Highlights .................................................................. 11–14 Monster Energy Cup Series — Season Highlights “By the Numbers” (2006–2017) ....... 15–26 Monster Energy Cup Series — Career Results by Track ...................................27 #11 FedEx Racing Team Season Results (2005–2017) ............................................28–40 Mike Wheeler — Crew Chief, #11 FedEx Toyota Camry Biography ............................................................................41 Joe Gibbs Racing ................................................................................42 #11 Racing History ...............................................................................43 3 FedEx Racing — Commitment to Community Since its founding in 2005, the FedEx Racing program has made a commitment to community service a priority and team hallmark. Through national initiatives with organizations such as the March of Dimes, Safe Kids Worldwide, The Salvation Army and the American Red Cross, and in cooperation with local human service organizations, FedEx Racing has touched the lives of thousands of individuals and offered much needed support in the form of charitable contributions and the volunteerism of FedEx team members. 2017: All season long, FedEx tied the on-track performance of the #11 FedEx Toyota to its efforts to improve road safety through a new program, Delivering Laps for FedEx Cares, by donating $111 for each lap Denny Hamlin led and $11,000 for each race victory to Safe Kids Worldwide, a nonprofit working to protect kids on the road, at home and at play. After leading 710 laps and capturing two Cup Series wins in 2017, FedEx donated $100,810 to Safe Kids in the program’s inaugural year. Hamlin and the entire FedEx Racing crew also supported Safe Kids during National Walk to School Day on October 4, and they led more than 200 students to class at Cotswold Elementary School in Charlotte, N.C., while teaching them the importance of pedestrian safety in the process. Hamlin also ran a special #11 FedEx Cares paint scheme for the 24th running of the Brickyard 400 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway that he designed with 22-year FedEx team member Rachee Powell, an active FedEx Cares supporter and volunteer within her local community. Their design was unveiled at an exclusive event at the FedEx Indianapolis hub — the second largest FedEx Express hub in the United States — where Hamlin and FedEx team members also participated in a donation drive for Gleaners Food Bank of Indiana. 2016: Hamlin drove a one-of-a-kind #11 FedEx Cares paint scheme at the event in Sonoma Raceway in June. The car featured five charitable organizations — JA Worldwide, Safe Kids Worldwide, National Urban League, the USO and the National Fish & Wildlife Foundation — and the special design was unveiled via 360 virtual reality video during a luncheon in downtown San Francisco. Additionally, Hamlin joined FedEx team members and San Francisco 49ers running back Carlos Hyde for a special cleanup project in conjunction with the National Fish & Wildlife Foundation at Battery East, a park adjacent to the Golden Gate Bridge. 2015: The #11 team helped FedEx celebrate a variety of charitable organizations during the 2015 season. As part of the FedEx 400 benefitting Autism Speaks weekend at Dover International Speedway in May, Hamlin drove a special #11 FedEx Cares paint scheme that highlighted 10 organizations: The American Red Cross, Autism Speaks, Direct Relief, the March of Dimes, Safe Kids, JA Worldwide, United Negro College Fund, FIRST, Arbor Day Foundation and St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. In the fall, Hamlin visited Memphis and teamed up with the NBA’s Grizzlies point guard — and fellow #11 — Mike Conley for a basketball shooting contest on Veteran’s Day to raise money for the USO. Hamlin also stopped by the Target House, a long-term housing facility in the St. Jude network, to meet with children for a fun afternoon of painting. Hamlin donated $11,000 to St. Jude through the Denny Hamlin Foundation as part of the program. 4 FedEx Racing — Commitment to Community 2014: 2014 marked the seventh-consecutive season that Hamlin and the FedEx Racing Team raised awareness for the March of Dimes and March for Babies initiatives. The special #11 FedEx Office/March of Dimes paint scheme raced at Texas Motor Speedway in April, and the team hosted 2014 March of Dimes national ambassador Aidan Lamothe at the track. Additionally, during the fourth-annual FedEx 400 benefiting Autism Speaks at Dover (Del.), the entire #11 team filled a FedEx truck full of toys from a nearby Toys “R” Us and donated them to Autism Delaware for use during the race weekend inside a special hospitality area designated for families with children with autism. The toys were selected from the Toys “R” Us “10 Toys that Speak to Autism” list that the company establishes each year with Autism Speaks. FedEx also helped raise funds for Autism Speaks through a special program allowing fans to have their names printed on the #11 FedEx Freight/Autism Speaks Toyota for an $11 donation. 2013: Hamlin and the FedEx Racing Team again used the NASCAR platform to raise awareness for charitable organizations in 2013, including special #11 paint schemes for the March of Dimes at Texas in April and Autism Speaks at Dover in June, in conjunction with the FedEx 400 benefiting Autism Speaks race weekend. In September, the March of Dimes recognized Hamlin with its highest honor, the prestigious “Champion for Babies” Award. Hamlin became just the fourth recipient of the award, joining Pro Football Hall of Famer Joe Namath, golf legend Arnold Palmer and veteran broadcaster Greg Gumbel. Hamlin accepted the award at the March of Dimes Volunteer Leadership Conference and Gala in Washington, D.C. Joining the US Chamber of Commerce and the American Red Cross, FedEx, Hamlin and Joe Gibbs helped spread the message of disaster preparedness around the annual America’s Small Business Summit. Speaking to news media and small business owners, Hamlin and Gibbs provided critical information for small business owners to better respond to emergencies and ensure the safety of employees and customers. 2012: The FedEx Racing Team highlighted immediate relief and ongoing recovery efforts following major disasters that struck different parts of the country. Prior to the race at Talladega (Ala.) Superspeedway in May, Hamlin and #11 FedEx crew members visited nearby Tuscaloosa, Ala., on the one-year anniversary of the devastating tornadoes that ripped through the area in 2011. FedEx helped donate and deliver appliances to the first house rebuilt in the Alberta City neighborhood, and made a $10,000 donation to the local chapter of The Salvation Army. In the fall, “Superstorm” Sandy caused extensive damage along the east coast, including major flooding and power outages in New York City and surrounding areas. In addition to the tireless efforts of FedEx team members, who volunteered their time to get much-needed supplies into the area, Hamlin and the #11 crew flew into Newark, N.J., prior to NASCAR’s season-finale at Homestead-Miami Speedway, to pitch in. The team helped unload a truck full of supplies donated by FedEx to the Community FoodBank of New Jersey, volunteered at the facility and delivered a truck full of frozen turkeys to a food shelter in the area one week before Thanksgiving. Also during the NASCAR season, FedEx helped raise awareness for the March of Dimes with a special #11 FedEx Office/March of Dimes paint scheme at Texas in April, and Autism Speaks through its title sponsorship of the FedEx 400 benefitting Autism Speaks at Dover (Del.) International Speedway in June. 5 FedEx Racing — Commitment to Community 2011: Disaster preparedness was again the program’s focus in 2011, as the “Race to Prepare” initiative reached local communities near San Francisco, Louisville, Kansas City and Dallas. FedEx made $10,000 donations to each of the local chapters of the American Red Cross in those markets, and to date, more than 1,000 children have participated in the program. At Texas Motor Speedway in April, Hamlin ran a specially designed #11 FedEx/March of Dimes Toyota to raise awareness for the organization. The car was designed by Dallas-area twins and healthy survivors of the March of Dimes program, who traveled to Joe Gibbs Racing in Huntersville, N.C., and with the help of Hamlin, designed the car from a blank white canvas. 2009/2010: With disaster relief and preparedness as the program’s