Fisher lands two-race sponsor

0 Comments | USA TODAY, July, 2008 | by Nate Ryan

After wrestling with funding woes in her first year as an Indy-Car Series driver-owner, Sarah Fisher will have Dollar General adorning her Dallara-Honda at Kentucky Speedway next month.

The monetary terms of the two-race deal, which also includes the Sept. 7 event at Chicagoland Speedway, weren't disclosed, but it will help stabilize Sarah Fisher Racing. The startup team had a primary sponsor back out just before its Indianapolis 500 debut last month.

That triggered a flood of donations in contributions from $5 to $5,000, totaling $51,000. Fisher has sent more than 100 notes of gratitude and included a piece of carbon fiber from her Indy 500 car, damaged in a crash.

"It's like a wedding," says Fisher, who was voted the Indy Racing League's most...