#21 Wood Brothers/JTG Racing Team Honors
Nineteen Fallen American Heroes
June 25th, 2006, at Sonoma, CA
June 25, 1996
is a solemn date in To mark the occasion, the #21 Little Debbie Ford Fusion, driven by Ken
Schrader in the NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series, carried a special decal honoring the
men on the lower rear quarter panels and B-Post location during the race weekend
at Infineon Raceway in
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The idea to run the
memorial decals was presented to the Wood Brothers/JTG Race Team by George
Beekman, who lost his stepson, Joshua E. Woody, in the tragedy. The Wood
Brothers appealed to the George Beekman
designed the memorial decal that adorned the race car. In addition, the decal
was featured in two separate memorial services that weekend. The first, at Eglin
Air Force Base in
The first lap of the race at Infineon Raceway was also the last one for
Ken Schrader and his Little Debbie Ford Fusion crew. Ken Schrader lost
traction in turn eight and his car started to slide sideways. Then the
Little Debbie Ford slid back across the track and was
struck by NASCAR also used a 3 inch "NEVER TO BE FORGOTTEN" decal on the “B” post of the Sprint Cup cars at Sonoma in 2006 and again at Sonoma in 2011 in rememberance of those lost in the 1996 Khobar Towers Bombing.
Kurt Busch in Victory Lane at
Sonoma, 2011 with Khobar Towers Decal on top of the “B” post
For the 25th Anniversary of the Khobar Towers Bombing, the Air Force and Richard Petty Motorsports honored the memory of those killed and the survivors of the Khobar Towers Bombing and their families by displaying the "NEVER TO BE FORGOTTEN" emblem in place of the Air Force emblem on the #43 NASCAR Cup car for the race at the Nashville Super Speedway on June 20th, 2021. The car was driven by Eric Jones. NASCAR also used a 3 inch "NEVER TO BE FORGOTTEN" decal on the “B” post of the Cup cars for this race.
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