{"id":34218,"date":"2017-12-01T06:45:55","date_gmt":"2017-12-01T12:45:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/racingnews.co\/?p=34218"},"modified":"2017-12-01T06:45:55","modified_gmt":"2017-12-01T12:45:55","slug":"johnny-morris-ceo-of-bass-pro-shops-discusses-nascar-sponsorship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/racingnews.co\/2017\/12\/01\/johnny-morris-ceo-of-bass-pro-shops-discusses-nascar-sponsorship\/","title":{"rendered":"Johnny Morris, CEO of Bass Pro Shops discusses NASCAR sponsorship"},"content":{"rendered":"
A 5″ x 5″ decal on Dale Earnhardt Sr’s car – Morris: “That was about half of our marketing budget”<\/h2>\n
Johnny Morris is the founder and CEO of Bass Pro Shops. It’s a company that started in 1972 by selling fishing tackle out of the back of his father’s Ozark, Missouri store.<\/p>\n
Bass Pro Shops has been a supporter of NASCAR for a long time. This year, he was a sponsor of Furniture Row Racing, the MENCS championship winning team.<\/p>\n
Morris took the stage at the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series awards show on Thursday night. He was there to congratulate his driver on the record setting season.<\/p>\n