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R.E. Griesemer Gets Fired Up With Jonathan Byrd’s Racing


Greenwood, IN – Jonathan Byrd’s Racing, having recently signed on with Dale Coyne Racing in support of Conor Daly’s rookie IndyCar campaign, and to bring Bryan Clauson to his 3rd Indianapolis 500 in the seat of the Dale Coyne/Jonathan Byrd’s Racing #88, is pleased to introduce another supporter in the form of the R.E. Griesemer, Inc.

R.E. Griesemer, Inc. (www.regriesemer.com), a returning sponsor for the Jonathan Byrd’s Racing Indy 500 entry, is a Fire Protection contractor that has been installing fire sprinkler systems throughout the state of Indiana since 1976. With a reputation for excellence with many general contractors, devlopers, and facility owners, their expertise is varied and includes providing customized fire protection as well as service and inspections for commercial, retail, industrial, and distribution facilities.

Bill Powlen, President of R.E. Griesemer says "We are extremely happy to continue our long time support of Bryan Clauson by again being a contributing sponsor for his Jonathan Byrd Racing's entry in the 100th Running of the Indianapolis 500."

Bryan Clauson added: “Bill and R.E. Griesemer have been tremendous supporters of short track racing in general and myself in particular for many years, and I couldn’t be happier to once again bring them to the biggest stage in racing. It means so much to me to be able to connect the world of short track racing and its supporters to Indy, and I’m thrilled that Bill and company are continuing to support our program.”

Adding to Bryan’s sentiments, team principal David Byrd offered his thoughts: “Bill Powlen and everybody at R.E. Griesemer have a passion for racing, and they are the type of enthusiastic partner that we love to attract as we continue to build for the long-term with Bryan. It’s been great getting to know Bill over the last couple of years, and we’re honored to represent yet another Indiana company and to bring them, once again, to the greatest spectacle in racing.”

R.E. Griesemer provides new installation, renovations, and retrofit of existing facilities, as well as protection of office, retail, medical, government, commercial, industrial, distribution, warehouse, newspaper printing, food processing, and cold storage facilities, in addition to wet pipe and dry pipe systems, pre-action and deluge systems, early suppression and fast response sprinklers, in-rack and pick-module fire protection, standpipe and fire hose supply systems, AAFF foam, FM200 and CO2 special hazard suppression systems, electric and diesel driven fire pumps, underground fire mains, and fire protection water storage tanks.

R.E. Griesemer joins a diverse and growing list of supporters that includes Cancer Treatment Centers of America, Vantage Hotels (Lexington Hotels), E&K Construction, Dooling Machine, WHMB TV40, Freedom 95 Radio, Reising Radio Partners, (KORN Country 100.3, QMix 107.3, MOJO 102.9), Tilson HR, VisionAire Jets, Timothy Plan, ComedySportz Indianapolis, the Indy Fuel, B&H Contractors, and Hopegivers International.

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Jonathan Byrd’s Racing was founded by the late Jonathan Byrd in 1982. In its various forms, Jonathan Byrd’s Racing has successfully fielded 18 entries in the Indianapolis 500 beginning in 1985, scoring 6 top ten finishes, with a best finish of 5th in 2005. A Jonathan Byrd’s Racing car currently holds the all-time Indianapolis 500 1 and 4 lap qualifying records (Luyendyk ’96). Jonathan Byrd’s Racing has won 2 IndyCar races (Luyendyk – Phoenix ’96, Paul Jr – Texas ’98), along with 2 United States Auto Club National Midget Championships (’86,’87).

The Jonathan Byrd’s Hospitality & Restaurant Group has been feeding central Indiana residents for over 63 years. Jonathan Byrd’s flagship location in Greenwood has served millions of meals since its inception in 1988, while also delivering its experience to dozens of partner locations throughout the Indianapolis Metropolitan area through its extensive catering operation. Jonathan Byrd’s Hospitality & Restaurant Group also manages the 502 East Event Centre, located in Carmel (Indiana), and is Hamilton County’s (Indiana) largest event space. Jonathan Byrd’s will also have a large presence inside of Westfield’s (Indiana) Grand Park, as it lends its name to the newly opened Jonathan Byrd’s Fieldhouse, as well as the currently under construction indoor sports complex at Grand Park, where it will have restaurant and exclusive concession operations in place. Jonathan Byrd’s is also the foodservice provider at Camp Atterbury, located in Southern Johnson County (Indiana) and is the Official Catering Company of the Indianapolis Colts. The Byrd Hotel Group is a hotel development and operations company that currently owns and operates five hotels, and is an approved operator for Vantage, IHG, Hilton, Marriott, Starwood, La Quinta, and Wyndham.