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Nextel deal to be announced Thursday

ESPN.com news services

Monday, June 16, 2003

CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- At the end of next season, NASCAR's newest champion will raise the Nextel Cup over his head. Maybe he'll then use a "push-to-talk" phone to make some celebratory calls. Both scenarios are likely now, ESPN and ESPN.com have learned, that wireless communications giant Nextel has reached a deal to replace R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. as the title sponsor of NASCAR's premier series, the Winston Cup. NASCAR has scheduled what it called a "major news announcement" for Thursday in New ...

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