GAINSCO Auto Insurance sponsors season opener

GAINSCO Auto Insurance will sponsor the IndyCar Series 2008 season-opening race at Homestead-Miami Speedway on March 29.

The 200-lap GAINSCO Auto Insurance Indy 300 will be contested under the lights on the 1.5-mile, high-banked oval and will be telecast live on ESPN2.

"It's a great opportunity for us," said Andy Jordan, the senior vice president of corporate marketing for the company that has its roots in south Florida. "We have well over 1,000 (independent insurance) agents in the Florida marketplace. To get them up close to racing is a passion of GAINSCO's and what our sponsorship activation is all about. We hope it will build the event in the Miami market for years to come."