At the Cup season-opening Daytona 500, Michael Waltrip drove a Toyota with a paint scheme supporting a relief fund for victims of the Sandy Hook shootings.

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Childress Racing signed a deal with door lock maker, Kwikset, this year to serve as an associate sponsor throughout the season, as well as the primary paint scheme at Daytona in July.

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The firm offers Mr Gardner a place on its internship scheme, though he shows up at interview wearing a paint-stained vest, apparently because of his honesty, commitment and charm.

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Pointing out this scheme takes nothing away from the stifling Pacers' defense, which has an elite paint protector in Roy Hibbert and is historically rare in the sense that it ranked No. 1 in the league at both guarding the rim and limiting makes from the three-point stripe.

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