343 Industries have teamed up with two of NASCAR’s biggest drivers. Both have won the Daytona 500, the Brickyard 400 and numerous other races. You can expect to see Halo for the first time at a NASCAR race on October 18th in Kansas for one of the Chase Races. Dale Earnhardt Jr. will be racing with the Master Chief theme while Jamie McMurray will be racing in the Spartan Locke theme. Kiki Wolfkill, Studio Head of the Halo Interactive Entertainment at 343 Industries, had this to say about the partnership, “We’re thrilled to partner with Hendrick Motorsports and Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates to have Halo 5: Guardians represented on the NASCAR track by two of its most exciting drivers. We have many NASCAR fans at the studio – myself included – and we’re excited to see both cars compete at Kansas Speedway.” Dale Earnhardt Jr. seemed excited about the deal by having this to say, “The opportunity to team up with Microsoft and Xbox for the launch of Halo 5: Guardians is very unique. We’ve got a great partnership and it will be fun to highlight aspects of the game on the racetrack with our Master Chief paint scheme.”
Starting at 11:05AM EST. on October 8th You can help find out what their paint jobs will look like along with entering a contest to be one of ten randomly selected participants to win an Xbox One and a signed copy of Halo 5: Guardians. A lucky two Grand Prize winners will be flown out to watch the Kansas race in person for the weekend of the race with VIP tickets and a chance to meet Dale Earnhardt Jr. You can follow the two profiles below here if you would like when the sweepstakes begins. The hashtags in use for the sweepstakes will be #HuntThe88 and #HuntThe1
