MANTIS is proud to be an Associate Sponsor for Joe Gibbs Racing development driver Marc Davis in the NASCAR Camping World Series.
Photo courtesy of Gateway International Motorsports Corp.
MANTIS will make its NASCAR debut on the Davis No. 18 Toyota Camry in the Camping World Series East division. The MANTIS logo will grace the Marc Davis' No. 18 Toyota Camry in NASCAR Season Races this season – launching MANTIS Racing™ onto the NASCAR Circuit!
Davis, an African-American who has ascended from racing Late Model stock cars at Carolina bullrings to campaigning full-fledged stock cars in the regional Camping World Series East and West divisions, has made the most of his opportunity with Joe Gibbs Racing's driver development program. Davis won his first race on March 25, 2006 and became just the second African-American to win a stock car race at Hickory, joining former Joe Gibbs Racing development driver Chris Bristol. Davis used his success at Hickory to move into the Camping World Series East division, the regional NASCAR touring series that features a 13-race schedule at tracks predominantly based in New England and the Mid-Atlantic. With backing from Joe Gibbs Racing, Davis scored five top-five and seven top-10 finishes in 2007, including a season-best runner-up effort on April 19th to Joe Gibbs Racing teammate Joey Logano in the West Series race at Phoenix International Raceway.
"I'm doing exactly what I've always wanted to do," said Davis, who continues his quest toward a full-time drive in NASCAR's pinnacle division – the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series. "Everything I've done in life has been about racing, and to have this kind of opportunity means everything. I sincerely appreciate the support that MANTIS is giving to me and Joe Gibbs Racing."
Joe Gibbs Racing (JGR) is one of the premier organizations in NASCAR, currently fielding three NASCAR Sprint Cup Series teams, two NASCAR Nationwide Series teams and a driver development program.
Its driver line-up consists of Tony Stewart, Denny Hamlin and Kyle Busch in the Sprint Cup Series; Stewart, Hamlin, Busch and Joey Logano in the Nationwide Series; and Marc Davis in the NASCAR Camping World Series East. Based in Huntersville, N.C., and owned by Joe Gibbs – a three-time Super Bowl winner as head coach of the Washington Redskins and a member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame – JGR has competed in NASCAR since 1992, winning three Cup Series championships and more than 80 NASCAR races, including three Brickyard 400s and the 1993 Daytona 500.
Marc Davis images and Joe Gibbs Racing logo, courtesy of Joe Gibbs Racing.
Davis, an African-American who has ascended from racing Late Model stock cars at Carolina bullrings to campaigning full-fledged stock cars in the regional 
