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Friday, 03/02/2012, 10:51 am

UFC Champ Dominick Cruz to be Honorary Pace Car Driver for the SUBWAY Fresh Fit 500


The Ultimate Fighting Championship’s bantamweight champion, and one of this season’s The Ultimate Fighter Live coaches, Dominick Cruz, is headed to Phoenix to act as Honorary Pace Car Driver for the SUBWAY Fresh Fit 500 on Sunday, March 4 at Phoenix International Raceway.

The champ will participate in pre-race ceremonies and will make appearances onsite at PIR. The race is slated to air at 2:30 p.m. ET on FOX.

Cruz then heads back to Las Vegas to kick off his newest challenge as head coach of Team Cruz on the upcoming season of The Ultimate Fighter® Live, premiering on FX on March 9, with a special two-and-a-half-hour LIVE premiere airing at 9 p.m. ET/8 p.m. CT, and tape-delayed on the Pacific and Mountaintime zones at 9 p.m. PT/10 p.m. MT.

Additional information on race weekend activities is available on Phoenix International Raceway’s official website at www.phoenixraceway.com.

 

Read More: The Ultimate Fighter, Urijah Faber (News), Dominick Cruz (News)

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7 Comments to UFC Champ Dominick Cruz to be Honorary Pace Car Driver for the SUBWAY Fresh Fit 500

  1. John M says:

    Hey maybe we’ll get lucky and he’ll crash

    • Sweet game plan says:

      Why, cause you believe he has to be injured for Uriah to have a chance. Makes sense

      • Dave Dave says:

        no cuz he sucks shit////i dot think he knws how to drive..by his style of fighting i ould guess he runs everywhere..or maybe he saves energy and only runs in the cage..the most chicken shit running champ ever then 2nd edger

    • M.DELA says:

      Whats BJ’s Take on TRT?

  2. Dave Dave says:

    th ufc hate cruz also so much..he is a rating killer..they hate cruz so muuch that he clearly beat faber and still he get rematch right after….

  3. true mma says:

    NASCAR is about points and so is Cruz

    • Sweet game plan says:

      Hell yeah!!! Cruz is the Jimmy Johnson always wins and Uriah is the Dale Earnhardt never wins but still always gets credit..

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