Aflac Racing Stock Car Will Be on Display at Art Fair

The quacking duck won’t be in town, but an Aflac stock car will be on display at the later this week.

, a Wyandotte-based insurance company, partnered with Aflac to bring the race car to the city.

“The Downriver community has been so loyal to us for over 80 years,” Marty Daly, president and CEO of Daly Merritt Inc., said in a press release. “We wanted to give something back in an exciting way, and what better way to do so than with a NASCAR race car at the 50th anniversary of the Wyandotte Street Art Fair.”

The No. 99 Aflac Ford Fusion show car is jet black with bright green and blue accents and is a retired version of the vehicle that Carl Edwards drives throughout the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series season. The car also is equipped with a replica motor like those used on the track by Roush Fenway Racing teams.

“The No. 99 Aflac Ford Fusion show car gives fans the chance to get up close to a real stock car, just like the ones we drive on the track each week,” Edwards said in a press release. “And it’s an exact copy of the great paint scheme we sport–complete with the Aflac duck on board.”

The car will be on display on Maple near Biddle from 2 to 8 p.m. Friday and from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday. 

In addition to the car, the Daly Merritt and Aflac Racing exhibit also will include:

• Raffle prizes, including a 2-foot-tall quacking Aflac duck, lounge chairs and golf umbrellas
• A question-and-answer session with Roush Fenway Racing staff
• Free collectible NASCAR Hero Cards for fans of all ages and balloons for the kids