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This Paint pays homage to Champion Air and other Minnesota companies that closed their doors during NASCAR's Golden Era. If you would like a version of the paint with a specific number and name plate with your name and state flag on it feel free to join my Discord created specifically for that purpose and to see my other paints that either aren't uploaded yet or I don't plan on uploading the way they are. Discord Link: https://discord.gg/8FtwsQCphP . For those of you that care here is some history on the companies featured on the car (All information is provided from wikipedia). First and foremost the primary sponsor, Champion Air. Champion Air was based in Bloomington Minnesota and was founded in 1995. in 2007 Champion Air management was informed that MLT passengers would be moved from Champion Air to Northwest's own flights throughout the 2008 year. This was a significant blow, as MLT Vacations accounted for roughly 75-80 percent of all operations. In January 2008, it was disclosed that Champion's contract to provide charter flights for 13 National Basketball Association teams would also be taken over by Northwest, who had hired several Champion Air pilots in the preceding months. Champion Air closed its door in March 2008. Desineer inc was based in Minnetonka Minnesota, Destineer was a video game developer and publisher. It was founded in 2001 and shut down in May 2011 for reasons unknown. Prior to shutting down Desineer acquired MacSoft in January 2003. Grand Casinos (Based in Mille Lacs Minnesota) owned 8 casinos at its peek and was founded in 1990 by poker player Lyle Berman and Dave Anderson, founder of Famous Dave's BBQ Restaurants. Grand Casinos shut its doors in 1998 when it was purchased by Hilton Hotels and merged with other gaming properties owned by Hilton Hotels to for Park Place Entertainment. MacSoft (Headquartered in Plymouth Minnesota.) was and a Video game developer and publisher founded by Peter Tamte as a subsidiary of WizardWorks specializing in making and porting games from Microsoft windows to Macintosh OS, as well as productivity software. In 1996 MacSoft's Parent company WizardWorks was acquired by GT Interactive (later renamed Infogrames, Inc.), with WizardWorks and MacSoft split into different operationals. On January 30, 2003, MacSoft was acquired by prior mentioned Destineer, and founder Peter Tamte again became the company's director. Media Play was a chain of retail stores founded in 1992 (Headquartered in Minnetonka Minnesota) by MusicLand that sold VHS, DVDs, laserdiscs, music, electronics, toys, video games, anime, books, and board games similar to Hastings Entertainment, 2nd and Charles, and Half Price Books. Media Play Filed for bankruptcy and closed its doors in 2006. Midwest Wireless (Based in Mankato Minnesota) was Founded in 1995, at its peak it was one of the largest Wireless internet service providers in the United States. Alltel purchased Midwest Wireless in late 2005 and did business under the MW banner through 2007 as they transitioned all customers to Alltel at the end of 2007. Midwest wireless and Alltel respectively were succeeded by Verizon Wireless in June 2008 when Verizon announced it would acquire the majority of Alltel wireless. Musicland was opened in Minneapolis Minnesota in 1995 by Grover Cleveland Sayer II to serve as a record distributor. In 1964 Musicland merged with JL Marsh and in 1968 with Pickwick International. In 1977 American Can Company Purchased Pickwick International and in 1978 purchased the Sam Goody chain of record stores, which had a long history going back to 1951 in New York. Shortly after, Musicland began converting the majority of its stores to the Sam Goody brand name, although some locations did retain the Musicland name into the early 2000s. In 2001 Musicland Group Inc. was purchased by Best Buy Inc. as part of its initiative to diversify its retail holdings to reach a larger demographic with its consumer electronics and entertainment products. The remaining Musicland owned Sam Goody store were purchased by Trans World Entertainment in 2006, resulting in the official end of Music land. Paragon Cable was founded in Minneapolis Minnesota in the 1980s to become the largest cable provider in Minnesota with 177,100 subscribers. In the later years it expanded to serve other states such as California, Oregon, Florida, Texas, and the Borough of Manhattan (absorbing TelePrompter/Group W Cable). In 1995, Houston Industries, Time Warner, and KBLCOM, Inc. inked an agreement, in which Time Warner Cable would acquire all assets of Paragon Cable and the entire stock of KBLCOM. In 2016, Time Warner Cable and Bright House Networks were acquired by Charter Communications, and was absorbed into the Spectrum brand resulting in Paragon Cables reign come to a close. Rainbow Foods was founded in Stillwater Minnesota in 1983 as subsidiary of Gateway Foods growing to become the second largest grocery chain in the Minneapolis-Saint Paul Area. the chain was sold to Fleming companies in 1994. Rainbow foods shut its doors for various reasons but mainly due to poor management from Fleming Companies abrupt sale of Rainbow locations starting in 2003, coming to an end in 2018 when the Rainbow Foods in Maplewood Minnesota closed on Monday, September 17, officially marking the end of Rainbow Foods after 35 years. its building was converted into a Hy-Vee, which opened in June 2021. St. Jude Medical was founded in Saint Paul Minnesota in 1976 by Manuel A. Villafana. St. Jude Medical Closed in 2017 when it was acquired by Abbott Laboratories. The History and mission of St. Jude is to extensive for me to provide even a shortened history, I highly recommend looking it up and reading a bit about it. Simitar Entertainment was founded in Maple Plain Minnesota in 1985, Simitar Entertainment was an American media company that sold music, DVDs, and computer software. The company specialized in compilation albums, special interest video, and urban media. Simitar also distributed its own label. On March 9, 1999, Titan Sports, Inc.—the parent company of the World Wrestling Federation (WWF)– and its music licensee, The Cherry River Music Co., sued Simitar Entertainment for copyright infringement relating to WWF The Music, Vol. 3 and won. Subsequently, in 2000, Simitar folded due to problems in the music division; the company's total assets were $19,570,059, with debts of $25,556,878.
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