World Financial Group is committed to the promotion of excellence. Just as we stand behind our associates, WFG believes wholeheartedly in the athletes, causes and organizations we sponsor. The company's past sponsorships with NASCAR race car drivers, as well as our current relationships with sports stars have helped to boost WFG's name and brand awareness, and, more importantly, they have also helped WFG connect to the middle-income families we're committed to serving.
USA Luge
WFG proudly sponsors the athletes and programs of USA Luge as they take part in major competitions around the globe. USA Luge has won four Olympic medals (two in 1998 and two in 2002), four overall World Cup titles (1997, 1998, 1999 and 2003), two overall Challenge Cup crowns (2002 and 2003), and nearly 500 medals in senior and junior international competition since 1994.
Called the fastest sport on ice, luge is a competitive sport that features one- or two-person luge sleds. Lugers use a rocking motion to propel themselves forward and gain momentum as they race down an icy track feet-first at speeds up to 90 mph.
USA Luge is an Olympic-class member organization of the United States Olympic Committee and the National Governing Body for the sport of luge in the United States. Chartered in 1979, USA Luge recruits, prepares, trains and equips the United States National Luge Team for international and Olympic competition, and promotes the growth of the sport nationwide.
Visit www.usaluge.org for more information.
Ferbey 4
What do you get when you cross darts and shuffleboard - on ice? The answer is curling, and World Financial Group is proud to sponsor the Ferbey Four, one of the most celebrated and dominant curling teams in the sport today. The team comprises Randy Ferbey, Brad Gushue, Mark Nichols and Ryan Fry.
Curling is a precision team sport played on ice with heavy granite stones. It has swept the world with fascination during the past several years, most notably since it was declared an official Olympic sport and brought to the spotlight in 1998.
Buddy Bensmiller
World Financial Group is proud to sponsor Buddy Bensmiller for the 2010 World Professional Chuckwagon Association season. Look for Buddy to be racing with the WFG tarp in select races in Western Canada between May and September.
Bensmiller is a living legend on the chuckwagon track. His 30-plus-year career has garnered three Calgary Stampede championships, four WPCA Clean Drive Awards, and he has qualified for the Calgary Stampede's "Sudden Death Championship" final heat nine times. Bensmiller was also inducted into the Cheyenne Frontier Days Hall of Fame in 2009. A second-generation chuckwagon racer, Bensmiller competes along with his three sons.
Visit http://www.wpca.com for more information on the sport of chuckwagon racing.
