Can-Am signs as new sponsor for Daytona twin qualifiers

ATV manufacturer Can-Am has signed on as the sponsor for the Daytona 500 twin 150-mile qualifying races beginning this coming February. Can-Am replaces Budweiser as the title sponsor after a three-season sponsorship for the latter. The collective event will formally be known as the Can-Am Duel at Daytona. The withdrawal of Budweiser from the sponsorship of the duel races (it still has naming rights for Speedweeks as a whole for now), coming soon after it also dropped out of the Stewart-Haas Racing stable effective at season's end in favor of sister brand Busch becoming the new sponsor of Kevin Harvick's #4 Chevrolet, fuels speculation among fans that Budweiser could be lined up to replace Sprint as the title sponsor of NASCAR's top series beginning in 2017.