NASCAR: Kevin Harvick, Busch Beer running special Big Buck Hunter promotion

Kevin Harvick and Busch Beer have teamed up with Big Buck Hunter to run a promotion in this Sunday night’s NASCAR Cup Series race at Darlington Raceway, and you can be a winner.

Stewart-Haas Racing’s Kevin Harvick has run several special paint schemes throughout the course of the first 24 races of the 36-race 2019 NASCAR Cup Series season through his primary sponsorship deal with Busch Beer.

Among these notable paint schemes are his #Car2Can paint scheme for the season-opening Daytona 500 at Daytona International Speedway, his Millennial paint scheme for the All-Star Race at Charlotte Motor Speedway, his National Forest Foundation paint scheme for the race at New Hampshire Motor Speedway and his Generation X paint scheme for the most recent race at Pocono Raceway.

Now the 43-year-old Bakersfield, California native is set to run another special paint scheme on his #4 Ford in this Sunday evening’s Bojangles’ Southern 500 at Darlington Raceway as a result of a partnership between Stewart-Haas Racing, Busch and Big Buck Hunter, an arcade hunting game.

Here are some pictures of this paint scheme, provided by Busch.

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The idea behind this partnership is simple. While hunting popularity has recently declined, this has actually worked counterintuitively against our country’s conservation efforts.

The sale of hunting permits make up 60% of wildlife and conservation funding across America, so this recent decline has put the ability to fund these efforts at serious risk.

With the Busch Big Buck Hunter Permit, anybody aged 21 and up can raise funds and awareness for this issue. Permits are available for $5 on BigBuckHunter.com, and all proceeds will benefit the National Forest Foundation. Swiping these permits at any Big Buck Hunter machine across the nation unlocks the exclusive new “Great White Buck”, and everyone who hits this particular target will be entered to win a Big Buck Hunter machine of their own.

“The new partnership with Big Buck Hunter is one of our most exciting to date. Not only does it bring together two local bar staples, but we’re giving fans of both brands a chance to help protect our nation’s wildlife and their habitats,” stated Anheuser-Busch senior director of marketing Daniel Blake. “Busch has a long history of supporting outdoor conservation and we’re proud to continue our relationship with the National Forest Foundation to help to protect America’s outdoors for generations to come.”

Additionally, just by tuning into this Sunday evening’s 367-lap race around the four-turn, 1.366-mile (2.198-kilometer) Darlington Raceway oval in Darlington, South Carolina, there will be opportunities for you to win a Big Buck Hunter machine. The terms and conditions for this contest can be found here.

“I take pride in knowing that Busch Beer uses my car as a platform for much more than a billboard that happens to take the checkered flag at 200 miles per hour,” said Harvick. “To know that this great looking Big Buck Hunter Ford helps raise awareness around wildlife conservation motivates me even more to succeed on race day.”

Finally, there will be one more way to win a Big Buck Hunter machine, and that is through an on-pack promotion with six types of specially marked Busch and Busch Light/Big Buck Hunter packs unlocking a smartphone-powered Augmented Reality game.

Everybody who plays this game will be entered for a chance to win a Big Buck Hunter machine, and Busch will donate $1 to the National Forest Foundation every time fans play and post their scores to social media. On National Hunting and Fishing Day on Saturday, September 28, this donation will double to $2 to help raise awareness around wildlife conservation needs.

“With reduced funding for land management activities that improve wildlife habitat, partnerships with companies that are committed to protecting America’s great outdoors are increasingly important,” National Forest Foundation representative Marcus Selig added. “We’re honored to work alongside Busch and Big Buck Hunter to help support their efforts to bridge this funding gap and support habitat improvement efforts. As part of our ambitious tree-planting programs the National Forest Foundation is dedicated to preserving and restoring tens of thousands of acres of natural habitats for wildlife, and these donations from Busch and Big Buck Hunter will help continue that effort for future generations of humans and animals alike.”

NBC Sports Network’s live broadcast of Sunday evening’s NASCAR Cup Series race from Darlington Raceway is set to begin at 6:00 p.m. ET. Be sure not to miss the Bojangles’ Southern 500, and be sure not to miss your chance to win a Big Buck Hunter machine.