WGHP

Winston Cup Museum reveals choices for name change after negotiations with ITG tobacco company

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (WGHP) — The Winston Cup Museum wants the community to help decide its new name. After a legal battle involving the tobacco company that owns the Winston brand threatened to close ...
Jalopnik

Family-Owned NASCAR Museum Shut Down Thanks To Greedy Tobacco Company

Back in the good ol' days, tobacco companies were some of the biggest sponsors of NASCAR, with iconic liveries from Skoal to Camel to Winston, and the legendary Winston Cup Series ran from 1971 to ...
The Drive

NASCAR Museum Forced To Close, Sell Collection Over ‘Winston’ Name Dispute

An independent NASCAR Cup Series museum has closed after almost 20 years following a protracted legal assault from the company that bought the Winston brand. The company reportedly tried to wrest the ...
WGHP

Winston Cup Museum agrees to rename, rebrand in 90 days in mediation with ITG tobacco company

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. R.J. Reynolds debuted the Winston brand of ...
Times Argus

Alan Landers, former Winston cigarette model, dies

MIAMI Alan Landers, the handsome model who posed for Winston cigarette ads and later sued the tobacco industry over his health claims, has died while undergoing treatment for throat cancer. He was 68.
WNCT

Winston Cup Museum agrees to rename, rebrand in 90 days in mediation with ITG tobacco company

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (WGHP) — The Winston Cup Museum will have a new name and branding within the next 90 days, the museum announced on Facebook. The agreement to rebrand the museum comes after a ...