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Water company to sponsor Navy officer/K&N racer Jesse Iwuji

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As a Lieutenant and Surface Warfare Officer in the U.S. Navy, Jesse Iwuji is used to being around water every day.

Iwuji is also a second-year driver in the NASCAR K&N Pro Series West. And now he’ll be sponsored for the rest of the season by a company that, much like the Navy, specializes in water.

The Perfect Hydration water brand has stepped up to back Iwuji and his Patriot Racing team.

MORE: Ex-NFL star Shawne Merriman, racer Jesse Iwuji team up in NASCAR K&N effort.

After the first eight races of the 14-race K&N Pro Series West Series, Iwuji sits 15th.

He’s hoping the six-race sponsorship will help improve his performance to finish as well as he did in his K&N rookie campaign last season (10th place) – or better.

Iwuji’s best finishes this season are a pair of back-to-back 14th-place showings He also has three other top-20 outings.

“This season so far has been a great test of the durability of our team” Iwui said in a media release. “We’ve managed to bring home clean racecars which allows us to spend more time on trying to improve the cars and the way we race other teams this year in the West.”

Iwuji races this weekend at Iowa Speedway, the only time the K&N Pro Series East and West race on the same track during the season.

Iwuji is 12 points out of 12th place and 55 points out of 10th.

“I’ve raced these tracks, I’m here to compete, and I’m ready to maximize the capabilities of our team,” Iwuji said.

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