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Biz Bites: Race car; Mexican restaurant
Spokesman immortalized
At 200 mph, it's hard enough to keep track of your favorite driver in a NASCAR race, let alone read the fine print on his car.
Still, if you watched the Aaron's 499 race at Talladega, Ala., April 26 closely enough, you might have picked out the name of Nicholas Graham speeding across your television screen.
Graham, who lives in Ashburn, has been the media spokesman and vice president of corporate communications for Oakland, Calif.-based Ask.com, since 2007.
Each race, the company honors one of its own by placing his or her name on the hood of driver Bobby Labonte's Ford Fusion No. 96 race car, which the company sponsors.
“I started to think this was some sort of clerical error,” said Graham, a former AOL employee, on learning of the honor.
Graham, who watched the Talladega race on television, attended his first NASCAR race May 2 in Richmond.
“The passion of [NASCAR] fans is something I have never experienced before,” said Graham, who grew up a football fan in Miami. “It was amazing.”
Qdoba chain growing
Denver-based Qdoba Mexican Grill, which has more than 470 restaurants in 42 states, is making plans to open 14 more locations in Northern Virginia, including its first eateries in Loudoun.
“Right now they are scouting locations,” said company spokeswoman Carrie Magelowitz. “The first one should open up this fall.”
Despite the recession, the company has not stopped growing. In 2008, it opened 77 locations across the country, while this year, it has plans to unveil at least 60 more.
This latest expansion is not the company's first foray into the area. It already has restaurants in Herndon and Gainesville.
See www.qdoba.com to learn more.
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