It was announced today that Monster Energy will sponsor Kurt Busch and the No. 51 Chevrolet of Phoenix Racing in Saturday night’s NASCAR Sprint All-Star Race at Charlotte (N.C.) Motor Speedway.

Monster Energy/Pro Circuit/Kawasaki is excited to welcome a familiar face back to the team. Ivan Tedesco, who earned an AMA 250 Pro Motocross Championship for Mitch Payton’s iconic team in 2005, will jump back on a KX250F this summer to battle a new breed of young guns.

What a shock! What a pleasure! To see Monster Energy rider John John Florence, the kid who we expect to win at Pipeline and Sunset and Teahupoo and every other wave that tubes and scares us, go to Rio de Jainero, an area that holds some of the most mediocre waves in the world, and win.

With more than 600 people rolling into Monster’s parking lots on Wednesday afternoon - all of them eagerly awaited by an army of Monster Energy volunteers - the gathering immediately took to lines and received test kits, and then subsequently, performed the simple mouth swabs and instantly became “registered” on the official national bone marrow registry - ultimately allowing many to become potential donors.