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5 unusual facts about Budweiser


1985 1000 km of Mosport

The 1985 Budweiser GT was the sixth round of the 1985 World Endurance Championship.

Budweiser NHL Man of the Year Award

The Budweiser NHL Man of the Year Award was sponsored by Anheuser-Busch to award an National Hockey League player based on his sportsmanship and involvement with charitable groups.

Marcus Ashley

He has also appeared in 50 U.S. national and European commercials, including those by Volkswagen, Heineken, Levi's, Budweiser, and Toyota.

Maria-Elena Laas

She has participated in over 90 international commercials and print campaigns, including Miller Lite, Carlsberg, Coors Lite, Budweiser, Ford, and Target.

Robert Harland

While not acting, Harland was employed for many years at the Budweiser plant in Van Nuys, California.


2011–12 Guam Men's Soccer League

2011–12 Guam Men's Soccer League, officially named Budweiser Guam Men's Soccer League due to sponsorship reason, is the association football league of Guam.

2012–13 Guam Men's Soccer League

2012–13 Guam Men's Soccer League, officially named Budweiser Guam Men's Soccer League due to sponsorship reason, is the association football league of Guam.

Armored Trunk Manufacturing Company

Through the 1980s Armored led through innovative specialty luggage packages such as its proprietary brands Alfredo Fettuccini, Sports Network and Luggage Set in a Box and through the licensing of key brands such as Budweiser, Charles Schulz's Snoopy and Friends and the 1984 Olympic Team USA.

Beer in New Jersey

Presently, the state is home to one large-production brewery, Anheuser-Busch in Newark, which opened in 1951 and is used for brewing Budweiser and Rolling Rock.

Buck Knives

Buck Knives has produced art knives for and under license with other companies and organizations such as: the National Rifle Association, the Boy Scouts of America, Colt Firearms, Anheuser-Busch (Budweiser), Republic Studios, Harley Davidson, Indian Motorcycles, Ford Motor Company, Chevy Truck, Elvis Presley Estate, John Wayne Estate, Roy Clark, Purina, NHRA, Monroe Auto and Ducks Unlimited.

Budweiser Frogs

In March 1999 Budweiser released a CD, "Frank & Louie's Greatest Hits," featuring songs such as Sweet Home Alabama, My Sharona, and Rock This Town woven around alternate takes of some of Frank and Louie's radio ads.

Budweiser Gardens

In late 2005, Pollstar magazine, a concert industry publication, listed Budweiser Gardens as 21st on its list of top arena venues in the world, based on ticket sales for the first nine months of 2005.

Chuck Stone

He is the father of Krishna Stone, Allegra Stone and Charles Stone III, creator and star of the Budweiser "Whassup!" television commercials, and director of movies such as Drumline, Mr. 3000, and Paid In Full.

Daryl Hayott

He was a member of the Budweiser Kickboxing Team as was martial artist Billy Blanks.

Freddy Fresh

Fresh's music has also enjoyed commercial success in films such as Austin Powers in Goldmember, Jackie Chan's The Tuxedo and television commercials by Adidas, Budweiser and Coors.

Graham Robertson

In 2000, Robertson, along with co-creator Philip Stark unleased a viral internet spoof, Superfriends Wassup!, a parody of the Budweiser "Whassup" commercial featuring clips from Hanna-Barbera's, Superfriends.

Intra-industry trade

For a very simple example, it could be argued that although a BMW and a Ford are both motor cars, and although a Budweiser and a Heineken are both beers, they are really all different products.

Jamie Marsh

Marsh has appeared in national commercials for brands including Coke, Volkswagen, Budweiser, M&M's and AT&T.

Jason Winer

After college, Winer acted in television commercials for companies such as Budweiser, Nike and Dr Pepper.

John C. Kilkenny

He has also worked as a freelance commercials producer (for clients Budweiser, Toyota, Chevrolet, and many others) and is even known for his work as a sportscaster at the NBC affiliate in El Paso, Texas.

Jon Bond

In 2011, he became the CEO of Big Fuel Communications, a marketing, content distribution, and social media company that served clients including GM, Gatorade, T-Mobile, McDonald's, Budweiser, Yahoo! and more.

Kurt Yaghjian

He has taken part in advertising campaigns for products such as Coca-Cola, Ford Motors, Domino's Pizza, Toyota, Cadillac, Chevrolet, Budweiser and Sprite.

Lorn Brown

Brown also turned his baritone voice toward work in the commercial voice-over field, narrating commercials for Budweiser beer, Ace Hardware, and the National Football League, among others.

Manchester Spartans

In 1989 (coached by Terry Smith - who also coached GB at the time), they won the 1989 Budweiser title where they defeated Birmingham Bulls 21-14.

NASCAR diecast

The cars never printed The NASCAR Winston Cup Series or Bud Pole award logos on the car except on some cars, which would be mounted on A black platform base.

Ohio Brew Week

Some examples of the contests held this past 2011 OBW are "Best Ohio Craft Beer Based Bar-B-Q Sauce", "Best Sauce 'In Show'", "Best Use of Budweiser Genuine BBQ Sauce", "Best Vegetarian BBQ", "Best BBQ Chicken", and "Best BBQ Pork".

Philip Stark

In 2000, along with his friend, animator Graham Robertson, Stark created the popular online cartoon parody of the Budweiser "Whassup" commercial featuring clips from the Superfriends.

Shelley Malil

He is the recipient of a Clio Award (for the Budweiser beer commercials) and a Los Angeles Ovation Award as Best Featured Actor for his performance as Bottom in A Midsummer Night's Dream, and he was nominated for the Los Angeles Ovation Award for his performance in subUrbia.

Steve Klong

After establishing himself as a first-rate session and touring drummer for several years, he also founded The King Klong Music Group, a successful TV and commercial production music house whose clients included Subway, Volkswagen, Budweiser, CSI: Miami, The West Wing, Cold Case, The Amazing Race, NFL Football and many more.

Werner von Clemm

The operation was stumbled upon by mistake by agents of the Treasury Department when they searched a Budweiser beer box being carried by two American soldiers of German descent.

Williams FW27

BMW Williams went into 2005 season with renewed major sponsorships such as Allianz, FedEx, HP, Reuters, ORIS, Hamleys, Budweiser, Petrobras and Castrol.


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