Editing Dollar General (section)

==Major sponsorships==
===Auto racing===
[[File:Road America 2013 Nationwide 20 Brian Vickers.jpg|thumb|left|290px|[[Brian Vickers]]' 2013 Nationwide Series car at [[Road America]]]]
For several years, Dollar General has had a connection with motorsports, particularly in [[NASCAR]]. The company has previously been a primary sponsor for [[Joe Gibbs Racing]]. Dollar General sponsored [[Brian Vickers]] in the [[Nationwide Series]] in 2013. Dollar General became a primary sponsor for [[Matt Kenseth]] in the [[Sprint Cup Series]] starting in 2013.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://sports.yahoo.com/news/vickers-run-nationwide-title-jgr-012745351--nascar.html|title=Vickers to run for Nationwide title with JGR|work=[[Yahoo! Sports]]|date=November 7, 2012|access-date=November 7, 2012|archive-date=November 10, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121110115226/http://sports.yahoo.com/news/vickers-run-nationwide-title-jgr-012745351--nascar.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> Dollar General and Turner (formerly Braun Racing) have been partnered together since 2008, with the team previously sponsoring cars for [[Frank Cicci Racing]] and [[Kevin Harvick Incorporated]]. In 2010, Dollar General sponsored some races in the [[NASCAR Truck Series|Truck Series]] for [[Kyle Busch Motorsports]], with [[Kyle Busch]] in the No. 18 [[Toyota Tundra]], and sponsored Kyle Busch's Motorsports No. 51 Toyota Tundra for four races in 2014, with Busch driving three and [[Erik Jones]] driving one.<ref name=kbm31814>{{cite web|title=Dollar General to Sponsor Four Races on No. 51 Tundra in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series|date=March 18, 2014|publisher=Kyle Busch Motosports|url=http://www.kylebuschmotorsports.com/news/entry.php?nid=1059|access-date=March 23, 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140324065731/http://www.kylebuschmotorsports.com/news/entry.php?nid=1059|archive-date=March 24, 2014}}</ref> Dollar General was the title sponsor for Nationwide Series races held in [[Dollar General 300|Charlotte]] every fall, [[Dollar General 300 (Chicagoland)|Chicagoland]] every summer, and [[Dollar General 200|Phoenix]] in the spring. On May 23, 2016, Dollar General announced it would withdraw its sponsorship from NASCAR at the end of the 2016 season.<ref>{{cite web|last=Jensen|first=Tom|url=http://www.foxsports.com/nascar/story/report-dollar-general-sponsor-joe-gibbs-racing-leaving-at-end-of-sprint-cup-season-052316|title=Dollar General leaving Joe Gibbs Racing, NASCAR at end of season|work=[[Fox Sports]]|date=May 23, 2016|access-date=May 23, 2016}}</ref>

Dollar General has also been active in the [[IndyCar Series]] since 2008, serving initially as the primary sponsor for owner/driver [[Sarah Fisher]]'s [[Sarah Fisher Racing]] team.<ref>{{cite press release|title=Dollar General Expands Sarah Fisher IndyCar Sponsorship To Six Races; Texas And Miami Presidents Weigh In|url=http://newscenter.dollargeneral.com/news/dollar-general-expands-sarah-fisher-indycar-sponsorship-to-six-races-texas-and-miami-presidents-weigh-in.htm|access-date=June 4, 2017|archive-date=May 8, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170508031931/http://newscenter.dollargeneral.com/news/dollar-general-expands-sarah-fisher-indycar-sponsorship-to-six-races-texas-and-miami-presidents-weigh-in.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref> In 2010, both Fisher and [[Graham Rahal]] drove part-time for the team, finishing 9th at the [[Honda Grand Prix of St. Petersburg]]. Fisher also led the field at the [[Peak Antifreeze & Motor Oil Indy 300]] at Chicagoland Speedway. In 2011, Dollar General continued to sponsor Sarah Fisher Racing; the team was still part-time, but [[Ed Carpenter (racing driver)|Ed Carpenter]] drove for nines races starting at the [[2011 Indianapolis 500]]. Dollar General ceased its sponsorship of Sarah Fisher Racing in 2012.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Petry|first1=Tori|title=Sarah Fisher isn't slowing down with racing|url=http://www.espn.com/espnw/news-commentary/article/9305935/espnw-sarah-fisher-slowing-racing|access-date=June 4, 2017|publisher=ESPN|date=May 23, 2013}}</ref>

===Sports===
Dollar General became the sponsor of the [[Dollar General Bowl]], formerly the [[GoDaddy]] Bowl, in [[Mobile, Alabama]], on August 17, 2016.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Moriarty|first1=Morgan|title=Yep, the Dollar General Bowl is the new name for the GoDaddy Bowl|url=https://www.sbnation.com/college-football/2016/12/23/14068070/godaddy-bowl-dollar-general-bowl-name-sponsor|access-date=June 21, 2017|publisher=SB Nation|date=December 23, 2016}}</ref> In May 2019, Dollar General withdrew its title sponsorship of the Mobile bowl game.<ref>{{cite web |title=Mobile's college bowl game no longer called 'Dollar General Bowl' |work=WKRG News 5 |date=May 29, 2019 |url=https://www.wkrg.com/sports/mobiles-college-bowl-game-no-longer-called-dollar-general-bowl/ |publisher=WKRG-TV |access-date=September 21, 2019}}</ref>