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== History ==
The company was established in 1973 in [[Oklahoma]], when it built the first all-aluminum [[Trailer_(vehicle)#Fifth_Wheel_and_Gooseneck|gooseneck]] livestock trailer. In 1988 the company was acquired by Featherlite Manufacturing of [[Grand Meadow, Minnesota]], relocating to Cresco, Iowa in 1993.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.answers.com/topic/featherlite-inc |title=Featherlite, Inc.: Information from |publisher=Answers.com |date= |accessdate=2010-06-17}}</ref>
The company created the first ever custom aluminum race car semi trailer for [[NASCAR]] racer [[Dale Earnhardt]] and team owner [[Richard Childress]].<ref>{{cite web|last=Aumann|first=Mark|url=http://www.nascar.com/news/120925/ups-game-changer-haulers/index.html|title=Haulers become teams' home away from home|work=[[NASCAR]]|date=2012-09-25|accessdate=2012-10-25}}</ref> Today Featherlite is the official trailer of NASCAR,<ref name="nascar1">{{cite web|url=http://www.nascar.com/guides/sponsors/ |title=Nascar.Com |publisher=Nascar.Com |date= |accessdate=2010-06-17}}</ref> supplying 85% of the [[NASCAR Sprint Cup]] teams.{{Citation needed|date=July 2010}}
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