UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, DC 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the

Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of report (Date of earliest event reported): January 18, 2010

GAINSCO, INC.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

Texas

001-09828

75-1617013

(State or Other Jurisdiction

of Incorporation)

(Commission

File Number)

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)


3333 Lee Parkway, Suite 1200, Dallas, Texas		75219
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)		(Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (972) 629-4400

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Section 1—Registrant’s Business and Operations

Item 1.01.

Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.

On January 18, 2010, the Corporate Governance Committee of the Board of Directors of GAINSCO, INC. (“the “Company”) authorized the Company to enter into a Sponsorship Agreement with Stallings Capital Group Consultants, Ltd. dba Bob Stallings Racing (“Stallings Racing”), to continue the Company’s role as the primary sponsor of a Daytona Prototype Series racing team through December 31, 2010. The Sponsorship Agreement provides that, in consideration of the payment by the Company of a sponsorship fee of $750,000, the Company will receive various benefits customary for sponsors of Daytona Prototype Series racing teams, including rights relating to signage on team equipment and access for customers and agents to race facilities at which the racing team participates. The fee is payable in an initial installment of $350,000 due on February 1, 2010 and ten equal monthly installments of $40,000 beginning March 1, 2010.

The Company uses this sponsorship to build brand awareness and advance the Company’s distribution strategies. The new Sponsorship Agreement is effective January 1, 2010 and replaces a similar agreement that was effective through December 31, 2009.

Stallings Racing is owned and controlled by Robert W. Stallings, the Executive Chairman of the Company. The Corporate Governance Committee is composed of three independent directors of the Company and is empowered to review and approve or disapprove, or impose conditions on, any transaction or series of transactions involving the Company and any related party. Mr. Stallings did not participate in the deliberations regarding the Sponsorship Agreement.

In authorizing the agreement, the Corporate Governance Committee considered Mr. Stallings’ role and concluded that, under the circumstances, the Sponsorship Agreement is fair to, and in the best interests of, the Company. The Sponsorship Agreement contains provisions protecting the Company’s interests, including a termination provision that permits the Company unilaterally to terminate the agreement at any time and thereby cease making installment payments of the sponsorship fee.

A copy of the Sponsorship Agreement is attached hereto as Exhibit 10.41. The foregoing description of such document is only a summary and is qualified in the entirety by the full text of the agreement, which is incorporated by reference herein.

Section 9—Financial Statements and Exhibits

Item 9.01.

Financial Statements and Exhibits.


Exhibit Number		Description of Exhibit

10.41		Sponsorship Agreement effective January 1, 2010, by and between Stallings Capital Group Consultants, Ltd. and GAINSCO, INC. (1)

(1)	Filed herewith

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Company has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

GAINSCO, INC.

/S/ GLENN W. ANDERSON

Glenn W. Anderson,

President and Chief Executive Officer

DATED: January 21, 2010

EXHIBIT INDEX


Exhibit No.		Exhibit

10.41		Sponsorship Agreement effective January 1, 2010, by and between Stallings Capital Group Consultants, Ltd. and GAINSCO, INC. (1)

(1)	Filed herewith

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