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BACK ON THE BOARD. Joey Logano’s victory in the GEICO 500 at Talladega Superspeedway broke a dry spell of 36 races dating to the No. 22 team’s victory at Richmond last year, one which incurred a post-race penalty.

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THE FORDS ARE VIRTUALLY UNBEATABLE AT ‘DEGA

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t seemed almost inevitable that a Ford driver was going to win Sunday’s race at Talladega. Consider: Coming into the weekend, the Blue Oval boys had won the past five races and six out of the past seven races at the 2.66-mile track. Then, after Ford drivers swept the row in qualifying, the possibility of a Ford driver winning on Sunday seemed even more likely. Once the green flag waved, nothing happened to dispel the notion that Ford — at least for the time being — has a major stronghold on the high-banked Alabama track. Ford drivers led the vast majority of the laps, with only three non-Ford drivers spending more than 10 laps out front. When the checkered flag waved, Ford drivers accounted for six of the top seven finishers. Race winner Joey Logano, whose Ford edged out of the Ford of second-place finisher Kurt Busch, led a race-high 70 laps.

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4 TEAM PENSKE’S DRIVERS ARE GREAT WITH PLATES

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he least surprising outcome of Sunday’s race was probably the fact that a Team Penske car went to Victory Lane. With Joey Logano’s latest victory at Talladega, Team Penske drivers have now won six of the past eight races at the 2.66-mile track. In the past four years, Logano and teammate Brad Keselowski also each have a victory at Daytona. So, does team owner Roger Penske think his drivers are the best restrictor plate racers in the sport right now? “Look, there’s been a lot of good plate racers,” Penske said. “Certainly when you look at the guys that are out there today, our guys are at the top of the game. I think anybody would say that across the garage area, the drivers and team owners and crew chiefs. Look, there’s always somebody else that might win a race. I certainly feel good about the team we have.”

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hile Sunday’s race at Talladega featured two multi-car wrecks, including a 14-car melee triggered when Jimmie Johnson’s car broke free in the middle of a big pack, the race was tame

by Talladega standards. Perhaps even more incredible than the dearth of major accidents was the fact that one driver — race winner Joey Logano — led the final 42 laps. That’s pretty crazy when considering that a late-race pass for the lead at Talladega is almost as predictable as the sun coming up in the morning. “Once they got two-wide [behind me], I felt better with it,” Logano said of the drivers in the pack of cars that spent the final laps bearing down on his back bumper. “Their runs don’t usually come as quickly when cars are two-wide. Once they got to two-wide, I felt like maybe I was in a little better shape, maybe just different overall.”

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fter going airborne and flipping violently down the Talladega backstretch during a Friday practice session, Jamie McMurray emerged from his battered vehicle uninjured. That he walked away without a scratch is another testament to the safety of today’s cars. “A wild ride, but thankful for all that our team and NASCAR does to make these cars as safe as possible,” McMurray tweeted. McMurray was also thankful that his demolished machine landed on four wheels.

“Honestly, the whole time it’s flipping I was like, ‘Just please land on the right way up so I can get out,’” he said. “You just never know if there is going to be a fire. We literally had only run four or five laps, so you know you have a full tank of fuel. To get out upside down, I’ve never done that, but it’s a challenge when you watch guys try to do that.”

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5 LESSONS LEARNED

1 JOEY LOGANO’S RETURN TO TOP FORM IS COMPLETE

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fter having his win last year at Richmond declared “encumbered” by NASCAR and then going on to miss the playoffs, Joey Logano will likely look back on 2017 as one of his most disappointing seasons as a Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series driver. Thankfully for him, 2017 is feeling more and more like a distant memory. Logano’s already stellar start to 2018 soared to even greater heights with his victory on Sunday at Talladega, where he led a racehigh 70 laps on the way to ending a drought that had lasted a little more than a year. With each passing week, Logano is looking a lot more like the driver who finished as championship runner-up in 2016 than the driver who missed the playoffs 2017. “It’s been a great — it’s been 10 races so far this year,” Logano said. “We’ve been consistent.

We’ve been getting better every week.”

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he most surprising development of Talladega race week came two days before the first car got on track. Just thank Roush Fenway Racing and Matt Kenseth, who announced that Kenseth would be coming out of retirement to run select events this season in RFR’s No. 6 Ford that has been driven exclusively by Trevor Bayne up until this point in the year.

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‘DEGA WIN CARRIED SPECIAL MEANING FOR LOGANO The most feel-good moment of the weekend at Talladega came in Victory Lane where Joey Logano and his wife, Brittany, were able to celebrate a win for the first time since becoming parents back in January. Just

getting to share Matt Kenseth should help increase interest in Cup the occasion Series races this season. with his wife GETTY IMAGES and young son, Hudson, meant so much to Logano. “I may have cried a little bit,” Logano admitted. “It’s just cool, you know. It’s a different feeling. Everyone always says, ‘You won’t understand until you have kids.’ I always kind of shook my head and said, ‘OK.’ Now having a little guy, seeing him there, he may not remember, but for me, that was very special.”

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2018 NASCAR SERIES STANDINGS MONSTER ENERGY NASCAR CUP SERIES NO. DRIVER

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KYLE BUSCH 447 KEVIN HARVICK 366 JOEY LOGANO 417 CLINT BOWYER 335 MARTIN TRUEX JR. 303 AUSTIN DILLON 210 KURT BUSCH 320 BRAD KESELOWSKI 317 DENNY HAMLIN 314 RYAN BLANEY 313 KYLE LARSON 280 ARIC ALMIROLA 278 ALEX BOWMAN 238 ERIK JONES 234 JIMMIE JOHNSON 230 RICKY STENHOUSE JR. 217 RYAN NEWMAN 214 CHASE ELLIOTT 209 PAUL MENARD 206 WILLIAM BYRON 202 DANIEL SUAREZ 188 DARRELL WALLACE JR. 181 JAMIE MCMURRAY 167 AJ ALLMENDINGER 163 DAVID RAGAN 157 CHRIS BUESCHER 156 TY DILLON 134 MATT DIBENEDETTO 130 KASEY KAHNE 129 TREVOR BAYNE 127 MICHAEL MCDOWELL 126 GRAY GAULDING 69 COLE WHITT 78 D.J. KENNINGTON 55 LANDON CASSILL 37 JEFFREY EARNHARDT 28 BRENDAN GAUGHAN 24 HARRISON RHODES 23 REED SORENSON 16 MARK THOMPSON 15 COREY LAJOIE 14

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TYLER REDDICK 316 CHRISTOPHER BELL 307 SPENCER GALLAGHER 277 ELLIOTT SADLER 356 JUSTIN ALLGAIER 309 COLE CUSTER 299 DANIEL HEMRIC 297 BRANDON JONES 269 RYAN TRUEX 251 MATT TIFFT 235 RYAN REED 234 ROSS CHASTAIN 185 AUSTIN CINDRIC 178 MICHAEL ANNETT 173 RYAN SIEG 164 KAZ GRALA 155 GARRETT SMITHLEY 151 ALEX LABBE 150 JEREMY CLEMENTS 139 JOEY GASE 137 J.J. YELEY 102 VINNIE MILLER 81 DAVID STARR 79 SPENCER BOYD 69 JEFF GREEN 57 CHAD FINCHUM 26 JOHN H. NEMECHEK 147 RYAN PREECE 126 JOSH WILLIAMS 97 CHASE BRISCOE 95 B.J. MCLEOD 92 TOMMY JOE MARTINS 83 DYLAN LUPTON 72 SHANE LEE 58 STEPHEN LEICHT 57 JOSH BILICKI 50 KYLE BENJAMIN 34 TIMMY HILL 34 JEB BURTON 32 CAESAR BACARELLA 24 BRANDON BROWN 19

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SPECIAL DELIVERY: A fan of Ryan Blaney could receive a Speed Crate package that includes 4-5 items such as shirts, hats, socks, credential holders, car decals, travel coffee mugs, lanyards, pens or flags. Courtesy Photo

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“We’re really growing every day, which is really cool to see,” Cox said. “We know that we’ve really just scratched the surface of where we can go with it, because every day we have people inquiring, ‘What is Speed Crate? Where do I sign up?’ And all that stuff. So, we’re still really just being

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Fans never know exactly what they will find in a Speed Crate. They just know that all products in a Speed Crate come from officially licensed NASCAR partners and manufacturers.

“It changes every month,” Cox said. “We don’t do any duplicates. Our big thing is we’re not going to send you the same item twice.”

While Speed Crate’s inventory of NASCAR collectibles and paraphernalia is made up mostly of items you might find in souvenir trailers at the track, Speed Crate has expanded this season to include more custom-style merchandise. – a large portion of the items are actually not available at the track and many are custom so they cannot be found any where besides Speed Crate, not online or at the track For example, Alex Bowman — the new driver of the No. 88 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet — recently donated some autographed Hero Cards that 10 lucky fans would receive in a future Speed Crate.

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SPOTLIGHT “We think that the more we can just provide really cool products that fans want, the more Speed Crate will grow,” Cox said.

“That’s kind of what we’re doing.”

Speed Crate originally featured just 12 drivers from whom subscribers could choose. Now there are 20 active drivers and one retired driver — NASCAR’s 15-time most popular driver, Dale Earnhardt Jr. Subscriptions are on a month-to-month basis, and subscribers are free to change drivers at any time. Tired of getting Chase Elliott gear, for example? You can switch to Brad Keselowski or someone else with a simple click — and not be charged extra. Speed Crate ships items FebruaryNovember and takes a break in December and January to beef up its inventory for the upcoming NASCAR season.

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“People want die-casts and some other items that aren’t the easiest to get, and we’re working hard to make that happen,” Cox said. “We’re listening to the feedback and making sure we’re kind of adjusting with what people want to see.”

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Dr. Jason Cormier has helped MSG provide a comprehensive, grassroots marketing campaign focused on preventative health care education and wellness training.

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otorsports Safety Group is a collaboration of innovators in the sport who are determined to improve the safety of racing. MSG shares tips for race car drivers and fans to help avoid injuries during races and practice sessions.

Acknowledged as one of the country’s leading neurosurgeons, Dr. Jason Cormier has helped MSG provide a comprehensive, grassroots marketing campaign focused on preventative health care education and wellness training.

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race fans in their growing role as health care consumers, the objective is to influence behavioral changes, to provide racing’s brand-loyal audience with the medical knowledge to make informed, preventative decisions that directly affect the wellness of their families.

“From the perspective of the fan, the first question to ask is whether you packed appropriately to prepare for the racetrack,” Cormier said. “Your health doesn’t start with us; it starts with you. Did you show up hydrated on a hot day? Did you consume anything that might be detrimental to your health like fried foods, processed foods or alcoholic beverages on an empty stomach.

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In addition to being a racing fan, Cormier also races go-karts at top speeds of up to 130 mph. He has established relationships with multiple racing organizations, such as ARCA, NASCAR and Formula 1. His collaboration with other safety organizations like the International Council of Motorsports Sciences, Motorsports Safety Education Foundation, After the Impact Fund, Race Go Safer, and Think First has created an important platform for an ever-growing prosperity of safety informational exchange.

“I still race professionally, so my goal is to provide safety tips to drivers, pit crew and loyal fans that come out every weekend,” Cormier said. “While the sport has dangers, we can take precautions to provide a measure of safety.”

With his surgical background, Cormier has been able to engage companies to establish new technologies to diagnose and rehabilitate head injuries. He is now focusing his efforts on prevention.

One particular piece of technology that has Cormier excited is Q30 Innovations’ Q-Collar.

Q-Collar’s technology has been approved for sale in Canada, where it is being marketed as the Bauer Neuroshield. The company has been around for more than seven years,

and the data collection remains third party.

This means that the company is unable to manipulate the data, which ensures the accuracy of the efficacy and outcomes.

This promising research into concussion prevention is inspired by human yawns, woodpecker tongues and mountain-dwelling rams. The manifestation of this work is the novel Q-Collar, a device worn around the neck that works by enhancing the brain’s own physiology by lightly compressing the jugular vein to increase blood volume in the skull.

That may help prevent the brain from moving around within the skull and thus could reduce traumatic brain injuries.

The Q-Collar is actively being evaluated with consideration for its involvement in motorsports. The Q-Collar is already worn by professional athletes in other forms of high contact sports like football, hockey, soccer and even the military.

“I am particularly excited with the possibility of driver athletes, in varying age groups, being able to embrace this novel technology,” Cormier said. “There are exciting nuances with the collar that we think could have an important role with regards to helping on the preventive side of concussions, and part of the technology is established on nature’s physiological advantages found in other animals and human beings.

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of pressure over the neck muscles which, in effect, engages a ligament to react similarly to what a battle ram experiences. In the battle ram, this band causes a small reduction in blood flow from the brain which creates an internal air bag, which apparently protects this species from brain injuries.”

Through Cormier’s work with racecar drivers, he has found that very few have the desire to alter their racing styles, so preventative measures are best taken before the racing begins.

“We deal with brain injuries all the time,

ranging from mild to more severe,” Cormier said. “Those predispose you to the longterm effects of brain injury. The diagnosis of concussions is certainly key to taking the racer athlete out of the contest and providing rest. The appropriate rest will help provide longevity in the sport and additionally create an environment whereby transitioning into retirement occurs with their faculties intact.

This allows one to both enjoy and remember their retirement. That’s something we’re promoting from the Motorsports Safety Group standpoint.”

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The company’s offerings improved year after year.

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Oliva cigars continually ranks as one of the best cigars of the year. In 2012, the family released a new Serie V the Melanio edition to honor the man who started it all. Two years later in 2014, the Serie V Melanio would be named the Cigar of the Year with a 96 rating! Near perfection. Just this year, the Serie V rated a 95 and

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3/15/18 5/5/18 5/19/18 6/9/18 6/23/18 6/30/18 7/15/18 7/27/18 8/11/18 8/24/18 9/13/18 9/29/18 10/13/18 10/27/18

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DEREK KRAUS

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