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▶▶ Bristol Motor Speedway’s half-mile race track traditionally produces the sport’s most intense action and tempers often soar beyond the boiling point, resulting in bent fenders and bruised egos.

Bristol is one of only three short tracks on the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series schedule, along with Richmond and Martinsville. Joey Logano, who here in August 2015, has quickly become one of the most respected short-track racers in NASCAR.

▶▶ Bristol has hosted Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series racing since 1961 and Darrell Waltrip tops the win list with 12. Kyle Busch leads all active drivers with six victories.

race rewind ▶▶ Jimmie Johnson grabbed a rare victory at Bristol Motor Speedway, giving him consecutive wins for the 11th time in his storied career. It was just the second career victory in Thunder Valley for Johnson, who considers it one of his most vexing tracks.

Food City 500 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series – Race No. 8 Start Time: 2:00 p.m. (EDT) Television/Radio: FOX / PRN/SiriusXM 2017 Winner: Jimmie Johnson

track facts LENGTH: .533 MILES (500 LAPS = 266.5 MILES) BACKSTRETCH: 650 FEET FRONTSTRETCH: 650 FEET BANKING IN TURNS: VARIES FROM 24 TO 28 DEGREES BANKING ON STRAIGHTAWAYS: VARIES FROM 4 TO 8 DEGREES FIRST RACE: JULY 30, 1961 – VOLUNTEER 500 MONSTER ENERGY NASCAR CUP SERIES QUALIFYING RECORD: DENNY HAMLIN, AUG. 21, 2015, 131.407 MPH RACE RECORD: CHARLIE GLOTZBACH, JULY 11, 1971, 101.074 MPH

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race preview Kyle Busch is a six-time winner at Bristol Motor Speedway.

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The Crazy Continues Bristol’s Short Track Should Bring Drama

By Jared Turner

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ast Sunday’s Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series race at Texas Motor Speedway was a wild and chaotic affair marred by hard crashes and drama on pit road.

Don’t expect things to calm down at all this weekend at half-mile, high-banked notoriously crazy Bristol Motor Speedway — a .533-mile short track that has been the site of

some of the most exciting and controversial moments in NASCAR history.

They call Bristol “Thunder Valley” and “The Last Great Colosseum” for a reason, so no one will be surprised if the Tennessee short track lives up to its famous monikers in Sunday’s Food City 500.

“Bristol Motor Speedway is one of the best racetracks on the circuit,” said Kyle Busch, a six-time winner in Thunder Valley and the winner of last Sunday’s race in Texas. “All the fans love it because of the excitement, the run-ins and the close-quarter action with all the cars being packed on top of one another bristol preview: april 12, 2018

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race preview Clint Bowyer has to be considered a favorite on Bristol’s short track after winning at Martinsville last month.

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at a half-mile racetrack with us 40 lunatics running around in a tight circle. With the fans, the atmosphere there always makes for a good time.”

Clint Bowyer, who won at .526-mile Martinsville Speedway last month, calls Bristol “a whole different gremlin.”

“Martinsville is like an old Sunday afternoon cruise,” Bowyer said. “You go to Bristol and there’s not room

to breathe. You have to be on your game. Technically, high on my radar. Coming off a short track win, you can’t help but to look forward to Bristol. It’s another place that is so special to all of us because you know how difficult it is to win there.”

Indeed it is. Winning at Bristol requires not only having a terrific car; it also requires being around at the finish — something easier

said than done at a place where fender-banging action is a way of life.

“Bristol is a tough place,” third-year Monster Energy Series driver Chase Elliott said. “It’s very challenging.

You get in traffic a lot, and you get in tough situations.

It’s important to have your car driving well and be able to do something different than a guy ahead of you.”

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race preview pursuit of his first Monster Energy Series win. The same is true for Hendrick Motorsports teammate Alex Bowman, who replaced Dale Earnhardt Jr. in the No. 88 car this season.

Like Elliott, Bowman fully recognizes the challenges that racing at Bristol presents.

“In the race you’ve really just got to stay out of trouble,” said Bowman, whose four previous starts at Bristol came with the underfunded BK Racing and Tommy Baldwin Racing teams. “It’s easy to get in trouble and have stuff go on with a small track where there’s not a lot of room to avoid stuff. You’ve just got to stay out of trouble all day and be there at the end. Track position’s really, really key here, so qualifying is very important. Just getting the car dialed in and handling well in practice is definitely going to be important.”

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Chase Elliott will be looking for his first Cup Series win at Bristol.

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somehow manage to leave The Last Great Colosseum with a big trophy in hand?

“This is one of the coolest places we go, so winning Bristol would be really special,” he said.

Ryan Newman, a veteran driver who is winless in 32 starts in Thunder Valley, agrees with Bowman about the significance of a Bristol

win. A victory here is high on his bucket list. And, of course, there’s no time like the present to get it done.

“You always want to win Bristol,” Newman said. “I mean, it’s nice to survive Bristol with a car all in one piece, but when you get to the end, I think I’d rather be in contention and get the win.”

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▶▶ Kyle Busch has a lot of reason for optimism heading to Bristol. He’s been stellar in 2018. He’s coming off a win at Texas. And he’s a six-time Bristol winner. Beyond any doubt, he’s the favorite going into the weekend. ▶▶ A winner of three of the season’s first seven races, Kevin Harvick continues to be fast everywhere the Monster Energy Series goes. He’s a former winner at Bristol and should factor heavily into the mix come Sunday afternoon. ▶▶ Jimmie Johnson is the defending winner of the Bristol spring race — which makes the seven-time champion worth watching this weekend despite the fact that his performance has been downright dreadful in 2018. ▶▶ It’s hard to count out Clint Bowyer at Bristol, especially after the Stewart-Haas Racing driver’s recent win at Martinsville — the first short track on the 2018 schedule. Bowyer finished second in Thunder Valley one year ago. ▶▶ Although winless in 24 Bristol starts, Martin Truex Jr. is the reigning series champion and has been fast just about everywhere he’s raced in 2018.

Looking for a driver with a chance for a Bristol breakthrough? Look at Truex.

preview predictions Driver To Beat: Kyle Busch Team To Beat: Joe Gibbs Racing Sleeper: Alex Bowman

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no. Driver Pts. Wins

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Kevin Harvick 257 Kyle Busch 316 Martin Truex Jr. 250 Clint Bowyer 249 Austin Dillon 159 Joey Logano 278 Ryan Blaney 265 Brad Keselowski 237 Kurt Busch 224 Denny Hamlin 222 Kyle Larson 202 Erik Jones 193 Aric Almirola 177 Alex Bowman 154 Chase Elliott 148 Paul Menard 146 Ryan Newman 145 William Byron 135 Darrell Wallace Jr. 126 AJ Allmendinger 123 Jimmie Johnson 123 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. 123 Jamie McMurray 122 Chris Buescher 118 Michael McDowell 114 Daniel Suarez 108 Kasey Kahne 98 Trevor Bayne 97 David Ragan 92 Ty Dillon 86 Matt DiBenedetto 75 Gray Gaulding 48 Cole Whitt 55 Jeffrey Earnhardt 28 D.J. Kennington 28 Harrison Rhodes 21 Landon Cassill 17 Mark Thompson 15 Brendan Gaughan 9 Reed Sorenson 9 Danica Patrick 2

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Tyler Reddick 217 Elliott Sadler 228 Christopher Bell 208 Daniel Hemric 203 Justin Allgaier 196 Cole Custer 181 Ryan Truex 179 Spencer Gallagher 174 Matt Tifft 165 Brandon Jones 162 Ryan Reed 161 Ross Chastain 131 Kaz Grala 130 Michael Annett 110 Jeremy Clements 107 Austin Cindric 99 Ryan Sieg 95 Garrett Smithley 94 Alex Labbe 90 Joey Gase 83 Josh Williams 71 Dylan Lupton 65 David Starr 59 J.J. Yeley 53 Vinnie Miller 51 Stephen Leicht 47 Spencer Boyd 47 Jeff Green 31 Chad Finchum 21 Ryan Preece 69 B.J. McLeod 52 Chase Briscoe 48 John H. Nemechek 45 Tommy Joe Martins 39 Kyle Benjamin 34 Josh Bilicki 32 Caesar Bacarella 24 Matt Mills 13 Timmy Hill 13 Mike Harmon 9 Ryan Ellis 7

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Johnny Sauter Brett Moffitt Grant Enfinger Ben Rhodes Noah Gragson Stewart Friesen Matt Crafton Myatt Snider Dalton Sargeant Austin Hill Justin Haley Cody Coughlin Justin Fontaine Wendell Chavous Jordan Anderson Austin Self Robby Lyons Norm Benning Jennifer Cobb Spencer Davis Joe Nemechek Korbin Forrister Parker Kligerman Jesse Little David Gilliland Josh Reaume Todd Gilliland Scott Stenzel Clay Greenfield Timothy Peters Harrison Burton Bo Le Mastus Cory Roper Reid Wilson Dawson Cram Bryan Dauzat Michel Disdier Bayley Currey Tyler Matthews Kyle Donahue Mike Senica

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A Speed crate Surprise Fans Receive Packages in Mail Related to Favorite Drivers

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or NASCAR fans, it’s a lot like Christmas. The only differences? The gifts come 10 months out of the year instead of just one, and they’re wrapped in a Speed Crate instead of a box.

By signing up and picking a driver at the Speed Crate website, https://speedcrate. co/, fans receive a monthly shipment of 4-5 - (3-5) items related to their driver of choice.

Speed Crate delivers right to your front door via the United States postal service.

Monthly subscriptions are priced at just $29.99, and the items in each monthly shipment amount to more than $50 in retail value. Items include apparel (shirts, hats, socks, etc.), accessories (credential holders, car decals, travel coffee mugs, lanyards, koozies, pens, flags, etc.) and much more.

Speed Crate was launched last summer

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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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subscribers. That number has since nearly quadrupled.

“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

introduced at this point.”

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. bristol preview: april 12, 2018

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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.

Perhaps the best news of all? Speed Crate is looking to broaden its inventory even more in the months and years to come.

“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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hall of fame spotlight: ray evernham

Hall of Fame Spotlight: ray evernham

By Keith Waltz

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riven by a passion for automobiles, Ray Evernham started working on race cars at age 15, and the New Jersey native never looked back.

After several years behind the wheel of a modified, Evernham had the opportunity to serve as crew chief and mentor for a young, open-wheel driver from California who was transitioning to NASCAR racing.

Evernham eventually guided Jeff Gordon

Ray Evernham guided Jeff Gordon to 47 NASCAR Cup Series victories during the 1990s. (Photo from ISC Archives via Getty Images)

and the No. 24 Hendrick Motorsports team to three Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series championships in four seasons (1995, 1997 and 1998) and a series-leading 47 victories during the 1990s.

Among their triumphs were two Daytona 500s (1997 and 1999), three Coca-Cola 600s (1994, 1997 and 1998) and two Brickyard 400s (1994 and 1998).

Matching Evernham’s mechanical wizardry was his innovation on pit road. Under his bristol preview: april 12, 2018

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Ray Evernham and the No. 24 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet at the NASCAR Hall of Fame. (Photo by HHP/ Harold Hinson via NASCAR)

direction, the “Rainbow Warriors” redefined the art of the pit stop.

At the end of the 1999 season, Evernham left Gordon and Hendrick Motorsports to become a team owner, leading Dodge’s return to NASCAR racing. His drivers won 13 times before he sold majority ownership of the team in 2007.

Since then, Evernham has dabbled in television work as a NASCAR analyst and host

of “AmeriCarna,” a program focusing on the car culture. He also serves as a consultant to Hendrick Motorsports.

Evernham was inducted into the NASCAR Hall of Fame in January 2018.

Johnson found tremendous success during the second chapter of his racing career. His powerhouse team, based in tiny Ronda, North Carolina, won 132 NASCAR premier series races and six series championships.

Among those who visited Victory Lane in Johnson-prepared race cars were Cale Yarborough, Darrell Waltrip, LeeRoy Yarborough, Neil Bonnett, Terry Labonte and Bill Elliott.

Johnson sold his race team and stepped away from the sport in 1995. He and his wife, Lisa, now live in Charlotte, North Carolina.

Johnson was among the NASCAR Hall of Fame’s inaugural five inductees in 2010. bristol preview: april 12, 2018

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driver profile: spencer gallagher Spencer Gallagher has a pair of top-10 finishes this season.

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The Time to Shine Spencer Gallagher Is on the Rise with GMS Racing

By Joseph Wolkin

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he improvement Spencer Gallagher is seeing with GMS Racing this year is immense. Through a handful of races, his No. 23 team has a pair of top-10s, tying his total from his previous 40 XFINITY Series events.

How would you evaluate the start to your second full XFINITY Series season?

“We’ve been great. It seems like I’m getting to ride a brand-new rocket ship every weekend. These guys at GMS have been busting their butts since the start of

the season. I feel so much more confident unloading every weekend. Chad Norris, our crew chief, is doing a great job during practice and the race, getting us as close to the front as we can.”

What is the biggest difference with this No. 23 team in 2018 compared to last year?

“It’s definitely been a team effort. It’s a combination of things. It’s having the momentum and togetherness of having a group of guys that have been working together for over a year now. It lets you build a copasetic team environment. Another thing has been Chad Norris, who came over from Chip Ganassi Racing. He’s so full of experience, and he is able to give me what I bristol preview: april 12, 2018

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A Team Effort Eggleston Keeps Premium Motorsports In High Gear

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cott Eggleston, team manager for Premium Motorsports, took it upon himself to check out NASCAR on his own just after reaching what some feel is the greatest teenage milestone.

“That was back in the late 1970s at Richmond,” Eggleston said. “I was 16 years old and had just gotten my driver’s license. I had been following NASCAR since I was 8 or 9 by listening to races on the radio through Motor Racing Network.”

Eggleston didn’t set out to work in NASCAR but, rather, turned his attention to motocross

competition and was exposed to Late Model racing at various short tracks around Virginia.

From there, he met noted chassis builder Jay Hedgecock, then with Petty Enterprises.

Eggleston joined the Pettys for several seasons before moving to SABCO Racing, Dale Earnhardt Inc., BAM Racing, MB2 Racing and Front Row Racing and, most recently Premium Motorsports in 2012.

“In the old days, you pretty much did a little bit of everything,” Eggleston said. “Then I became a crew for the first time in 1998.

I’ve pretty much been a crew chief or team manager ever since.”

Eggleston’s job these days is all about organization and making sure there are answers when problems arise.

“I’ve been working as team manager for two years,” Eggleston said. “I was going to retire from racing but they asked me to come over and help them.”

He’s closely involved in the organization’s entire effort in NASCAR. “We have two Camping World Truck teams and most of the time we have two Cup teams at the track.” bristol preview: april 12, 2018

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“I’ve always been a problem-solver, even going back to the crew chief days. I was the person everyone went to for that.

It’s kind of like I had already been doing it. Even though I got away from being a crew chief, I’m still doing it.”

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spotlight NASCAR and Monster Energy will remain partners through 2019.

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Monster Energy extends deal with nascar By staff report

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ASCAR® and Monster Energy have signed an agreement that will extend the entitlement sponsorship of NASCAR’s premier series. The extension keeps NASCAR and Monster Energy partners through 2019. As part of the agreement, the brand also continues as the Official Energy Drink of NASCAR. “NASCAR and Monster Energy enjoyed a productive first year and both parties have benefited significantly from the

partnership,” said Steve Phelps, NASCAR Chief Operating Officer. “Monster Energy successfully utilized our sport as a platform to elevate its brand and drive business, while introducing NASCAR to new audiences. With this renewal, we look forward to building upon our early success.”

“Over the past year, NASCAR’s passionate and brand loyal fan base embraced Monster Energy and we are excited to be able to continue to build on and strengthen that momentum through 2019,” said Rodney Sacks, Monster Beverage Chairman and CEO. “Racing is in our DNA and extending this partnership further establishes Monster Energy’s prominence in motorsports.” bristol preview: april 12, 2018

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The Champ Is Back Bobby Labonte to Race for NASCAR Whelen Euro Series Title NASCAR Release

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he NASCAR Whelen Euro Series is about to get some American flavor.

Bobby Labonte, the first driver to win championships in two different NASCAR national series, will compete fulltime in the NASCAR Whelen Euro Series in 2018 in hopes of adding an international title to his Hall of Fame-worthy career. Labonte will drive the No. 18 Yacco Toyota for RDV Competition.

“Joining the NASCAR Whelen Euro Series is a great opportunity,” said Bobby Labonte.

“At the Brands Hatch race last year, I was

definitely impressed by the competitiveness of the series. The testing we did with Fredric Gabillon last fall and putting this together with Franck Violas and the RDV team gives me a great advantage. Having the opportunity to represent Yacco as a sponsor on a global level just adds to the excitement, and I look forward to all the growth and new opportunities this could bring.”

The NASCAR Hall of Fame nominee made history when he became the first American NASCAR champion to compete in the NASCAR Whelen Euro Series, in 2017. He completed a spectacular comeback at Brands Hatch (United Kingdom) to notch a 10th-place finish in his series debut.

Labonte’s racing experience and success will continue to boost the NASCAR Whelen Euro Series, which has grown into one of the most exciting racing series in Europe.

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spotlight Daniel Suarez suffered an avulsion fracture in his thumb at Texas Motor Speedway.

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Daniel Suarez Is Cleared to Race at Bristol NASCAR Staff Report

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aniel Suarez took to Twitter on Tuesday afternoon to provide fans with an update on his injured thumb. Suarez revealed that he has an avulsion fracture in his left thumb, but has been cleared by a doctor to race in Sunday’s Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series Food City 500 at Bristol.

“I won’t need surgery and it’s not broke,” Suarez said in a video posted to his Twitter account. “But the tendons and ligaments are pretty bad.”

The driver of the No. 19 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota also modeled the brace he will wear on his left hand for the foreseeable future.

Suarez, caught up in Lap 2 wreck at Texas Motor Speedway last Sunday that also involved Alex Bowman, Paul Menard, Austin Dillon and Ross Chastain, posted a video after the race that showed his left hand wrapped in a splint. On Tuesday, a doctor gave it a closer look now that the driver is back in North Carolina.

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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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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,

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The 200-lap Winston Cup event at the 2-mile track was settled between Dale Jarrett, driver of the No. 21 Wood Brothers Ford, and Davey Allison, driver of the No. 28 Robert Yates Ford.

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