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TRACK PRIMER Charlotte Motor Speedway plays host to the only 600-mile race on the NASCAR schedule.

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▶▶ NASCAR’s Memorial Day weekend event is a patriotic celebration and the Coca-Cola 600, the sport’s longest race at 600 miles, is a true test of endurance that challenges both man and machine. Hendrick Motorsports should be strong and Jimmie Johnson has four 600 victories. StewartHaas Racing’s Kevin Harvick is certainly expected to be in the mix after posting 600 wins in 2011 and 2013.

▶▶ Jimmie Johnson has the top entry in the Charlotte Motor Speedway record book with eight Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series victories. Kasey Kahne is next among active drivers with four wins.

RACE REWIND ▶▶ Armed with a new crew chief and a gas tank that held just enough fuel to get him to the end of 600 miles, Austin Dillon scored the first Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series victory of his career.

He put the vaunted No. 3 Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet back in Victory Lane for the first time since the 2000 season.

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TRACK FACTS LENGTH: 1.5 MILES (400 LAPS = 600 MILES) BACKSTRETCH: 1,500 FEET FRONTSTRETCH: 1,980 FEET BANKING IN TURNS: 24 DEGREES BANKING ON STRAIGHTAWAYS: 5 DEGREES FIRST RACE: JUNE 19, 1960 – WORLD 600 MONSTER ENERGY NASCAR CUP SERIES QUALIFYING RECORD: KURT BUSCH, OCT. 9, 2014, 198.771 MPH RACE RECORD: MARTIN TRUEX JR., MAY 29, 2016, 160.655 MPH

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Drivers must remain focused for upwards of five hours in the Coca Cola 600.

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LONGEVITY IS KING AT CHARLOTTE THE 600-MILE RACE OFFERS DRIVERS NEW CHALLENGES

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t 600 miles, Sunday night’s Coca-Cola 600 is the longest race on the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series schedule.

For some drivers, the means four-and-a-half or five hours of misery. For others, it means four-and-a-half or five hours of fun.

Like with most anything in life, one’s perspective is largely shaped by his progress.

Drivers who start and finish the 600 with a lot of speed tend not to feel like the race is atypically long. However, those who struggle are more likely to liken the 400-lap event at 1.5-mile Charlotte Motor Speedway to an eternity.

“It depends on what kind of car you have,” 2015 Monster Energy Series champion Kyle Busch said. “I’ve been in races in the 600mile race where it’s felt really easy and short, and I’ve been in races where it’s been a long, drawn-out, knock ’em, sock ’em kind of day.

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Kyle Busch’s pit strategy may have cost him a win at last year’s Coca Cola 600.

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this weekend and it will be a smooth race for us. I like running the 600 miles. I think it brings a new aspect to our sport — it’s longevity.”

Longevity for both the driver and his car. With this race being 100 miles longer than any other race on the schedule, it’s the ultimate test of endurance, stamina, focus and equipment.

“People will say, ‘It’s too long. It’s boring.’ Whatever,”

Busch said. “Well, you know, it’s a part of the product and the history that we’ve had on Memorial Day weekend for a long time that you run that extra hundred miles.

And car preparation goes into that. Will your car make it? Will your engine last?

Are the drivers able to be competitive throughout the whole race? You’ll have fatigue, sometimes, even at a 500-mile race. So, if you don’t

show signs of weakness, you should be pretty good.”

Another consideration is fuel mileage. Last year’s Coke 600 was won by a driver, Austin Dillon, who didn’t have the fastest car, but whose team executed the best strategy when it came to saving and stretching fuel.

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Austin Dillon is looking to repeat as winner of the Coca Cola 600.

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on the track.

Saving fuel for the entire final run, Dillon trailed Jimmie Johnson, who had also stayed out, until the seventime Monster Energy Series champion ran out of gas with less than three laps to go. With Busch and Truex closing in a hurry, Dillon had just enough fuel to get his No. 3 car across the finish line ahead of his pursuers who were on fresher tires and didn’t have to worry about fuel.

“I was pretty confident we

were going to make it on fuel,” said Dillon’s crew chief, Justin Alexander. “I wasn’t 100 percent, obviously, but I felt good about our numbers and everything we were calculating, and I knew the 48 (Johnson) had not been saving most of that run. I had been listening to the radio and knew they didn’t start saving fuel until about 10 or 15 to go. We had started saving with maybe around 30 to go, so I knew they were going to be super close on

fuel, and I knew it was going to be us and him. Or, us or him, I guess, at the end.

“We were trying to push the 48 because we knew we had to beat him, and we had the 78 (Truex) and the 18 (Busch) behind us, chasing us down, so it kind of got really nervewracking there at the end.”

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▶▶ With five wins in 12 races this season, how could Kevin Harvick not be considered the favorite to go to Victory Lane at the Coca-Cola 600 — a race he’s already won twice in his career? ▶▶ Kyle Busch has never won a points-paying race at Charlotte Motor Speedway, but he did win last year’s All-Star Race. If there’s one driver who has proven capable of hanging with Harvick this year, he’s the one. ▶▶ Martin Truex Jr. captured the 2016 Coke 600 in history-making fashion by leading 392 of 400 laps. Last year, he finished third in the 600 and won the fall Charlotte race. He’ll be a major threat this weekend. ▶▶ No driver has been more dominant at Charlotte over the past decadeand-a-half than Jimmie Johnson. The only problem? Johnson has struggled mightily in 2018, and all signs suggest there’s no end in sight. ▶▶ The Coke 600 has been known to produce the occasional surprise winner, as happened last year with Austin Dillon. There’s no driver more capable of being this year’s surprise than Chase Elliott, who finished second at Charlotte last fall.

PREVIEW PREDICTIONS DRIVER TO BEAT: MARTIN TRUEX JR. TEAM TO BEAT: FURNITURE ROW RACING SLEEPER: RYAN BLANEY

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

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KEVIN HARVICK 484 KYLE BUSCH 503 JOEY LOGANO 491 CLINT BOWYER 406 MARTIN TRUEX JR. 376 AUSTIN DILLON 241 BRAD KESELOWSKI 396 KURT BUSCH 393 DENNY HAMLIN 380 RYAN BLANEY 365 KYLE LARSON 356 ARIC ALMIROLA 342 JIMMIE JOHNSON 286 ERIK JONES 285 ALEX BOWMAN 271 CHASE ELLIOTT 266 RICKY STENHOUSE JR. 265 DANIEL SUAREZ 243 PAUL MENARD 240 WILLIAM BYRON 229 RYAN NEWMAN 225 DARRELL WALLACE JR. 207 AJ ALLMENDINGER 200 JAMIE MCMURRAY 194 DAVID RAGAN 191 CHRIS BUESCHER 176 KASEY KAHNE 165 MICHAEL MCDOWELL 158 MATT DIBENEDETTO 153 TY DILLON 148 GRAY GAULDING 84 TREVOR BAYNE 145 COLE WHITT 78 LANDON CASSILL 55 D.J. KENNINGTON 55 REED SORENSON 31 JEFFREY EARNHARDT 28 COREY LAJOIE 28 BRENDAN GAUGHAN 24 HARRISON RHODES 23 MARK THOMPSON 15

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JUSTIN ALLGAIER 368 TYLER REDDICK 363 CHRISTOPHER BELL 349 ELLIOTT SADLER 401 DANIEL HEMRIC 343 COLE CUSTER 323 BRANDON JONES 304 RYAN TRUEX 285 MATT TIFFT 270 RYAN REED 252 AUSTIN CINDRIC 219 ROSS CHASTAIN 208 MICHAEL ANNETT 196 RYAN SIEG 184 ALEX LABBE 166 JEREMY CLEMENTS 158 KAZ GRALA 156 GARRETT SMITHLEY 156 JOEY GASE 154 J.J. YELEY 103 VINNIE MILLER 96 DAVID STARR 90 SPENCER BOYD 76 JEFF GREEN 58 CHAD FINCHUM 38 SPENCER GALLAGHER 277 JOHN H. NEMECHEK 174 RYAN PREECE 126 B.J. MCLEOD 106 JOSH WILLIAMS 97 CHASE BRISCOE 95 DYLAN LUPTON 85 TOMMY JOE MARTINS 83 STEPHEN LEICHT 61 SHANE LEE 58 JOSH BILICKI 58 JEB BURTON 57 TIMMY HILL 36 KYLE BENJAMIN 34 BRANDON BROWN 28 CAESAR BACARELLA 24

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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.

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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.

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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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Alex Bowman has become a popular driver of choice for NASCAR fans who receive Speed Crate shipments.

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HALL OF FAME SPOTLIGHT: BENNY PARSONS

HALL OF FAME SPOTLIGHT: BENNY PARSONS

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enny Parsons spent some time wheeling a taxi cab through the streets of Detroit before eventually becoming a NASCAR champion.

A native of Wilkes County, North Carolina, Parsons’ family relocated to Detroit when he was 19 and he worked for the cab company and gas station owned by his father. That’s

NASCAR champions when he began Jeff Gordon and tagging along to Benny Parsons. local races with a (Photo by Chris Troutman/Getty pair of gas-station Images for NASCAR) customers who owned a race car.

In 1963, Parsons started driving and excelled at the local level before graduating to the ARCA Racing Series, where he won the series championship in 1968 and 1969. NASCAR was the next step.

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Parsons ended up winning 21 NASCAR Cup Series races in 526 starts, and he claimed the 1973 championship in what many consider to be the most dramatic title fight in series history.

His roster of victories includes the 1975 Daytona 500 and Parsons was the first driver to qualify a stock car at more than 200 mph (200.176 mph) at Talladega Superspeedway in 1982.

After hanging up his helmet following the 1988 season, Parsons transitioned

Benny Parsons in into the role of L.G. Dewitt’s No. 72 television analyst Chevrolet. (Photo and he became one from ISC Archives via Getty Images) of the sport’s most popular figures Parsons passed away on Jan. 16, 2007, at the age of 65 following a battle with lung cancer. He was posthumously inducted into the NASCAR Hall of Fame in January 2017.

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DRIVER PROFILE: HARRISON BURTON Harrison Burton is a part-time driver in the Camping World Truck Series. (Photo by Getty Images for NASCAR)

A TASTE OF THE ACTION HARRISON BURTON IS GROWING WITH KBM

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ll it took was six races for Harrison Burton to get his feet wet in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series. Now, the Kyle Busch Motorsports driver is looking to secure his first win, coming off two stellar runs to start his part-time schedule.

What did you learn in your first few races last year that have helped you this year?

“The biggest thing is how the races are run are different with your strategy.

How you approach Truck Series races is

different than how you approach K&N races or Late Model races. It took me a little while to catch up to that, but I think I’m slowly building on that. I feel like I did better at Dover [fifth last weekend] than at Martinsville [fourth in October].”

Do you feel you have an advantage by having the ability to pick at your dad’s brain?

“Not only does he tell me things, but he shows me things that I can do right. Growing up at the racetrack, I watched how much work he put into it, how much he did every day and what it takes. That’s something a lot of drivers don’t understand. It takes a level of dedication, and that’s something I got a grasp of. Even now, I see my dad’s schedule with NBC and he’s just a busy guy who works his butt off, and that’s what you have to do if you want to be a racecar driver.”

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eff Melanson, engine tuner for Gaunt Brothers Racing and driver D.J. Kennington, saw his first NASCAR race at New Hampshire Motor Speedway in 1999.

He was there to show a Pro Truck Series truck spotlighting a division of racing in the northern states. His racing efforts began in Late Models at Lee USA Speedway in Lee, New Hampshire where he sponsored cars and personally worked on them.

Eventually, a venture in a higher division of racing opened the door to set his career in motion.

“The driver and owner I was working for got a Busch North car together,” Melanson said. “A

good friend of mine was on Martin Truex’s team in that series and they called me up needing some help. Everything was fine up there since I had my own business. Still, I decided in 2004 to move to North Carolina to get into (NASCAR). I had friends down here already and they helped me get a job at Fitz Bradshaw Racing.”

He returned home for a time and worked in the automotive field, learning about fuel injected engines in Mercedes, Fords and Jaguars. That opened the door to join NASCAR again when fuel injection came to the sport in 2012.

He has also worked with Wood BrothersJTG Racing, FAS Lane Racing, BK Racing, as well as stints with Triad Engines and Joe Hamilton Engines.

His job at the track can become rather technical.

“After final practice, I check the valve lash (clearance) and make sure all the springs are good,” Melanson said. “I also check the filters to make sure we don’t have any failures coming up. I download the laptop and read the information such as oil pressure, water pressure, RPMs (rounds per minute) and maintain the parameters that we want to maintain. Then look at the fueling to make sure it isn’t running too rich or too lean. You maintain all of that to get through the weekend.”

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JEFF GORDON LEADS FOUR OTHER LEGENDS INTO NASCAR HALL OF FAME

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HARLOTTE, N.C. – In the least surprising racing story of 2018, fourtime Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series champion Jeff Gordon was elected to the NASCAR Hall of Fame on Wednesday in his first year of eligibility.

But Gordon certainly wasn’t the only worthy choice for the Class of 2019. Team owner Jack Roush, a brilliant innovator

Jeff Gordon was elected who has racked to the NASCAR Hall of up victories and Fame in his first year of championships eligibility. (Photo by Getty Images for NASCAR) across a broad spectrum of motorsports, will join Gordon when the stellar class is officially ushered into the Hall on February 1, 2019.

Team owner Roger Penske, who fostered the Hall of Fame career of driver Rusty Wallace and won his first championship in NASCAR’s top division in 2012 with driver Brad Keselowski, will accompany his fellow Ford team owner into the Hall.

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SPOTLIGHT Team owner Jack Roush will also be a member of the Hall of Fame’s 2019 induction class. (Photo by Getty Images for NASCAR)

Davey Allison, winner of 19 Cup races and one of the brightest stars in the sport before he succumbed to injuries suffered in a helicopter crash at Talladega in 1993, joined his father, Bobby Allison, as a member of the NASCAR Hall of Fame.

Alan Kulwicki, whose life was cut short by a plane crash in 1993 less than five months after he became the last driver to win the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series championship as a “privateer,” was the fifth member of the Class of 2019 introduced by NASCAR Chairman and

CEO Brian France.

If ever there was a “lock” for the NASCAR Hall of Fame, Gordon fills that role. Winner of 93 Cup points races—third all-time behind Richard Petty (200) and David Pearson (105) and ahead of Darrell Waltrip (84), Bobby Allison (84), Cale Yarborough (83) and Jimmie Johnson (83)—Gordon drove the No. 24 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet for 797 consecutive races from his debut in 1992 until he bowed out of the ride at the end of the 2015 season.

Now an analyst for FOX Sports, Gordon won four Cup championships, behind only Petty, Johnson and Dale Earnhardt Sr., who share the series record with seven each. Gordon won three Daytona 500s, four straight Southern 500s and a record five Brickyard 400s in his remarkable career.

“Man, I’m on cloud nine,” Gordon said during a televised interview after the announcement.

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“The significance of being there when Rick was inducted and being a part of it earlier this year with Ray, that’s when it really started to sink in with me about how special it would be,” said Gordon, who was named on a record 96 percent of ballots. “They dedicated their whole lives (to racing), and that’s the thing I see as a common thread of anybody that goes into the Hall of Fame.

“They sacrificed everything for racing and for NASCAR, and it became their life. To be honored by going into the Hall of Fame makes it all worthwhile and makes it very, very special.”

Roush, who was named on 70 percent of

Team owner Roger ballots, started Penske, a 2019 Hall of his career in drag Fame class member, racing and sports won the 2012 Cup championship. (Photo by cars but gravitated Getty Images for NASCAR) to NASCAR racing in 1988. An owner with a keen eye for talent, Roush supported the careers of such luminaries as NASCAR Hall of Famer Mark Martin, Kurt Busch, Matt Kenseth, Carl Edwards and Greg Biffle.

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SPOTLIGHT that my name is up there with the 45 people that have already been inducted, with the things that they’ve accomplished.

“It’s rarefied air, and I’ve got to take a while to think about what it all means to me.”

In addition to the 2012 Cup championship, Team Penske has won the 2010 NASCAR Xfinity Series title and four of the last five Xfinity Series owners championships. In addition to his NASCAR accomplishments, Penske has won the Indianapolis 500 16 times as an owner.

“There were many great candidates,” Penske said in a SiriusXM NASCAR Radio interview after the announcement. “This is my day, and I’ll never forget it.”

Wallace was delighted for his former boss.

“I don’t know of anyone that has accomplished as much across all levels of motorsports as Roger Penske,” Wallace said.

“I don’t know of anyone in motorsports that is as respected among all levels of racing and business as Roger.

“He’s my personal mentor and my personal hero. He has helped me immeasurably, both in racing and in business. I can’t say enough about Roger—he’s just an all-around fantastic person.”

Penske was named on 68 percent of the ballots submitted by Voting Panel members.

Davey and Bobby Allison, the only father/son combination to finish 1-2 in the Daytona 500,

are the second father/son duo to be inducted into the NASCAR Hall of Fame, joining Ned and Dale Jarrett.

“It’s was a great feeling of happiness, of weakness and everything,” Bobby Allison said of the moment when France announced his son’s name. “I just had to bend over and get a hold of myself. It was really good news.”

Davey Allison received 63 percent of the vote from panel members.

Kulwicki, who was named on 46 percent of ballots, rallied from a 278-point deficit to win the 1992 series title, edging Bill Elliott by 10 points—then the closest margin in Cup history—after a thrilling season finale at Atlanta in which Davey Allison also had a shot at the championship.

Former NASCAR executive and newsman Jim Hunter received the 2019 Landmark Award for Outstanding Contributions to NASCAR. Known for his rapier wit and wise counsel, Hunter was instrumental in guiding the careers of an abundance of current and former NASCAR stars.

After his days as sports editor of the Columbia (S.C.) Record, Hunter served as public relations director for both Darlington Raceway and Talladega Superspeedway.

He was later named president at Darlington and corporate vice president of International Speedway Corporation, before returning to NASCAR to lead the sport’s PR initiatives.

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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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SPOTLIGHT brand-loyal audience with the medical knowledge to make informed, preventative decisions that directly affect the wellness of their families.

One such area for preventative measures is spinal cord injuries (SCI). The incidence of SCI is highest among persons age 16-30, in whom 53.1 percent of injuries occur; more injuries occur in this age group than all other age groups combined. Males represent 81.2 percent of all report SCIs and 89.8 percent of all sports-related SCIs. Auto accidents are the leading cause of SCI in the United States for people age 65 and younger, while sports and recreation-related SCI injuries primarily affect people under age 29.

“In terms of prevention of these types of injuries, there are simple things a person can do like wearing a seatbelt and making sure all passengers are wearing a seatbelt,” Cormier said. “Make sure all car parts are up to date, and the rearview and side mirrors are adjusted to provide more attention to blind spots. Pay attention to the speed limit, and always avoid drunk driving or driving under

the influence of drugs.”

If a citizen happens to encounter a car accident in which a driver may have suffered a spinal cord injury, Cormier recommends the ABC steps – airway, breathing, circulation.

“When you approach any kind of trauma, it’s important to assess if the person has suffered a neck injury,” Cormier said. “Are they able to move their extremities without any difficulty? Outside of that, it’s important to take in-line cervical precautions by keeping the head in line with the neck and the neck in line with the body. Make sure there are no other red flags.”

For people 65 and older, falls are the leading cause of SCI. Cormier offered some preventative steps to avoid these types of injuries.

“Preventing these falls is about making sure there are no obstacles in the way at home,” Cormier said. “Make sure it’s well lit. Make sure medication doses are appropriate, and the floor is clear of debris. Don’t overly wax the floors without placing appropriate signs to keep free of traffic.”

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SPOTLIGHT INTRODUCING DR. MARK NORMAN HADLEY Dr. Mark Hadley, M.D., is a member of the Motorsports Safety Group Medical Advisory Board and a mentor of Dr. Cormier. He has been actively involved in medical student, resident, and fellow education at UAB and serves as the Director of the Residency Training Program, and the Director of the Neurosurgical Spinal Surgery Fellowship program. He has served as the Medical Director of an active regional Think First Injury Prevention Program and has served as Team Physician to the University of Alabama and the University of Alabama at Birmingham athletic programs.

Dr. Hadley has authored over 200 scientific articles and chapters in medical textbooks. He serves editorial roles for Spine, Nutrition, and several foundations, and serves on the Editorial Boards of Neurosurgery (1999 to present) and Journal of Neurosurgery, Spine (2008 to present).

“Dr. Hadley has been a primary mentor to me,” Cormier said. “I did the majority of my training directly under him in regards to spinal trauma and deformity. He maintains positions on several editorial boards. I am thankful for and have extreme gratitude for what he’s taught me over the years.”

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His tobacco forced a change in the Oliva blends to all Nicaraguan tobacco and improved his quality.

The company’s offerings improved year after year.

By 2005, Oliva was being honored by Cigar Aficionado in its top 10 cigars of the year with the Oliva Serie O Classic scoring a 91. The following year, the Oliva Serie G Cameroon made the list of best cigars of the year with a 91. That same year,

Oliva released its Serie V to great acclaim and in 2007 it was rated 4th best cigar with a 93 rating.

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

was the number 3 cigar of the year for 2017.

In addition, to the highly rated Serie cigars, Oliva also makes the Nub, which also makes the year’s best cigar list. In fact, Oliva cigars have remained on Cigar Aficionado’s top 25 cigars of the year for 12 years straight.

On top of that, Oliva believes in keeping prices in check.

The company’s cigars start at under $4 and go up to about $15. The highly rated Serie V belicoso is just over $8.00 depending on local taxes.

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n May 16, 1992, “The Winston” All-Star race featured two drivers crashing hard under the checkered flag with the winner going to the hospital instead of Victory Lane.

Davey Allison, driver of the Robert Yates Racing Ford, and Kyle Petty, driver of the SABCO Racing Pontiac, endured an intense 70 laps around Charlotte Motor Speedway.

Twenty aggressive drivers battled for a thenrecord $300,000 winner’s purse under the lights for the first time at the 1.5-mile track.

Third-place finisher Dale Earnhardt, driver of the RCR Enterprises Chevrolet, led six of the

last seven laps including the white flag lap. He lost control and slid through turns three and four, leaving the door open for Allison and Petty to battle side by side for the win.

Just before crossing the line, the two cars touched, sending Allison driver-side first into the front stretch wall. He sealed the deal by a bumper’s width but suffered a concussion and bruised lung in the crash and did not go to Victory Lane.

“That year we were winning one week and wrecking the next,” said Larry McReynolds, then crew chief for RYR. “Davey gave it all he had that night. I remember Robert Yates standing there accepting the trophy. We dubbed that car 007 because it was tough.

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KEVIN HARVICK TICKETGUARDIAN 500 KEVIN HARVICK AUTO CLUB 400 MARTIN TRUEX JR. STP 500 CLINT BOWYER O’REILLY AUTO PARTS 500 KYLE BUSCH FOOD CITY 500 KYLE BUSCH TOYOTA OWNERS 400 KYLE BUSCH GEICO 500 JOEY LOGANO AAA 400 DRIVE FOR AUTISM KEVIN HARVICK MENCS RACE AT KANSAS KEVIN HARVICK MENCS ALL-STAR RACE AT CHARLOTTE KEVIN HARVICK COCA-COLA 600 POCONO 400 FIREKEEPERS CASINO 400 TOYOTA/SAVE MART 350 MENCS RACE AT CHICAGOLAND COKE ZERO 400 QUAKER STATE 400 NEW HAMPSHIRE 301 GANDER OUTDOORS 400 GOBOWLING AT THE GLEN MENCS RACE AT MICHIGAN BASS PRO SHOPS NRA NIGHT RACE BOJANGLES’ SOUTHERN 500 BIG MACHINE BRICKYARD 400 SOUTH POINT 400 FEDERATED AUTO PARTS 400 BANK OF AMERICA 500 MENCS AT DOVER ALABAMA 500 HOLLYWOOD CASINO 400 FIRST DATA 500 AAA TEXAS 500 CAN-AM 500 FORD ECOBOOST 400

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2018 SCHEDULE & RESULTS

XFINITY SERIES DATE LOCATION

2/17/18 2/24/18 3/3/18 3/10/18 3/17/18 4/7/18 4/14/18 4/20/18 4/28/18 5/5/18 5/26/18 6/2/18 6/9/18 6/16/18 6/30/18 7/6/18 7/13/18 7/21/18 7/28/18 8/4/18 8/11/18 8/17/18 8/25/18 9/1/18 9/8/18 9/15/18 9/21/18 9/29/18 10/6/18 10/20/18 10/28/18 11/3/18

DAYTONA ATLANTA LAS VEGAS PHOENIX AUTO CLUB TEXAS BRISTOL RICHMOND TALLADEGA DOVER CHARLOTTE POCONO MICHIGAN IOWA CHICAGOLAND DAYTONA KENTUCKY NEW HAMPSHIRE IOWA WATKINS GLEN MID-OHIO BRISTOL ROAD AMERICA DARLINGTON INDIANAPOLIS LAS VEGAS RICHMOND CHARLOTTE DOVER KANSAS MARTINSVILLE TEXAS

TRACK

WINNER

POWERSHARES QQQ 300 TYLER REDDICK RINNAI 250

KEVIN HARVICK BOYD GAMING 300 KYLE LARSON DC SOLAR 200 BRAD KESELOWSKI XFINITY SERIES RACE AT AUTO CLUB KYLE LARSON MY BARIATRIC SOLUTIONS 300 RYAN BLANEY FITZGERALD GLIDER KITS 300 RYAN PREECE TOYOTACARE 250 CHRISTOPHER BELL SPARKS ENERGY 300 SPENCER GALLAGHER ONEMAIN FINANCIAL 200 JUSTIN ALLGAIER HISENSE 4K TV 300 POCONO GREEN 250 LTI PRINTING 250 AMERICAN ETHANOL E15 250 XFINITY SERIES RACE AT CHICAGOLAND COCA-COLA FIRECRACKER 250 ALSCO 300 LAKES REGION 200 U.S. CELLULAR 250 ZIPPO 200 MID-OHIO CHALLENGE FOOD CITY 300 JOHNSONVILLE 180 SPORTS CLIPS HAIRCUTS VFW 200 LILLY DIABETES 250 XFINITY SERIES RACE AT LAS VEGAS GO BOWLING 250 DRIVE FOR THE CURE 300 XFINITY SERIES RACE AT DOVER KANSAS LOTTERY 300 FIRST DATA 500 O’REILLY AUTO PARTS 300

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2018 SCHEDULE & RESULTS

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DATE LOCATION

TRACK

2/16/18 DAYTONA 2/24/18 ATLANTA 3/2/18 LAS VEGAS 3/24/18 MARTINSVILLE 5/4/18 DOVER 5/11/18 KANSAS 5/18/18 CHARLOTTE 6/8/18 TEXAS 6/16/18 IOWA 6/23/18 GATEWAY 6/29/18 CHICAGOLAND 7/12/18 KENTUCKY 7/18/18 ELDORA 7/28/18 POCONO 8/11/18 MICHIGAN //15/18 BRISTOL 8/26/18 CANADIAN 9/14/18 LAS VEGAS 10/13/18 TALLADEGA 10/27/18 MARTINSVILLE 11/2/18 TEXAS 11/9/18 PHOENIX 11/16/18 HOMESTEAD-MIAMI

NEXTERA ENERGY RESOURCES 250 JOHNNY SAUTER ACTIVE PEST CONTROL 200 BRETT MOFFITT CAMPING WORLD TRUCK SERIES RACE AT LAS VEGAS KYLE BUSCH ALPHA ENERGY SOLUTIONS 250 JOHN H. NEMECHEK CAMPING WORLD TRUCK SERIES RACE AT DOVER JOHNNY SAUTER CAMPING WORLD TRUCK SERIES RACE AT KANSAS NOAH GRAGSON NORTH CAROLINA EDUCATION LOTTERY 200 RATTLESNAKE 400 IOWA 200 CAMPING WORLD TRUCK SERIES RACE AT GATEWAY CAMPING WORLD TRUCK SERIES RACE AT CHICAGOLAND CAMPING WORLD TRUCK SERIES RACE AT KENTUCKY ELDORA DIRT DERBY GANDER OUTDOORS 150 CAMPING WORLD TRUCK SERIES RACE AT MICHIGAN UNOH 200 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 250 CAMPING WORLD TRUCK SERIES RACE AT LAS VEGAS FRED’S 250 POWERED BY COCA-COLA TEXAS ROADHOUSE 200 JAG METALS 350 LUCAS OIL 150 FORD ECOBOOST 200

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2018 SCHEDULE & RESULTS

K&N PRO SERIES EAST DATE TRACK

2/11/18 4/14/18 4/28/18 5/12/18 5/12/18 6/2/18 6/16/18 7/14/18 7/21/18 7/27/18 8/3/18 8/24/18 9/22/18 10/5/18

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WINNER

DATE TRACK

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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

WHELEN MODIFIED DATE TRACK

3/17/18 4/8/18 4/29/18 6/2/18 6/13/18 6/23/18 7/7/18 7/20/18 7/21/18 8/3/18 8/8/18 8/15/18 9/1/18 9/8/18 9/22/18 9/30/18

MYRTLE BEACH THOMPSON STAFFORD SEEKONK THOMPSON LANGLEY RIVERHEAD NEW HAMPSHIRE NEW HAMPSHIRE STAFFORD THOMPSON BRISTOL OSWEGO RIVERHEAD NEW HAMPSHIRE STAFFORD

K&N PRO SERIES WEST KERN TUCSON ORANGE COLORADO SONOMA DOUGLAS SPOKANE IOWA EVERGREEN GATEWAY LAS VEGAS MERIDIAN ALL AMERICAN KERN

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DATE TRACK

JON MCKENNEDY JUSTIN BONSIGNORE RYAN PREECE

5/20/18 6/16/18 6/30/18 7/14/18 7/25/18 7/28/18 8/12/18 8/18/18 8/26/18 9/8/18 9/22/18 9/29/18

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CANADIAN JUKASA AUTODROME PINTY’S TORONTO WYANT EDMONTON CIRCUIT TROIS-RIVIERES ANTIGONISH, N.S. CANADIAN ST. EUSTACHE, QUE. NEW HAMPSHIRE HAMILTON, ONT.

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WHELEN EURO SERIES DATE TRACK

4/13/18 4/14/18 4/15/18 5/18/18 5/19/18 5/20/18 6/9/18 6/10/18 6/30/18 7/1/18 9/14/18 9/15/18 9/16/18 10/19/18 10/20/18 10/21/18

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