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TRACK PRIMER Sonoma Raceway1.99-mile race on the NASCAR schedule.

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POLE QUALIFYING MONSTER ENERGY NASCAR CUP SERIES QUALIFYING START TIME: 11:45 A.M. (PDT) TELEVISION/RADIO: FOX SPORTS 1 / PERFORMANCE RACING NETWORK 2017 POLE WINNER: KYLE LARSON

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▶▶ Only three of the season’s 36 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series races are on road courses and the serpentine circuit at Sonoma Raceway has been part of the schedule since 1989. Expect Clint Bowyer to be in the hunt. He set the race record in 2012 and won poles at Sonoma in back-toback years in 2013 and 2014. AJ Allmendinger is also typically a factor on the road course. He won this race in 2014 to earn a Chase berth, and also earned the pole here in 2015.

▶▶ California native Jeff Gordon leads the Sonoma Raceway win list with five victories. Kurt Busch is tops among active drivers with two victories.

RACE REWIND ▶▶ Kevin Harvick picked up his first win of the season and second road course win in his career as he took the checkered flag at Sonoma in the Toyota/ Save Mart 350. The 41-year-old Bakersfield native swept the weekend – also winning the Carneros 200 K&N Pro Series West race on Saturday.

CARNEROS 200 NASCAR K&N PRO SERIES WEST – RACE NO. 8 START TIME: 1:30 P.M. (PDT) TELEVISION/RADIO: NBCSN / PERFORMANCE RACING NETWORK 2017 WINNER: KEVIN HARVICK

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TRACK FACTS LENGTH: 1.99 MILES (110 LAPS = 219 MILES/350 KILOMETERS) LAYOUT: 10-TURN ROAD COURSE FIRST RACE: JUNE 11, 1989 – BANQUET 300 MONSTER ENERGY NASCAR CUP SERIES QUALIFYING RECORD: KYLE LARSON, JUNE 27, 2015, 96.568 MPH RACE RECORD: CLINT BOWYER, JUNE 24, 2012, 83.624 MPH

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Kyle Busch has two career wins at Sonoma.

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THROWN FOR A LOOP NASCAR DRIVERS WILL BE TESTED ON SONOMA’S ROAD COURSE

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he first of three road courses on the 2018 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series schedule, Sonoma Raceway presents a challenge far different than any that drivers and teams have faced this season.

In addition to being tricky to navigate, the 1.99-mile, 12-turn layout in Northern California’s Wine Country will inevitably bring

about an array of pit strategies — some of them quite unorthodox — as many crew chiefs may sacrifice fresh tires for track position due to the dearth of optimal places to execute a pass.

Given the variety of pit strategies in play and the fact that limited passing opportunities tend to breed increased aggression, Sunday’s 110-lap race could be one of the most exciting of the entire season. Recent history at Sonoma certainly suggests as much.

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Kyle Larson holds the qualifying record at Sonoma.

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NASCAR analyst. “Don’t get me wrong; aerodynamics is part of the equation there, but it’s nothing like what you experience at the mile-and-ahalf and two-mile tracks, and it’s just good, hard racing.

Over the last 10 or 12 years, I don’t think anybody could say we did not have a really good race at Sonoma. But I just think the competition has really ramped up because everybody puts a big effort into their road course program.”

As for the keys to success at Sonoma, driver Aric Almirola offered a succinct answer: “Patience and lots of rear grip.”

Almirola failed to mention pit strategy and fast pit stops, but others certainly did.

“It’s really hard to pass at Sonoma, and really it’s tough to pass anywhere, so pit stops are extremely important at every racetrack,” driver Kyle Larson said. “So, having a fast pit crew and fast pit stops to pass people on pit road, that’s the easiest place to pass.”

That’s especially true at Sonoma, a track made even more complicated by its more than 160 feet of elevation change from its highest point (Turn 3a, 174 feet) to its lowest point (Turn 10, 14 feet).

“With stage racing, there are so many races now where there really is no strategy,” said driver Kasey Kahne, a former Sonoma winner.

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One-time Sonoma winner Kasey Kahne is looking forward to the varying strategies at Sonoma.

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there are definitely different strategies there, and it’s pretty neat how that works.

I think as far as pit crews go, they know that every time we come down pit road, it’s huge and it means so much.

Strategy will be different at Sonoma, and that can play into your pit stops being better or worse and being a bigger part of your outcome and your final result.”

Complex strategies can open the door for drivers who

wouldn’t typically run up front to potentially challenge for a win or at least a strong result.

“The equipment still shows up a lot at the road courses, but the driver can maybe make up for it a little bit more than at some other places,” said Matt DiBenedetto, whose Go Fas Racing team is one of the Monster Energy Series’ lower-budget operations.

“At Sonoma, I feel like we can have a shot at running better based on strategy, no

mistakes, keeping the car on the track all day and just kind of outracing more people than we normally would, and being smarter than some others.

“A lot of crazy stuff happens on the road course, so I think that’s how we can run better than at some other places.

If you just have a solid day and play a smart strategy and you keep all four tires on the racetrack all day, you’re probably going to have a really good finish.”

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▶▶ The driver who is the most recent Sonoma winner is also the driver who leads the Monster Energy Series in wins this season, with five. That driver is Bakersfield, California native Kevin Harvick, who always enjoys returning to his home state. ▶▶ A two-time Sonoma winner, Kyle Busch has been stellar at almost every track where his No. 18 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota has unloaded this season. Sonoma, where Busch most recently won in 2015, should be no different. ▶▶ Although still in search of his first Sonoma win, AJ Allmendinger has a golden opportunity to steal one every time NASCAR visits the Golden State. The former open-wheel driver’s lone Cup victory to date came on the road course at Watkins Glen. ▶▶ Enjoying a 2018 resurgence highlighted by two victories, the most recent coming two weekends ago at Michigan when the Monster Energy Series last convened, 2012 Sonoma winner Clint Bowyer is one of NASCAR’s best road racers. ▶▶ When it comes to Sonoma, it would be foolish to overlook reigning Monster Energy Series champion Martin Truex Jr., who won at the Northern California road course in 2013 and went to Victory Lane at Watkins Glen last summer.

PREVIEW PREDICTIONS DRIVER TO BEAT: KEVIN HARVICK TEAM TO BEAT: STEWART-HAAS RACING SLEEPER: AJ ALLMENDINGER

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

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KEVIN HARVICK 589 KYLE BUSCH 664 CLINT BOWYER 510 MARTIN TRUEX JR. 506 JOEY LOGANO 566 AUSTIN DILLON 292 BRAD KESELOWSKI 514 KURT BUSCH 493 DENNY HAMLIN 468 RYAN BLANEY 457 KYLE LARSON 443 ARIC ALMIROLA 433 JIMMIE JOHNSON 377 CHASE ELLIOTT 362 ERIK JONES 346 ALEX BOWMAN 331 RICKY STENHOUSE JR. 327 PAUL MENARD 327 JAMIE MCMURRAY 283 WILLIAM BYRON 277 DANIEL SUAREZ 265 RYAN NEWMAN 257 AJ ALLMENDINGER 249 DARRELL WALLACE JR. 247 DAVID RAGAN 225 CHRIS BUESCHER 217 MICHAEL MCDOWELL 205 KASEY KAHNE 201 TY DILLON 194 MATT DIBENEDETTO 156 GRAY GAULDING 100 TREVOR BAYNE 145 COLE WHITT 85 LANDON CASSILL 75 D.J. KENNINGTON 58 MATT KENSETH 49 COREY LAJOIE 49 JEFFREY EARNHARDT 35 REED SORENSON 31 BRENDAN GAUGHAN 24 HARRISON RHODES 23

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TYLER REDDICK 440 CHRISTOPHER BELL 423 JUSTIN ALLGAIER 393 ELLIOTT SADLER 495 COLE CUSTER 454 DANIEL HEMRIC 446 BRANDON JONES 387 RYAN TRUEX 385 MATT TIFFT 351 RYAN REED 333 AUSTIN CINDRIC 306 ROSS CHASTAIN 273 RYAN SIEG 246 MICHAEL ANNETT 243 KAZ GRALA 238 JEREMY CLEMENTS 204 GARRETT SMITHLEY 201 JOEY GASE 193 ALEX LABBE 189 DAVID STARR 128 J.J. YELEY 124 VINNIE MILLER 123 SPENCER BOYD 116 JEFF GREEN 61 SPENCER GALLAGHER 277 JOHN H. NEMECHEK 248 B.J. MCLEOD 131 RYAN PREECE 126 CHASE BRISCOE 123 TOMMY JOE MARTINS 121 JOSH WILLIAMS 119 DYLAN LUPTON 103 JOSH BILICKI 88 SHANE LEE 83 STEPHEN LEICHT 61 JEB BURTON 57 CHAD FINCHUM 53 TIMMY HILL 50 KYLE BENJAMIN 34 RAY BLACK JR. 28 BRANDON BROWN 28

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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

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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HALL OF FAME SPOTLIGHT: DALE JARRETT

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ale Jarrett, the youngest son of twotime NASCAR Cup Series champion Ned Jarrett, walked away from a possible career as a professional golfer to follow in his father’s footsteps.

Born on Nov. 26, 1956, Jarrett spent much of his childhood traveling to races with his family and then working at the race track

Dale Jarrett in May the elder Jarrett 2013 after being managed in Hickory, selected for induction North Carolina. into the NASCAR Hall of Fame. (Photo by Dale Jarrett was Streeter Lecka/Getty introduced to golf Images via NASCAR) at the age of 12 and eventually led his high school team to three consecutive conference titles. After graduation, he declined a scholarship to play golf for the University of South Carolina because he wanted to pursue a racing career.

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In April 1977, Jarrett got behind the wheel of a limited sportsman car and began his climb through the local divisions and eventually to NASCAR’s touring series. In 1987, he became a regular at NASCAR’s highest level, winning 32 races and capturing the 1999 NASCAR Cup Series championship.

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DRIVER PROFILE: GARRETT SMITHLEY Garrett Smithley is racing with JD Motorsports in the NASCAR XFINITY Series. (Photo by Getty Images for NASCAR)

GROWING WITH JD MOTORSPORTS GARRETT SMITHLEY IS RACKING UP THE TOP-10 FINISHES

BY JOSEPH WOLKIN

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arrett Smithley entered the NASCAR XFINITY Series season unsure of what his No. 0 team will do. But as JD Motorsports transitions with four fulltime cars, Smithley’s role has changed quite dramatically, and the results are improving with a pair of top-10s already.

How do you think you’ve grown as a driver this year?

“With Vinnie [Miller] and Matt [Mills] being rookies, and myself in my third year, I’ve had to take on the ‘veteran driver’ role along

with Ross [Chastain]. It’s definitely been a transition, because I still feel like I have so much to learn, but I think that mixed with just being more comfortable in the spot I’m in has made this season a great success so far.”

What has made JD Motorsports improve to start the season?

“I think it’s a mix of things. We have good people working and building these cars to make us go fast, we have a little bit more sponsor money this year, but still not where we want to be, and I think now having three seasons under my belt, we communicate better with each other. I also think having Joe Nemecheck racing some for us this year has definitely helped us.”

What are your expectations for the rest of the season?

“I think the [No.] 0 team is quite a bit further ahead on speed than where we started the year, and I think you’ll continue to see steady improvement. Obviously, we want to be a contender to make the playoffs this year, but we want to keep having solid top-20 runs and keeping our cars clean.”

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ake Lind, rear tire changer for RCR Enterprises and driver Austin Dillon, set out to follow in the footsteps of his famous father, Will Lind. The elder was a tire changer for RCR when seven-time Cup champion Dale Earnhardt drove their No. 3 Chevrolets in 1981 and again from 1984 to 2001.

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He basically wanted me to go to school and get a real job. As a teenager I would do what

I was allowed to do. Someone would put me to work on something and my Dad would run me off and tell me not to touch the car.”

For a time, Jake attended Davidson County (N.C.) Community college but realized that just wasn’t for him. He found work at RCR mowing lawns, driving the motor coach, and working in the maintenance shop. He even volunteered with the Cup team to learn the ropes and was finally hired fulltime with RCR at the start of the 2001 season.

Jake realized his dream as a rear tire changer in 2002, working his way through the ranks in the Xfinity (then Busch) Series before joining Clint Bowyer’s RCR Cup team in 2006.

He also worked with Kevin Harvick, returned to the Xfinity Series before joining Ryan Newman in 2016 and the crew of Dillon’s No. 3 Chevrolet at the start of 2018.

During the week, Jake works with fuel systems, fuel cells, fuel pump cables and fuel pumps for all three of RCR’s Xfinity Series teams. On race day, he’s over the wall helping to give Dillon fresh tires on every stop.

“It’s changed a lot in 17 years,” Jake said. “It used to be a whirlwind and now it’s calmed down a lot. I see more of what’s going on …

It feels like you’re creeping. Then you go back and see it’s a 12-second stop.”

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“You know when you’ve had a really good stop just from seeing it so many times. You don’t really get surprised about it anymore. Now I can get within a couple of tenths of what the actual stop without looking at the watch.”

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The Chicago PIRTEK team meets for the recent grand opening of PIRTEK Bolingbrook. Multiple PIRTEK centers keep industry in the Windy City covered when hydraulic hose failures occur.

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ydraulic hoses are everywhere – not just in the most obvious places. We expect to find them in heavy, industrial equipment. But they’re more ubiquitous than people realize.

In Chicago, PIRTEK got the call to work on some hoses at the famed Lollapalooza music festival.

Lollapalooza tours North America every year with a number of musical acts: alternative rock, punk, metal, comedy and others. While people were setting up the event in Chicago, crew members noticed the loading dock to the stage was a foot too low. A piece of equipment that raises and lowers the loading dock had failed – the unfortunate result of a hydraulic leak.

The company responsible for setting up the temporary stages began scour the Chicago area for someone to replace hydraulic hoses on the stage-raising equipment.

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SPOTLIGHT “They called a repair company up, and those people said the job would take three days,” said Bert Banaszak, branch manager of PIRTEK O’Hare in Elk Grove Village, IL. “So, the customer did an internet search and found us.”

PIRTEK is the world’s leading hydraulic and industrial hose replacement service, the only franchise of its kind in the United States.

There are 75 PIRTEK franchises and a fleet of Mobile Service Vehicles throughout the United States. Globally, PIRTEK has more than 400 locations and 2,000 Mobile Service Vehicles in 23 countries.

One of PIRTEK O’Hare’s Mobile Service Vehicles responded immediately to the call and headed for the venue on Lakeshore Drive. “Even with the Chicago traffic, we arrived onsite within an hour to do the work,” said Banaszak, adding that the city’s safety inspector was onsite when they got there to oversee the process.

Banaszak and his technician performed the work efficiently and quickly. “We were in and out in 20 minutes,” Banaszak said.

“The job was done perfectly,” said a spokesperson for the stage company. “They were super-fast, they did the job in no time and it was done professionally – no leaks.”

The company builds mobile hydraulic stages and deploys them at major concert venues throughout North America. Their products are in use at more than 20,000 events in 50+ countries every year. The spokesperson said he plans to call a nearby PIRTEK USA location in the future if any other stages in the United States need hose work.

“The job was awesome,” he added. “And the guys were super cool.”

PIRTEK’s work helped keep the show on schedule. Radiohead, the Red Hot Chili Peppers and more than 170 other bands were on stage at the Chicago event.

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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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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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Melanio’s son Hipolito took over from his father in 1920 eventually passing it on to his son Gilberto Oliva, Sr.

who continued the farming until Castro forced him out. Resourceful, Gilberto became a tobacco broker allowing him to travel and emigrate eventually to Nicaragua.

By 1969, Gilberto was growing tobacco once again, this time in Nicaragua whose rich soil and climate was close to that of his homeland. Ten years later the Sandanista revolution in

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By 1995, with stability back in Nicaragua, Gilberto moved home to Esteli, and resumed his growing and added cigar making to his portfolio. After the cigar boom in the 90s, Gilberto continued making cigars, but being cash strapped like others after the boom, he was able to push ahead by using all the Nicaraguan tobacco

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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

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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 4, 1986, Bobby Allison, driver of the No. 22 Stavola Brothers Racing Buick, sealed the deal by taking the lead over Buddy Baker with only five laps remaining to win the Winston 500 at Talladega Superspeedway. Dale Earnhardt dropped Baker to third and challenged Allison for the win.

On the final lap, Earnhardt made his move for the lead in turn three, taking the point but slipped briefly. Allison overtook him on the high side in turn four as they raced for the checkered flag.

An interesting storyline prevailed throughout the race weekend. All 42 cars in the field qualified over 200 miles per hour led by Elliott, the pole sitter at 212.229 to set a world record for a stock car that remains today. Elliott led 116 of the race’s 188 laps but fell off the pace with a blown engine 13 laps from the finish. After Elliott’s issues, the trio of Allison, Earnhardt and Baker battled closely for the win with Allison out powering them at the finish.

“It’s been a little too long for me,” Allison said that day about his two-year winless drought. “I’ve had a habit of having things slip out of my grasp. I may be over the hill (at age 48) but I’m enjoying what I’m doing. But I have to admit, I wouldn’t have won without Bill’s troubles.”

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In the past, the early days, you may have been told to try adding pepper, egg, coffee grounds, or even mustard powder in the cooling system to get that leak stopped. More recently someone may have told you to try a stop leak common on the shelves of most auto parts stores.

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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

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TRACK

WINNER

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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 BRAD KESELOWSKI POCONO GREEN 250 KYLE BUSCH LTI PRINTING 250 AUSTIN DILLON AMERICAN ETHANOL E15 250 JUSTIN ALLGAIER 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 JOHNNY SAUTER RATTLESNAKE 400 JOHNNY SAUTER IOWA 200 BRETT MOFFITT 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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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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3/17/18 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

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WINNER

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WINNER

DATE TRACK

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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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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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MEXICO SERIES DATE TRACK

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