CITGO/SAMAX honorary team captain

CITGO Racing by SAMAX will introduce a young team leader during the Rolex
Sports Car Series race at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course in Lexington, Ohio.
Bailey Dull of Ashland, Ohio, age 4, will be the CITGO/SAMAX honorary team
captain for the June 24 race. He and his mother, Trish Baxton, will carry
the team's flag during pre-race ceremonies.
 
Dull will attend the race with members of the Muscular Dystrophy Association
(MDA) of Northeast Ohio. He was diagnosed at 18 months with Duchenne
muscular dystrophy – a genetic, degenerative disease that affects voluntary
muscles. His mother noted the importance of the association's work:
 
"The MDA means so much to our family. They help fund research, which is very
important, since there is no known cure for DMD. Every day of research
brings us that much closer to a cure/treatment. They also help with medical
finances, as well as medical equipment. The medical equipment, to name a
few, needed for DMD [includes] leg braces, wheelchairs and ventilators. The
MDA is our lifeline."
 
The No. 11 CITGO/SAMAX Pontiac-powered Riley Mk XI driven by Olivier Beretta
of Monaco and Milka Duno of Caracas, Venezuela, will carry the MDA logo
during the Mid-Ohio race. CITGO has been an MDA sponsor since 1985 and is
the association's biggest corporate contributor in the United States. The
company's marketers, employees and business associates have raised more than
$74 million to fund muscular dystrophy research.
 
MDA of Northeast Ohio serves families who are affected by 43 neuromuscular
diseases. The association's services include a muscular clinic, diagnostic
testing, assistance with purchase and repair of durable medical equipment
and monthly support groups. MDA also holds a week-long summer camp for
children age 6 to 21.
 
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Sylvia Proudfoot
HYPERLINK "mailto:sylvia@spurcom.ca"sylvia@spurcom.ca
403 287 3945