Kyle Krisiloff, No. 14, Lilly/Walgreens, CA Recap
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE UNFORTUNATE FINISH Early crash ends day for Lilly/Walgreens team FONTANA, Calif. (September 3, 2007) It was an early end to a long weekend for the Lilly/Walgreens team, finishing 41st in the Camping World 300 on Saturday night. After making several new changes to the car for the California race, Krisiloff qualified 33rd. Despite starting deep in the field, the Lilly/Walgreens team believed the changes they made would help the car run closer to the front. Two laps into the race, the day would turn sour for the Lilly/Walgreens team. Krisiloff got into the wall between turns three and four resulting in heavy damage to the right side of the car. He immediately took the car back to the garage where the day came to an abrupt end. Krisiloff was not hurt in the crash. ³I donıt know what happened out there tonight,² Krisiloff said. ³Itıs really unfortunate because we tried a lot of new things on the car this weekend and now we donŒt know if those changes helped or not.² Disappointed in the night, Krisiloff and the Lilly/Walgreens team remain focused, setting goals for each of the remaining races and striving to make improvements before the season ends in preparation for 2008. ³Our goal at the beginning of the race here [California] was to stay out all night and gain experience on the track,² Krisiloff said. ³Next week at Richmond, weıll try the new changes again and continue working towards our goals to get better. Weıve only raced in Richmond once before, but we had a pretty good test there in March. Itıll be another opportunity for the Lilly/Walgreens Ford to get another top-15 finish.² Eli Lilly and Company, a leading innovation-driven corporation, is developing a growing portfolio of first-in-class and best-in-class pharmaceutical products by applying the latest research from its own worldwide laboratories and from collaborations with eminent scientific organizations. Headquartered in Indianapolis, Ind., Lilly provides answers through medicines and information for some of the worldıs most urgent medical needs. Additional information about Lilly is available at www.lilly.com <http://www.lilly.com/> . Walgreens Co. is the nationıs largest drugstore chain with fiscal 2006 sales of $47.4 billion. The company operates 5,850 stores in 48 states and Puerto Rico, including 77 Happy Harryıs drugstores in Delaware and surrounding states. Walgreens is expanding its patient-first health care services beyond traditional pharmacy through Walgreens Health Services, its managed convenient care clinics inside drugstores. Walgreens Health Services assists pharmacy patients and prescription drug and medical plans through Walgreens Health Initiatives, Inc. (a pharmacy benefits manager), Walgreens Mail Service Inc., Walgreens home Care Inc., and Walgreens Specialty Pharmacy. More information about Walgreens is available at www.walgreens.com <http://www.walgreens.com/> . Joslin Diabetes Center, affiliated with Harvard Medical School, has helped revolutionize the diagnosis, treatment and prevention of diabetes since itıs founding more than a century ago. Joslin is the worldıs largest diabetes research center, diabetes clinic, and provider of diabetes education, and its staff of renowned physicians, researchers and clinical specialists is dedicated to preventing and curing diabetes. Joslin and Walgreens have a multi-year partnership to develop and deliver awareness, wellness, prevention and education programs to Walgreens customers with diabetes. For more information on Joslin, call 1-800-JOSLIN-1 or visit www.joslin.org <http://www.joslin.org/> . Racing Against Diabetes, a public awareness campaign sponsored by Eli Lilly and Company and Walgreens, is designed to educate people at risk for and living with diabetes. Diabetes is the sixth leading cause of death in the United States, affecting nearly 21 million Americans; yet, one-third of those affected are unaware they have the disease. Seeking to build diabetes awareness both on and off the track, the Racing Against Diabetes campaign hosts diabetes education programs in NASCAR race markets across the country. The first cause-marketing effort of its kind in the NASCAR Busch Series, Racing Against Diabetes works alongside the Joslin Diabetes Center, the worldıs largest diabetes research center/clinic and provider of diabetes education. ### Contact: Shannon Blankenship Cox Group (704) 896-2323 Shannon@coxgp.com