Kyle Krisiloff, No. 14, Lilly/Walgreens, Dover Post Race
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE TOUGH DAY AT DOVER Accident ends day early for Lilly/Walgreens team DOVER, Del. (September 24, 2007) A 34th place finish is not what Kyle Krisiloff and the Lilly/Walgreens team had hoped for in the RoadLoans.com 200 on Saturday afternoon, but the performance did show what the team had been working toward: improvement. Rolling off 28th on the concrete one-mile oval, Krisiloff was looking to gain experience, improve on his previous runs and come home with a satisfying race on ³The Monster Mile.² The opening laps proved to be disastrous for several of the drivers as the caution flag flew six times in just 60 laps. Krisiloff managed to stay away from trouble despite the wrecks directly around his racecar. Krisiloff, who is gunning for Rookie of the Year honors, was scored in 18th after the lap 27 restart. He remained in the top-25 for the first half of the 200-mile race. Just past midway on lap 105, Krisiloff edged the No. 14 Lilly/Walgreens Ford up the steep banks of Dover, getting into the side of another competitor. The collision caused right-side damage to Lilly/Walgreens Ford, but the pit crew was able to change the right side tires, tape up the right front fender and get Krisiloff back on the track without losing any laps. The repairs made were enough to keep Krisiloff on the lead lap until lap 125 when a tire rub caused the right rear tire to go down, getting the car lose, ultimately sending Krisiloff sideways down the front stretch, slamming into the pit road wall. Krisiloff exited his car and was taken to infield care where he was released without any injuries. ³We were running pretty good, ³ Krisiloff said. ³We were behind a lapped car and the lapped car kind of bobbled. I just moved up a lane and got into another car. I hate it for him, but I messed up the right side of the car. I donıt know if I had a [tire] rub or not, but then I had a right rear go down. I was struggling for about five laps trying to get a caution. I knew it was down and then we wasted a racecar. We should have come in. I think we could have had a top-20 today.² Frustrated by the unsatisfactory finish, Krisiloff remains optimistic heading into the final six races of the season. ³We worked really hard today and tried to stay out of trouble,² Krisiloff said. ³Weıre getting better, thereıs not doubt about it. It doesnıt happen overnight. We just built a brand new car for next week, so I think that will be really good. I wanted to keep this thing intact and start building some cars, but hopefully itıs not hurt too badly, and we can throw a body on it. We have got a really good car weıre going to take next week. But, overall it was a pretty good day and we were competitive.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