TEAM REPORTS (HUNTERSVILLE, NC.) - Kyle Krisiloff, No. 14, Lilly/Walgreens, Memphis Preview
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Two years ago, Krisiloff saw time behind the wheel in only three NBS races. This year, the twenty-one year old rookie from Indiana is back and ready to record his second start on the Memphis track. With a new team and nearly an entire seasonıs worth of experiences to guide him as he competes on the 0.75-mile oval, Krisiloff is preparing for a happy return.
³Iım looking forward to racing in Memphis this weekend, ³ Krisiloff said. ³Itıs a great city and an exciting racetrack. I competed in my first Busch Series event here in 2005 in a race that taught me a few things about the track. When there's a wreck, the track seems to get really congested, and it is going to be really important to avoid those wrecks and take care of the racecar.²
The Lilly/Walgreen team wrapped up the final weekend off of the season by heading south for a day of testing before beginning the final four-race stretch.
³On Sunday, we tested at a track similar to Memphis in Lakeland [Fla.], where we learned a few things that should help our Lilly/Walgreens Ford Fusion handle better in the corners,² Krisiloff said. ³Bryant [Frazier] and the whole Lilly/Walgreens team have been working hard to put together a strong run this weekend, and for the rest of the year as we gear up for the Miami finale.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
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.
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
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.