TEAM REPORTS (TEXAS) - Kyle Krisiloff, No. 14, Lilly/Walgreens, Texas Preview
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Krisiloff will make his 36th career start in the NASCAR Busch Series and third overall start at TMS on the 1.5-mile quad-oval. Competing in the Craftsman Truck Series in 2006, Krisiloff recorded his first start at TMS finishing 19th. In April 2007, he finished 27th after 200 laps of Busch Series competition.
Focused on adding a third top-10 finish before his rookie season is complete, Krisiloff continues to look for ways to help his team and himself improve. The Lilly/Walgreens team has faced its share of struggles since the season began last February, but Krisiloff remains upbeat and determined to end the season on a high note.
³Texas should be a great weekend for us,² Krisiloff said. ³We ran well there in the spring and are looking forward to another strong run on Saturday. Bryant [Frazier] and the guys have built a brand new Lilly/Walgreens car and have been working hard to get it ready to race. I have enjoyed working with Bryant the past several months, and I think we have developed a strong relationship, both on and off the track. I think our relationship has been beneficial in helping our Lilly/Walgreens team perform better each week. We have consistently been doing better in practices, and I hope we can capitalize on that and have a finish we are satisfied and happy with coming away from Texas.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.