TEAM REPORTS (PHOENIX) - Kyle Krisiloff, No. 14, Lilly/Walgreens, PIR Preview
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Krisiloff, who has only one previous start at PIR with a finish of 23rd in the Busch Series race earlier in the season, hopes to perform well and stay out of trouble entering the last two remaining races of his rookie season.
³Iım looking forward to going back to Phoenix,² Krisiloff said. ³Our team has done a great job getting the No. 14 Lilly/Walgreens Fords ready to race this year. Our cars have been good, and have helped us get decent finishes on the one-mile tracks. I want to have a few more good runs before the season is over.²
Heading in to the last two races of the season, the No. 14 Lilly/Walgreens Ford sits 32nd in owner points. Hoping to move up at least two positions to 30th to lock-in a guaranteed starting position for the 2008 season, Krisiloff thinks the car the team is bringing to Phoenix may be just what they need to secure a solid run.
³We are bringing chassis No. 05, which has been my favorite one of the season, to Phoenix,² Krisiloff said. ³We ran well with it at Gateway and at Dover. This chassis has the potential to get our team the type of finish we need to have these last two [races]. There is not any reason why it should not handle just as well this weekend. The Lilly/Walgreens team and I are going to do everything we can to have a great performance for everyone at Lilly and Walgreens.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.