TEAM REPORTS (HOMESTEAD, FLA.) - Kyle Krisiloff, No. 14, Lilly/Walgreens, HMS Post
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Competing at the track for the first time in his career, Krisiloff worked hard to learn the progressive banking of the 1.5-mile track, struggling with the set-up of the car during Fridayıs practice sessions. After qualifying on Saturday, Krisiloff was set to line up for the 300-mile season finale in the 38th position.
It took only four laps for the first caution to wave, giving Krisiloff an opportunity to have a quick track bar adjustment and add fuel before the lap 7 restart. The Lilly/Walgreens team decided to stay out through the following two cautions, picking up 14 positions by lap 24.
Krisiloff brought the Lilly/Walgreens Ford down pit road three times during cautions between laps 26 and 87. A variety of changes were made to help Krisiloff, including track bar, air pressure and wedge adjustments, tape to the carıs nose, as well as fuel and tires.
Slowly, Krisiloff began picking up positions, radioing to crew chief Bryant Frazier how the changes made were improving the carıs handling. Bad luck would strike on lap 122 when Krisiloff noticed his right front tire going down. He quickly made his way down pit road, losing a lap, but saving his racecar. The smart decision kept Krisiloff in the race, and earned a 29th place finish for the Lilly/Walgreens team.
³We had a pretty good car once we got into the race and the guys were able to make some adjustments,² Krisiloff said. ³I really hate that we cut a right front tire out there when we were racing to get our lap back, but at least I was able to come in and not wreck the car or cause a caution. I wish we could have gotten a little better finish for everyone to end the season. I want to thank all the guys for their continued hard work on the road and at the shop. I have enjoyed representing both Carl A. Haas Motorsports and the Lilly/Walgreens ³Racing Against Diabetes² program and want to thank everyone for their support during my rookie year and the teamıs first season.²
Krisiloff earned his two best finishes of the 2007 season at two very different Busch Series tracks, taking fifth at Talladega Superspeedway in the spring and sixth on the road course in Montreal, recording two top-ten and four top-20 finishes for the No. 14 Lilly/Walgreens team.
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.
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.
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.
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.