Emory Healthcare Named Title Sponsor for Atlanta Motor Speedway's Labor Day Weekend NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Event

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Contact: Marcy Scott                        Lance M. Skelly,        

               (770) 946-3951                  Emory Healthcare

               Matthew Simmons             404/775-5050

               (770) 946-3917
lance.skelly@emoryhealthcare.org

 

Emory Healthcare Named Title Sponsor for Atlanta Motor Speedway's Labor
Day Weekend NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Event

 

HAMPTON, Ga. (Aug. 4, 2010) - Emory Healthcare has been named the title
sponsor for Atlanta Motor Speedway's Sept. 5 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series
night race, which will be named the "Emory Healthcare 500."

 

The multiple-year contract calls for Emory Healthcare to sponsor the
Speedway's 2010 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series event and become the official
health care provider of Atlanta Motor Speedway. 

 

"Partnering so closely with NASCAR and the Atlanta Motor Speedway is a
unique opportunity to support the local communities that work so hard to
host and operate one of the nation's premier sporting events each year.
It is also a chance to support and thank the many valued patients and
physicians in the Henry County and Southern Crescent region who allow
Emory to serve them for cutting-edge medical care - from first of its
kind non-invasive heart valve repair to neurological intensive care and
rehabilitation," says Emory Healthcare President and CEO John T. Fox. "I
am particularly excited that this partnership will allow Emory
Healthcare volunteers to provide ongoing health care screenings and
educational programs during the entire event for race fans, visitors and
community supporters alike.

 

"This Labor Day weekend will certainly showcase Henry County and the
Atlanta Motor Speedway as world class venues for outstanding
hospitality, excitement, and medical excellence," Fox continued. "I know
myself and every Emory Healthcare employee and volunteer will look
forward to making this an incredible and memorable great American
weekend, as well as a lasting partnership with the local communities we
have had the honor and privilege to serve for so long."       

 

Emory Healthcare is the largest and most comprehensive health system in
Georgia - committed to delivering the highest quality patient care,
strengthened by world-class biomedical research.  Emory University
Hospital for the 20th year joined the nation's elite in the annual U.S.
News & World Report guide to "America's Best Hospitals," ranking 11
specialties, and garnering five top 20 specialties out of more than
4,800 U.S. hospitals to be evaluated. 

 

            The biggest Labor Day party in the USA is at Atlanta Motor
Speedway for the Emory Healthcare 500 race weekend on Sept. 3 -5. For
more information or to purchase tickets, contact the Atlanta Motor
Speedway Ticket Office at (770) 946-4211, (877) 9-AMS-TIX, or visit
www.atlantamotorspeedway.com.

 

Boilerplate: 

 

The Robert W. Woodruff Health Sciences Center of Emory University is an
academic health science and service center focused on missions of
teaching, research, health care and public service. Its components
include the Emory University School of Medicine, Nell Hodgson Woodruff
School of Nursing, and Rollins School of Public Health; Yerkes National
Primate Research Center; Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University;
and Emory Healthcare, the largest, most comprehensive health system in
Georgia. Emory Healthcare includes: The Emory Clinic, Emory-Children's
Center, Emory University Hospital, Emory University Hospital Midtown,
Wesley Woods Center, and Emory University Orthopaedics & Spine Hospital.
The Woodruff Health Sciences Center has a $2.5 billion budget, 17,600
employees, 2,500 full-time and 1,500 affiliated faculty, 4,700 students
and trainees, and a $5.7 billion economic impact on metro Atlanta. Learn
more about Emory's health sciences: http://emoryhealthblog.com -
@emoryhealthsci (Twitter) - http://emoryhealthsciences.org.

 

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EDITOR'S NOTE: High-resolution JPEG and vector-file logos for the Emory
Healthcare 500 and Atlanta Motor Speedway to accompany this release can
be downloaded from: http://www.atlantamotorspeedway.com/logos

 

 

 

Matthew Simmons

Marketing & Promotion Coordinator

Atlanta Motor Speedway | P.O Box 500 | Hampton, GA 30228 | P:
770.946.3917 | F: 770.707.7853 | www.AtlantaMotorSpeedway.com

 

  

 

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