Coca Cola 600 Returns to Honor Fallen Service Members
In what has become an annual tradition during the Coca-Cola 600, the names of U.S. Armed Forces members who sacrificed their lives for our country will be proudly displayed on the windshields of each of the 40 NASCAR Cup Series cars participating in the race.
Several of the names were chosen due to personal connections the team or sponsor had to the fallen service members.
Honoring those who sacrificed it all. 🇺🇸 These Ford Mustangs are ready for 600 miles of remembrance in Charlotte.— Stewart-Haas Racing (@StewartHaasRcng) May 22, 2020
Sunday, May 24 at 6 p.m. ET on FOX#NASCARSalutes // #CocaCola600 pic.twitter.com/47pQL1wmnQ
Three of the Stewart-Haas Racing cars will feature the names of soldiers killed on May 23, 2011, when their vehicle struck an improvised explosive device in the country’s eastern Kunar province. The deaths of Staff Sergeant Kristofferson Lorenzo (will be on Kevin Harvick’s No. 4 Ford), Private First Class William Blevins (on the No. 10 of Aric Almirola) and Private First Class Andrew Krippner (on the No. 14 of Clint Bowyer) had an impact on team fabricator Matthew Ridgway, a U.S. Army veteran. While Ridgway did not know the three men personally, he would later serve in the same battalion as the fallen soldiers honored on the team’s cars.
This Sunday, @KurtBusch will remember United States Navy member Phil Grieser with the @gearwrench Tools Chevy. 🇺🇸— Chip Ganassi Racing (@CGRTeams) May 23, 2020
Yesterday, Phil's family came to visit our shop to see the car in person. What they didn't know? Kurt would be surprising them with a visit 😱 #NASCARSalutes pic.twitter.com/hrSnc8NIqW
Kurt Busch and the No. 1 Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet will carry the name of U.S. Navy Petty Officer Second Class Philip Grieser on the windshield during Sunday’s race. Grieser was the chief of Seabee team 1013 and was killed in a base attack in 1969 while serving in the Vietnam War. His son, Doug Newell, is an electrician for Chip Ganassi Racing.
This Memorial Day, #SpartanMosquito and I will honor SFC Nathan Ross Chapman in the @NASCAR Salutes 600 Miles of Remembrance. SFC Chapman gave his life in the line of duty on January 4th, 2002. This car honors his life, his service, and his sacrifice. pic.twitter.com/hC0Y0uU079— Brennan Poole (@brennanpoole) May 20, 2020
Brennan Poole’s No. 15 Spartan Mosquito Chevy Camaro will proudly honor SFC. Nathan Ross
Chapman from 1st Special Forces Group. Chapman, from San Antonio, Texas, was killed on January 4, 2002, in Khost, Afghanistan. Three members of the Spartan Mosquito family also served in the 1st Special Forces Group.
Charlotte Motor Speedway will continue its long-standing tradition of military tributes in recognition of Memorial Day Weekend. In addition to the pre-race military flyover, the race broadcast on FOX will capture a moment of silence at the conclusion of Stage 2, when all cars will stop on pit road to honor to the fallen.
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