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▶▶ This will be the fifth season in which the 1.5-mile Kansas Speedway hosts NASCAR night racing. Martin Truex Jr. swept the two Monster Energy Series races here a year ago, making him the heavy favorite. Joey Logano won fall races at Kansas in 2014 and 2015, although Jimmie Johnson’s three overall wins here are the most among active drivers. Joe Gibbs Racing’s Denny Hamlin topped this race in 2012 and he’ll also be among the contenders.

And don’t overlook JGR’s Kyle Busch. He scored his first Kansas victory in this race two years ago.

▶▶ Jimmie Johnson leads all active drivers with three victories at Kansas Speedway. Joey Logano, Kevin Harvick and Martin Truex Jr. have two wins each.

MONSTER ENERGY NASCAR CUP SERIES RACE AT KANSAS MONSTER ENERGY NASCAR CUP SERIES – RACE NO. 12 START TIME: 7:00 P.M. (CDT) TELEVISION/RADIO: FOX SPORTS 1 / MRN/SIRIUSXM 2017 WINNER: MARTIN TRUEX JR.

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RACE REWIND ▶▶ Martin Truex Jr. finally added his name to the list of Kansas Speedway winners. The native of Mayetta, New Jersey, got the jump on a late-race restart and pulled away, beating Brad Keselowski to the checkered flag by 1.1 seconds.

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Martin Truex Jr. swept the races at Kansas in 2017.

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TRUEX WILL LOOK TO WIN HIS THIRD KANSAS RACE IN A ROW

BY JARED TURNER

I

t took Martin Truex Jr. 18 tries to snare his first Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series victory at Kansas Speedway.

Becoming a repeat winner at the popular 1.5-mile track proved far less difficult.

After finally breaking through at Kansas Speedway last May, Truex completed the Kansas sweep by triumphing in October’s

Monster Energy Series playoff race.

Both Kansas victories were part of the Furniture Row Racing driver’s remarkable run to the 2018 Monster Energy Series championship — a championship he captured in dramatic fashion with a victory in the season-ending Championship 4 race at Homestead.

There was no track where Truex was any happier to win at than Kansas Speedway, however — especially since he’s long held a special affinity for the fan-favorite facility located right in the center of America’s heartland.

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Martin Truex Jr. considers Kansas the home track of Furniture Row Racing.

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In fact, Truex Jr. enjoyed competing at Kansas even during those frustrating times when he kept coming up empty.

“There’s something about the track’s geometry and my driving style that suit each other,” Truex said. “Back in 2007, we came to Kansas and I just figured something out about that track late in the race, and ended up having the fastest car. Even during

the years when our cars didn’t seem to run so well, we always for whatever reason were able to go there and run strong — whether it was the old track, the new track with the repave, and now the new track being weathered back in again.”

Truex’s recent success at Kansas Speedway is particularly appropriate, given that the Kansas City, Kansas venue is the

closest NASCAR track in proximity to Furniture Row Racing’s Denver, Colorado headquarters.

“We consider anything west of the Mississippi [River] a home track for us, because it’s an easier trip for us,” team owner Barney Visser said.

When Truex won last year’s spring race at Kansas, he called it a “personal relief.”

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“It was an awesome feeling,” Truex said of his maiden Kansas victory. “Anytime you have challenges at a certain place and come out on top, it is very gratifying. I had a number of heartbreakers at Kansas, so to finally get that first win just reminded me how many times we’ve been so close and how good we’ve been at Kansas over the years. Because of all that, it made the victory that much sweeter.”

Equally as sweet as that first Kansas victory was completing the season sweep when the Monster Energy Series returned to Kansas in the fall.

“It’s amazing, honestly,” Truex said. “I think back to really throughout my career here at Kansas, the runs that we’ve had, the laps that we’ve led. Heck, even back when I was running for MWR

Tony Stewart likes Kevin Harvick’s chances at Kansas.

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[Michael Waltrip Racing], we hadn’t won a race yet, weren’t having the greatest season, and we led the most laps there and had a heartbreaking loss.

“It’s crazy how it works out. You go through all those years of heartbreaks, leading laps, (and asking), ‘What do I have to do to win here?’”

Although Truex now knows how to win at Kansas, beating two-time Kansas winner Kevin Harvick in Saturday night’s KC Masterpiece 400 could prove

to be a tall order. Fresh off a dominating victory at Dover on Sunday, the Stewart-Haas Racing driver owns a serieshigh four wins this season.

And, he nor his team is anywhere close to satisfied.

“Everybody is working hard, and it’s about evolution,” said three-time Monster Energy Series champion Tony Stewart, the co-owner of Harvick’s No. 4 car. “I mean, you have to keep evolving and keep pushing the envelope.”

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▶▶ After sweeping last year’s races at Kansas, Martin Truex Jr. will go for three wins in a row at the 1.5-mile track. Is he the favorite this weekend? The reigning series champion has to be. ▶▶ After a bit of a slow start to the season, Kyle Larson appears to be showing flashes of the speed he did in 2017 when he enjoyed a career season. Kansas is just the kind of track where Larson tends to really excel. ▶▶ Coming off a commanding performance at Dover, Kevin Harvick leads the Monster Energy Series with four wins in 2018. There’s at least a decent possibility he’ll make it five at Kansas, where he’s a two-time winner. ▶▶ Kansas has historically not been one of Kyle Busch’s best tracks, but the Joe Gibbs Racing driver seems to have figured the place out in recent years. He’s finished 10th or better in his last six starts here, which included a win in 2016. ▶▶ Enjoying his best season since 2012, Emporia, Kansas native Clint Bowyer would love nothing more than to win at Kansas Speedway — the place he has long considered his home track but a place where he’s never won.

PREVIEW PREDICTIONS DRIVER TO BEAT: MARTIN TRUEX JR. TEAM TO BEAT: FURNITURE ROW RACING SLEEPER: RYAN BLANEY

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2018 NASCAR SERIES STANDINGS MONSTER ENERGY NASCAR CUP SERIES NO. DRIVER

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KEVIN HARVICK 426 KYLE BUSCH 466 JOEY LOGANO 444 CLINT BOWYER 380 MARTIN TRUEX JR. 340 AUSTIN DILLON 221 BRAD KESELOWSKI 365 KURT BUSCH 358 RYAN BLANEY 346 DENNY HAMLIN 344 KYLE LARSON 307 ARIC ALMIROLA 304 JIMMIE JOHNSON 268 ERIK JONES 253 ALEX BOWMAN 252 CHASE ELLIOTT 241 RICKY STENHOUSE JR. 239 DANIEL SUAREZ 234 WILLIAM BYRON 225 RYAN NEWMAN 218 PAUL MENARD 209 DARRELL WALLACE JR. 193 JAMIE MCMURRAY 188 AJ ALLMENDINGER 179 CHRIS BUESCHER 173 DAVID RAGAN 167 KASEY KAHNE 149 TY DILLON 147 TREVOR BAYNE 145 MICHAEL MCDOWELL 141 MATT DIBENEDETTO 138 GRAY GAULDING 76 COLE WHITT 78 D.J. KENNINGTON 55 LANDON CASSILL 43 JEFFREY EARNHARDT 28 BRENDAN GAUGHAN 24 HARRISON RHODES 23 REED SORENSON 21 MARK THOMPSON 15 COREY LAJOIE 15

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JUSTIN ALLGAIER 368 TYLER REDDICK 363 CHRISTOPHER BELL 349 ELLIOTT SADLER 401 DANIEL HEMRIC 343 COLE CUSTER 323 BRANDON JONES 304 RYAN TRUEX 285 MATT TIFFT 270 RYAN REED 252 AUSTIN CINDRIC 219 ROSS CHASTAIN 208 MICHAEL ANNETT 196 RYAN SIEG 184 ALEX LABBE 166 JEREMY CLEMENTS 158 KAZ GRALA 156 GARRETT SMITHLEY 156 JOEY GASE 154 J.J. YELEY 103 VINNIE MILLER 96 DAVID STARR 90 SPENCER BOYD 76 JEFF GREEN 58 CHAD FINCHUM 38 SPENCER GALLAGHER 277 JOHN H. NEMECHEK 174 RYAN PREECE 126 B.J. MCLEOD 106 JOSH WILLIAMS 97 CHASE BRISCOE 95 DYLAN LUPTON 85 TOMMY JOE MARTINS 83 STEPHEN LEICHT 61 SHANE LEE 58 JOSH BILICKI 58 JEB BURTON 57 TIMMY HILL 36 KYLE BENJAMIN 34 BRANDON BROWN 28 CAESAR BACARELLA 24

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By signing up and picking a driver at the Speed Crate website, https://speedcrate. co/, fans receive a monthly shipment of 4-5 - (3-5) items related to their driver of choice.

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SPECIAL DELIVERY: A fan of Ryan Blaney could receive a Speed Crate package that includes 4-5 items such as shirts, hats, socks, credential holders, car decals, travel coffee mugs, lanyards, pens or flags. Courtesy Photo

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“We’re really growing every day, which is really cool to see,” Cox said. “We know that we’ve really just scratched the surface of where we can go with it, because every day we have people inquiring, ‘What is Speed Crate? Where do I sign up?’ And all that stuff. So, we’re still really just being

introduced at this point.”

Fans never know exactly what they will find in a Speed Crate. They just know that all products in a Speed Crate come from officially licensed NASCAR partners and manufacturers.

“It changes every month,” Cox said. “We don’t do any duplicates. Our big thing is we’re not going to send you the same item twice.”

While Speed Crate’s inventory of NASCAR collectibles and paraphernalia is made up mostly of items you might find in souvenir trailers at the track, Speed Crate has expanded this season to include more custom-style merchandise. – a large portion of the items are actually not available at the track and many are custom so they cannot be found any where besides Speed Crate, not online or at the track For example, Alex Bowman — the new driver of the No. 88 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet — recently donated some autographed Hero Cards that 10 lucky fans would receive in a future Speed Crate.

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A Kyle Larson fan could receive a monthly Speed Crate package that includes items similar to the ones shown above. Courtesy Photo KANSAS PREVIEW: MAY 10, 2018

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SPOTLIGHT “We think that the more we can just provide really cool products that fans want, the more Speed Crate will grow,” Cox said.

“That’s kind of what we’re doing.”

Speed Crate originally featured just 12 drivers from whom subscribers could choose. Now there are 20 active drivers and one retired driver — NASCAR’s 15-time most popular driver, Dale Earnhardt Jr. Subscriptions are on a month-to-month basis, and subscribers are free to change drivers at any time. Tired of getting Chase Elliott gear, for example? You can switch to Brad Keselowski or someone else with a simple click — and not be charged extra. Speed Crate ships items FebruaryNovember and takes a break in December and January to beef up its inventory for the upcoming NASCAR season.

Perhaps the best news of all? Speed Crate is looking to broaden its inventory even more in the months and years to come.

“People want die-casts and some other items that aren’t the easiest to get, and we’re working hard to make that happen,” Cox said. “We’re listening to the feedback and making sure we’re kind of adjusting with what people want to see.”

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on Hornaday Jr., a second-generation NASCAR champion from Palmdale, California, helped build the foundation for what is now the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series.

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Ron Hornaday Jr. being hired to drive during his NASCAR for Dale Earnhardt Hall of Fame Inc. during the induction in January.

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Between 1995 and 2014, Hornaday made 360 starts in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series, winning 51 times and claiming four series championships. He also holds Truck Series records for top-five finishes (158) and top-10 results (234).

Hornaday made his final Truck Series start on Oct. 31, 2014, at Texas Motor Speedway when he was 56 years old.

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Four-time NASCAR pursuing their stock Camping World Truck car racing dreams, Series champion Ron including future Hornaday Jr. (Photo by Dilip Vishwanat/NASCAR NASCAR champions via Getty Images) Jimmie Johnson and Kevin Harvick.

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s Austin Wayne Self looks to bring his No. 22 truck to the front of the field, his Niece Motorsports team is doing what it can to improve its performance. Now, Self is back full-time racing and loving it.

What does the No. 22 mean to you since you’ve been carrying it for so long?

“The support from GMS Racing has played a huge role in our performance this season.

The operation is a little bigger and having a teammate also helps us a lot with us being

able to share information between the two of us. The [No.] 22 has been special to me since I ran it with Cunningham Motorsports in 2014 when I claimed Rookie of the Year. It has been a number I’ve used in my growing years, and I think it’s a really good looking number.”

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ryce Seales, shock technician for Ganassi Racing and driver Jamie McMurray, has enjoyed various competitive experiences around the world.

Interestingly, the native of Australia was part of his father’s offshore powerboat racer, going fast on the water that sparked a desire to become a racer.

Seales chose stock cars and raced a bit as a teenager. He was a part of Australia’s V8 Super Car Series for four years until financial sponsorship went away. Like so many racers, he was forced to park his cars but

found his niche as a mechanic with various motorsports venues.

After a stint in Indy Car racing from 1998 through 2004, Seales and his family returned to Australia but came back to the United States to be with his wife’s family in 2015. That’s when he found a job with a venture outside of NASCAR. “I actually did a year of Rally Cross with a team that was based in Mooresville (N.C.),” Seales said. “A friend of mine told me he knew of a team looking for a shock guy if I was interested. That was with BK Racing.

This team heard I was looking and like anything, it’s who you know and not what you know. The job just came about.”

Seales works to keep McMurray’s Chevrolets floating into corners with relative ease. With so much engineering going into today’s Monster Energy Cup Series cars, finding those perfect combinations is a science.

“I pretty much take care of the inventory of the shocks that go on the car,” Seales said.

“That includes servicing, putting them on the (dynamometer) and setting up bump stops, doing paper work and keeping up with mileages and that kind of thing.”

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NASCAR TO FORM A YOUTH ESPORTS RACING SERIES

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AYTONA BEACH, Fla. (May 9, 2018) – NASCAR announced today the formation of a youth esports racing series, the first esports competition created to attract and identify young talent. The series will be hosted on iRacing, the world’s premier racing simulation platform. NASCAR’s youth esports series establishes an easily accessible entry point to real-world racing

and provides young competitors with an unparalleled simulation experience on iRacing’s ultra-realistic software.

The youth series will be open to participants ages 13-16 worldwide. The inaugural 12week season is slated to kick off in June on virtual renderings of iconic short tracks like Langley Speedway, The Bullring at Las Vegas Motor Speedway and Thompson Speedway Motorsports Park.

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SPOTLIGHT four-week playoffs. The top 30 in points after the playoffs will advance to a final championship event at the iconic Martinsville Speedway. The season will include a mix of single and heat race formats. Participants can register today on NASCAR.com/iRacing.

NASCAR currently sanctions the NASCAR PEAK Antifreeze iRacing Series, an esports series now in its ninth season and features the most elite oval sim-racers competing on virtual versions of NASCAR-sanctioned race tracks. The addition of a youth series on iRacing will provide driver’s seat experience for competitors looking to hone their talent, including those with professional racing aspirations.

“As we expand our presence in esports, NASCAR is uniquely positioned as the only sport that can develop skills transferable to real world competition,” said Blake Davidson, NASCAR vice president of consumer innovation. “We’re excited to see the young, diverse and global talent pool this series attracts, especially as we cultivate our next generation of drivers.”

William Byron, a rookie driving the iconic No. 24 Chevrolet for Hendrick Motorsports in the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series, started his racing career on iRacing in 2011 at 14 years old.

In just two years on iRacing, Byron accumulated more than 100 wins and finished in the top five in an additional 203 races.

Now, only seven years later, Byron is leading the Sunoco Rookie of the Year standings in NASCAR’s

The youth esports series will be hosted on iRacing, the world’s premier racing simulation platform.

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top series, complementing a NASCAR Xfinity Series championship (2017), NASCAR K&N Pro Series East championship (2015), and Sunoco Rookie of the Year honors for the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series (2016) and Xfinity Series (2017).

“NASCAR has been at the forefront of competitive online racing for years and its enhanced involvement in esports will be even more evident through the launch of its youth esports series on iRacing,” said Tony Gardner, iRacing president. “NASCAR drivers have used iRacing to accelerate their development beginning at a young age, as well as to hone their skills throughout their careers. We look forward to cheering on the alumni from the youth series when they compete at the highest levels of NASCAR in the years to come.”

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MSG: MAKING RACING SAFER

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otorsports Safety Group is a collaboration of innovators in the sport who are determined to improve the safety of racing. MSG shares tips for race car drivers and fans to help avoid injuries during races and practice sessions.

Acknowledged as one of the country’s leading neurosurgeons, Dr. Jason Cormier has helped MSG provide a comprehensive, grassroots marketing campaign focused on preventative health care education and wellness training.

With an emphasis to educate and engage

race fans in their growing role as health care consumers, the objective is to influence behavioral changes, to provide racing’s brand-loyal audience with the medical knowledge to make informed, preventative decisions that directly affect the wellness of their families.

“From the perspective of the fan, the first question to ask is whether you packed appropriately to prepare for the racetrack,” Cormier said. “Your health doesn’t start with us; it starts with you. Did you show up hydrated on a hot day? Did you consume anything that might be detrimental to your health like fried foods, processed foods or alcoholic beverages on an empty stomach.

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SPOTLIGHT your heart, blood pressure, cholesterol, electrolytes, etc.? Are you following the advice of your family doctor or internist?”

In addition to being a racing fan, Cormier also races go-karts at top speeds of up to 130 mph. He has established relationships with multiple racing organizations, such as ARCA, NASCAR and Formula 1. His collaboration with other safety organizations like the International Council of Motorsports Sciences, Motorsports Safety Education Foundation, After the Impact Fund, Race Go Safer, and Think First has created an important platform for an ever-growing prosperity of safety informational exchange.

“I still race professionally, so my goal is to provide safety tips to drivers, pit crew and loyal fans that come out every weekend,” Cormier said. “While the sport has dangers, we can take precautions to provide a measure of safety.”

With his surgical background, Cormier has been able to engage companies to establish new technologies to diagnose and rehabilitate head injuries. He is now focusing his efforts on prevention.

One particular piece of technology that has Cormier excited is Q30 Innovations’ Q-Collar.

Q-Collar’s technology has been approved for sale in Canada, where it is being marketed as the Bauer Neuroshield. The company has been around for more than seven years,

and the data collection remains third party.

This means that the company is unable to manipulate the data, which ensures the accuracy of the efficacy and outcomes.

This promising research into concussion prevention is inspired by human yawns, woodpecker tongues and mountain-dwelling rams. The manifestation of this work is the novel Q-Collar, a device worn around the neck that works by enhancing the brain’s own physiology by lightly compressing the jugular vein to increase blood volume in the skull.

That may help prevent the brain from moving around within the skull and thus could reduce traumatic brain injuries.

The Q-Collar is actively being evaluated with consideration for its involvement in motorsports. The Q-Collar is already worn by professional athletes in other forms of high contact sports like football, hockey, soccer and even the military.

“I am particularly excited with the possibility of driver athletes, in varying age groups, being able to embrace this novel technology,” Cormier said. “There are exciting nuances with the collar that we think could have an important role with regards to helping on the preventive side of concussions, and part of the technology is established on nature’s physiological advantages found in other animals and human beings.

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of pressure over the neck muscles which, in effect, engages a ligament to react similarly to what a battle ram experiences. In the battle ram, this band causes a small reduction in blood flow from the brain which creates an internal air bag, which apparently protects this species from brain injuries.”

Through Cormier’s work with racecar drivers, he has found that very few have the desire to alter their racing styles, so preventative measures are best taken before the racing begins.

“We deal with brain injuries all the time,

ranging from mild to more severe,” Cormier said. “Those predispose you to the longterm effects of brain injury. The diagnosis of concussions is certainly key to taking the racer athlete out of the contest and providing rest. The appropriate rest will help provide longevity in the sport and additionally create an environment whereby transitioning into retirement occurs with their faculties intact.

This allows one to both enjoy and remember their retirement. That’s something we’re promoting from the Motorsports Safety Group standpoint.”

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Melanio’s son Hipolito took over from his father in 1920 eventually passing it on to his son Gilberto Oliva, Sr.

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By 1969, Gilberto was growing tobacco once again, this time in Nicaragua whose rich soil and climate was close to that of his homeland. Ten years later the Sandanista revolution in

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By 1995, with stability back in Nicaragua, Gilberto moved home to Esteli, and resumed his growing and added cigar making to his portfolio. After the cigar boom in the 90s, Gilberto continued making cigars, but being cash strapped like others after the boom, he was able to push ahead by using all the Nicaraguan tobacco

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His tobacco forced a change in the Oliva blends to all Nicaraguan tobacco and improved his quality.

The company’s offerings improved year after year.

By 2005, Oliva was being honored by Cigar Aficionado in its top 10 cigars of the year with the Oliva Serie O Classic scoring a 91. The following year, the Oliva Serie G Cameroon made the list of best cigars of the year with a 91. That same year,

Oliva released its Serie V to great acclaim and in 2007 it was rated 4th best cigar with a 93 rating.

Oliva cigars continually ranks as one of the best cigars of the year. In 2012, the family released a new Serie V the Melanio edition to honor the man who started it all. Two years later in 2014, the Serie V Melanio would be named the Cigar of the Year with a 96 rating! Near perfection. Just this year, the Serie V rated a 95 and

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In addition, to the highly rated Serie cigars, Oliva also makes the Nub, which also makes the year’s best cigar list. In fact, Oliva cigars have remained on Cigar Aficionado’s top 25 cigars of the year for 12 years straight.

On top of that, Oliva believes in keeping prices in check.

The company’s cigars start at under $4 and go up to about $15. The highly rated Serie V belicoso is just over $8.00 depending on local taxes.

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n the closing laps of the Winston 500 at Talladega Superspeedway on Oct. 15, 2000, Dale Earnhardt, driver of the No. 3 RCR Enterprises Chevrolet, looked to be well out of contention for the win. With less than a dozen laps left after the final restart, he miraculously worked his way through traffic to score his 76th and final Cup series victory.

Earnhardt sealed the deal when he took the lead over second-place Kenny Wallace with only two laps remaining. In 18th position on the final restart, Earnhardt moved to 15th with 11 laps to go.

Then with eight laps remaining, Earnhardt hooked onto the bumpers of many of the 27 cars still on the lead lap, working the draft masterfully until he got to the lead.

As the cars came to the white flag, Earnhardt had finally gained the lead. He pulled ahead of Wallace with third-place Joe Nemechek in tow, and held on for the victory for the final lap around the 2.66-mile track.

As he crossed under the checkered flag, Earnhardt scored his 10-career victory at the 2.66-mile Alabama superspeedway and his third in four previous Talladega races.

“I was very lucky,” Earnhardt said. “I kept working the outside and it didn’t work. I started working the middle and finally it started moving. Kenny helped me get up there. It worked out.”

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KEVIN HARVICK BOYD GAMING 300 KYLE LARSON DC SOLAR 200 BRAD KESELOWSKI XFINITY SERIES RACE AT AUTO CLUB KYLE LARSON MY BARIATRIC SOLUTIONS 300 RYAN BLANEY FITZGERALD GLIDER KITS 300 RYAN PREECE TOYOTACARE 250 CHRISTOPHER BELL SPARKS ENERGY 300 SPENCER GALLAGHER ONEMAIN FINANCIAL 200 JUSTIN ALLGAIER HISENSE 4K TV 300 POCONO GREEN 250 LTI PRINTING 250 AMERICAN ETHANOL E15 250 XFINITY SERIES RACE AT CHICAGOLAND COCA-COLA FIRECRACKER 250 ALSCO 300 LAKES REGION 200 U.S. CELLULAR 250 ZIPPO 200 MID-OHIO CHALLENGE FOOD CITY 300 JOHNSONVILLE 180 SPORTS CLIPS HAIRCUTS VFW 200 LILLY DIABETES 250 XFINITY SERIES RACE AT LAS VEGAS GO BOWLING 250 DRIVE FOR THE CURE 300 XFINITY SERIES RACE AT DOVER KANSAS LOTTERY 300 FIRST DATA 500 O’REILLY AUTO PARTS 300

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NEXTERA ENERGY RESOURCES 250 JOHNNY SAUTER ACTIVE PEST CONTROL 200 BRETT MOFFITT CAMPING WORLD TRUCK SERIES RACE AT LAS VEGAS KYLE BUSCH ALPHA ENERGY SOLUTIONS 250 JOHN H. NEMECHEK CAMPING WORLD TRUCK SERIES RACE AT DOVER JOHNNY SAUTER CAMPING WORLD TRUCK SERIES RACE AT KANSAS NORTH CAROLINA EDUCATION LOTTERY 200 RATTLESNAKE 400 IOWA 200 CAMPING WORLD TRUCK SERIES RACE AT GATEWAY CAMPING WORLD TRUCK SERIES RACE AT CHICAGOLAND CAMPING WORLD TRUCK SERIES RACE AT KENTUCKY ELDORA DIRT DERBY GANDER OUTDOORS 150 CAMPING WORLD TRUCK SERIES RACE AT MICHIGAN UNOH 200 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 250 CAMPING WORLD TRUCK SERIES RACE AT LAS VEGAS FRED’S 250 POWERED BY COCA-COLA TEXAS ROADHOUSE 200 JAG METALS 350 LUCAS OIL 150

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2/11/18 4/14/18 4/28/18 5/12/18 6/2/18 6/16/18 7/14/18 7/21/18 7/27/18 8/3/18 8/24/18 9/22/18 10/5/18

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3/17/18 4/8/18 4/29/18 6/2/18 6/13/18 6/23/18 7/7/18 7/20/18 7/21/18 8/3/18 8/8/18 8/15/18 9/1/18 9/8/18 9/22/18 9/30/18

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