Ky. Highway Safety to sponsor 300-mile June NASCAR Nationwide race at Kentucky Speedway
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Kentucky's Office of Highway Safety will be the title sponsor for Kentucky Speedway's June 27 NASCAR Nationwide Series race.
The John R. Elliott HERO Campaign 300 is the middle event of a tripleheader weekend at the 1.5-mile track including the 225-mile Camping World Truck Series race on June 26 and the Sprint Cup Series' 400-mile headliner on June 28.
Wednesday's announcement continues a partnership between the speedway and the department's HERO program intended to promote the use of designated drivers.
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Speedway general manager Mark Simendinger says "it's good to know that peoples' lives are being saved with this program."
The race is named for Elliott, a Navy Ensign and U.S. Naval Academy graduate who was killed in a head-on collision with a drunken driver in July 2000 while traveling home to New Jersey from Annapolis, Md. Elliott's family established the national HERO Campaign for Designated Drivers.