Racing competitively is all about numbers for diabetic IndyCar driver Charlie Kimball
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Charlie Kimball will check his blood-glucose numbers constantly before, during and after Sunday's Indianapolis 500.
He doesn't have a choice.
The California native was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes in 2007, and the only way he can win is to keep those numbers at the proper level.
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His team understands, allowing him to take practice breaks when necessary and tracking his sugar levels throughout races with a special monitor inside the cockpit of his No. 83 car. And if he needs something to help him during the race, Kimball can switch a specially designed valve to drink orange juice instead of water.
IndyCar officials and team members say Kimball has never had a problem during a race.