{"id":18842,"date":"2011-08-09T14:48:11","date_gmt":"2011-08-09T18:48:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/asweetlife.org\/?p=18842"},"modified":"2015-12-29T06:19:34","modified_gmt":"2015-12-29T11:19:34","slug":"vote-for-charlie-kimball","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/asweetlife.org\/?p=18842","title":{"rendered":"Vote for Charlie Kimball"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/asweetlife.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/Chalie-Kimball-sitting-on-car.jpg\" rel=\"mfp\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-18844 lazyload\" title=\"Chalie Kimball sitting on car\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" data-src=\"https:\/\/asweetlife.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/Chalie-Kimball-sitting-on-car-300x285.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"285\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/asweetlife.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/Chalie-Kimball-sitting-on-car-300x285.jpg 300w, https:\/\/asweetlife.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/Chalie-Kimball-sitting-on-car.jpg 365w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Race car driver <a href=\"https:\/\/asweetlife.org\/a-sweet-life-staff\/featured\/an-interview-charlie-kimball-the-world%E2%80%99s-fastest-diabetic\/12857\/\">Charlie Kimball<\/a>, the first and only licensed driver with diabetes in the history of the Indy Racing League to race at the highest level of the Series, was nominated this week for the <em>Firestone Tire-iffic Award. <\/em>He was nominated<em> <\/em>for capitalizing on his best qualifying effort to run up front and finish 11<sup>th<\/sup> in <em>The Honda Indy\u2122 200<\/em> at Mid-Ohio this past Sunday<em>.\u00a0 <\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>T<\/strong><strong>he award comes with a cash prize and if Charlie wins, he plans to donate a portion of the money to the diabetes community.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">But the competition is steep &#8212; Charlie is up against Ganassi teammate and former Indycar champion, Scott Dixon and is currently running \u201cneck and neck\u201d for votes with fellow Rookie, James Hinchcliffe.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Please go to the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.indycar.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">www.indycar.com<\/a>\u00a0home page (bottom right) &amp; vote for Charlie Kimball<\/strong> <strong>in the Firestone Tire-iffic Award.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>The voting deadline is EOD <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">this Thursday, August 11<\/span><\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Race car driver Charlie Kimball, the first and only licensed driver with diabetes in the history of the Indy Racing League to race at the highest level of the Series, was nominated this week for the Firestone Tire-iffic Award. 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