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Nemechek races w/ flag patch

Jun- 1-2004 » Filed Under: 3/2 SBCT

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1st Battalion, 24th Infantry Regiment of the 1st Brigade, 25th Infantry Division’s Stryker Brigade Combat Team

By Spc. Lorie Jewell
June 1, 2004

CONCORD, N.C. (Army News Service, June 1, 2004) – Flying around a racetrack at speeds pushing 200 miles per hour, NASCAR driver Joe Nemechek paid special tribute to fallen Soldiers and those still serving.

On the dash of Nemechek’s Army-sponsored 01 Chevrolet was an American flag patch, placed there by Sgt. 1st Class Mark Mounce of the U.S. Army’s Accessions Command minutes before the start of NASCAR’s Coca-Cola 600 race at the Lowe’s Motor Speedway May 30. Nemechek finished the race in 14th place, while Jimmy Johnson took first.

...A crew from the 1st Battalion, 24th Infantry Regiment of the 1st Brigade, 25th Infantry Division’s Stryker Brigade Combat Team, made a lap around the track in the infantry carrier....

...“It’s pretty surreal,” said Staff Sgt. David Hughes, a member of the Stryker crew. “We’ve gotten a lot of thank-yous from everyone. It’s nice to know people believe in what we’re doing.”...


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