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Fans watching NASCAR’s Coca-Cola 600 on Sunday might not have realized the touching tribute driver’s paid to fallen U.S. servicemen and women for Memorial Day.
Emblazoned on each car was the name and rank of a veteran who died while serving.
It replaced the driver name and number that usually appear on the vehicles.
This was the second year in a row that NASCAR made the same gesture.
The race was won by Martin Truex Jr.
Social media loved the tribute.
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#NASCAR drivers pay homage to U.S. war dead at #CocaCola600. Special Memorial Day tribute. https://t.co/3we1dx1gjF pic.twitter.com/t4UCfmdFO9
— Sporting News NASCAR (@sn_nascar) May 29, 2016
Am so glad they are saying the names of the soldiers on the cars! Great tribute..not just a name! May GOD bless their families! #NASCAR
— Al Morris #NFB (@Lostal21) May 30, 2016
Bless our troops. And thank you to #NASCAR for the beautiful tribute.
— Josh Hamilton (@joshahamilton) May 29, 2016
#NASCAR drivers pay homage to U.S. war dead at #CocaCola600. Special Memorial Day tribute. https://t.co/3we1dx1gjF pic.twitter.com/t4UCfmdFO9
— Sporting News NASCAR (@sn_nascar) May 29, 2016
NASCAR pays tribute to Corporal Jared Verbeek of Visalia, killed in Afghanistan. https://t.co/iBdtkTUyWa #TeamFox26 pic.twitter.com/s376ZEzdc6
— KMPH FOX 26 (@KMPHFOX26) May 29, 2016
The Goodyear tires were even marked with a special message.
Polesitter for tonight’s @NASCAR Cup race at CLT – @MartinTruex_Jr – says “Support Our Troops.” @FR78Racing pic.twitter.com/pL2t4xWnSB
— Goodyear Racing (@GoodyearRacing) May 29, 2016
On Memorial Day weekend, @goodyear and @NASCAR “Support Our Troops.” pic.twitter.com/lSDQ0F85mQ
— Goodyear Racing (@GoodyearRacing) May 29, 2016
h/t: The Blaze.
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