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Freedom National Insurance Services Announces the Release of Dorado for Arizona!
Freedom National Insurance Services announces the release of Dorado for Arizona!
Newport Beach, CA (PRWEB) February 01, 2013
Newport Beach, CAJanuary 31st 2013 - Freedom National Insurance Company, a leading provider of non-standard auto insurance, announced today the release of Dorado, for the state of Arizona, effective for new business starting February 1st, 2013.
Since 1999, weve built a reputation for providing innovative and exciting auto insurance products to the auto insurance industry. Many of our producers are looking for unique products to help them compete in the marketplace. Although competitive pricing is important in todays market we believe low down payment is as important for our producers to attract new clients and that is the very reason why it made sense for us to introduce the Dorado program, offering a zero dollar policy fee for new business said Bijan Abdi, President/CEO of Freedom National Insurance
Dorado will set itself apart from other insurance companies and its current product, Juniper, by offering a zero policy fee for new business combined with an aggressively priced low down payment. In addition, Dorado will adopt the increased commissions announced earlier this year to current producers in Arizona.
About Freedom National Insurance Company, Inc.
Freedom National Insurance Company, founded in 1999 and headquartered in Southern California, is a technology driven, service oriented company focused on the non-standard auto insurance market. Freedom National Insurance offers customers, producers and agencies a range of quality products and services to suit their auto insurance needs. They currently offer and serve auto insurance products and clients in Arizona, California, Colorado and Utah with additional states being added in 2013. For more information or to learn more please visit http://www.freedomnational.com.
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Freedom returns to Timbuktu after months of radical Islamic rule
TIMBUKTU, Mali On the day the French came and the Islamists left, Hawi Traore folded up her veil and tied on a vibrantly colored wraparound dress. The next day, she wore heels. The day after, she got her hair braided and slipped on sparkly earrings.
And finally, on Thursday, the 12-year-old girl turned the music on her cellphone back on and danced in the streets, celebrating freedom from the draconian rules imposed by al-Qaeda-linked militants on this desert capital for much of the past year.
Four days since French commandos parachuted onto the sand north of Timbuktu and liberated the storied city from the Islamists, there is a growing sense of freedom particularly among women.
Their jubilation
Malian girl Azahara Abdu, who was allegedly sexually abused by Islamists, stands in her home in the newly liberated ancient city of Timbuktu. French-led forces have recaptured the city in their offensive against Islamist rebels.
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Freedom returns to Timbuktu after months of radical Islamic rule
Freedom Returns to the Storied City of Timbuktu
On the morning French commandos parachuted onto the sand just north of this storied city and ended 10 months of Islamic rule, Hawi Traore folded up her veil. On the next day, she wore heels. On the day after, she put on her sparkly earrings, got her hair braided and tried her mother's perfume.
Finally on Thursday, the 12-year-old girl dared to dance in the streets, celebrating freedom from the draconian rules that were imposed by the al-Qaida-linked militants on this desert capital for much of the past year.
Four days since French special forces liberated Timbuktu, there is a growing sense of freedom particularly among women. The speed with which women have claimed back their freedom underscores one of the advantages the French hold against an elusive enemy on unforgiving terrain: The population here has long practiced a moderate Islam rather than the extremism of the militants.
Although Timbuktu has long been a code word for the ends of the earth, until recently its women led a relatively modern existence, where they were not required to be covered and could socialize with men. That changed abruptly last year, when radical Islamists seized control of the northern half of Mali in the chaos after a coup in the distant capital.
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When they first arrived, Hawi, a tall, fast-talking, sassy preteen girl, was just learning how to put on makeup. She learned the hard way to wear the toungou, the word for veil in the Songhai language. Her slender arm still bears the scar left by the whip of the Islamic police, her punishment for not properly covering up.
Her once-free life became increasingly restricted, as did that of her sisters and friends.
The Islamists showed no mercy, beating everyone from pregnant women to grandmothers to 9-year-old girls who weren't fully covered. Even talking to a brother on the front stoop of a woman's own home could get her in trouble.
Smoking, drinking and music were banned. So was playing soccer. The worst punishment was reserved for love outside the rules, and an unmarried couple who had two children out of wedlock was stoned to death in one northern Malian town.
Fatouma Traore lives on Street No. 415 in Timbuktu, the road that runs directly in front of the building where the Islamic Tribunal operated in what was once a luxury, boutique hotel. A leaflet left in the dirt in the courtyard set out eight rules for how women should wear the veil.
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Freedom Home Healthcare Opens New Branch in North Brunswick
HACKENSACK, N.J., Jan. 31, 2013 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Freedom Home Healthcare, a leading provider of geriatric care management and in-home care for older adults, announced today that it has opened a new branch in North Brunswick, NJ. The company has two additional offices in Hackensack and Mt. Laurel.
"Since 2003, Freedom has been providing in-home health care services that enable older adults to age with grace and dignity," said Barbra London, Freedom's president. "With our newest location in central New Jersey, we are now positioned to provide care to older adults living throughout the entire state."
In addition to providing in-home care for older adults, Freedom also serves as an informational resource to other health care professionals. Throughout the years, the Freedom team of experts has provided continuing education seminars for social workers, nurses, long-term care administrators and assisted living administrators.
"We're excited to call central New Jersey home and to provide older adults living in surrounding communities with the exceptional care for which we are known," said London. "We also look forward to building relationships with local health care providers who share our commitment to excellence."
For more information about Freedom's services and locations, visit .freedom-homehealthcare.com.
About Freedom Home Healthcare
Founded in 2003, Freedom Home Healthcare (www.freedom-homehealthcare.com) is a premier provider of in-home care for older adults, their families and professional referral sources. The company's full spectrum of concierge-level services includes hourly, respite and live-in care, as well as long-distance caregiving and geriatric care management. With three offices located throughout New Jersey, Freedom provides both short- and long-term care.
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Football players look to earn a shot with Freedom Fighters
MALDEN Saturday was a perfect day for football.
The piercing wind whipped down Pearl Street and a thin coating of snow delicately blanketed the turf at Macdonald Stadium as more than 60 football hopefuls arrived with the same aspiration: to impress former New England Patriots running back Patrick Pass, a three-time Super Bowl champion, and his fellow coaches, also former NFL players, enough to earn a spot on the Boston Freedom Fighters roster.
The team is part of the newly formed, eight-team National Spring Football League, which is intended to help players reach the established professional leagues. The other teams are the Arizona Racers, the Georgia Blaze, the Los Angeles Knights, the Rhode Island Navigators, the San Antonio Defenders, the Texas Heat Seekers, and the Virginia Beach Sting Rays.
Its a developmental league for a lot of these kids, a second chance to show the NFL scouts, GMs, and owners that they have what it takes to play this game, Pass said. Were trying to give these guys the best film possible to showcase their talents.
Paul Shaughnessy, a 23-year-old Malden native and Northeast Metro Tech graduate, came out to earn a spot.
To play something you love and travel the country at the same time, thats the American dream, said Shaughnessy, who also was a running back at Mount Ida College from 2007 to 2010. A lot of guys in here are legitimate athletes and are excited for this opportunity.
Shaughnessy is one of 38 Massachusetts natives who attended tryouts on Saturday and participated in traditional drills such as the 40-yard dash and shuttle run, as well as individual position drills.
The Freedom Fighters first game is March 30 in San Antonio. According to Pass, the goal is to have a 60-man roster including 10 practice squad members set by training camp, which is scheduled to start March 4.
We want someone who is coachable, and someone we dont have to teach to play the game of football all over again, Pass said. We want someone who can listen, take directions well, and play hard.
The idea of locating in Boston started when Terrell Parham, the NSFLs chief executive, contacted Malden businessman Bill Spadafora and asked if he was interested in forming a team.
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Higher media freedom ranking for NZ 'good news'
New Zealand has increased its international ranking for media freedom, a result that School of Communication, Journalism and Marketing lecturer Dr Cathy Strong describes as "good news" though she still urges vigilance.
The annual ranking by international journalists organisation Reporters Without Borders showed New Zealand improved its listing five places from 13th to eighth highest of countries with governments allowing media to work independently.
Dr Strong, who, re-joined the University last year after three years teaching multi-media journalism in Dubai, says the ranking is well above the USA ranked 32nd, the UK ranked 29th and Australia ranked 26th.
"It is a case of use it or lose it. My experience working in the Middle East made it clear that many people dont even know the concept of free media, so New Zealand should not be blas about the treasure it has."
The report by Reporters Without Borders highlighted the fact that seven journalists have already been killed in 2013 - less than a month into the year. In 2012 90 journalists were killed carrying out their duties with another 53 media assistants and citizen-journalists suffering the same fate.
Dr Strong says New Zealand should be proud that it continually guards the right of journalists to have access to public information, especially as it is the publics taxes that pay for the generation of this information.
"Every time someone uses the Official information Act to compel a local authority or government department to release facts and figures, it is another step to ensure media freedom."
Upholding freedom for bloggers and social media is a "vexing problem" she says, as they should have freedom, but like journalists, they should exercise it with a sense of social responsibility.
Parliament will soon be investigating a proposal to change the way the media is held accountable, as set out recently in draft legislation from the Law Commission.
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Malaysia at lowest ever in press freedom index
KUALA LUMPUR: Press freedom in Malaysia has dropped to a new low by ranking of 145 out of 179 countries in the World Press Freedom Index.
Malaysia fell 23 spots to its lowest ever position from the previous ranking of 122 in 2011-2012.
The index, compiled in the annual publication of Reporters Without Borders, a non-governmental organisation (NGO) that advocates freedom of the press and freedom of information, remarked that Malaysia was ranked so because access to information was becoming more and more limited.
This was despite efforts by the government to amend laws related to media freedom such as the Printing Presses and Publications Act in 2012 allowing more online news portals and permits for newspapers to operate.
"These small plus points for press freedom in Malaysia cannot hold the tide against attacks on media," said Masjaliza Hamzah, executive director of Centre For Independent Journalism.
"Last year, at least 12 journalists were harassed, threatened, assaulted, arrested and had their equipment damaged or seized while covering of the Bersih 3 rally. Some of those professional reporting tools seized had yet to be returned," she said.
She also said she was not surprised Malaysia's ranking had gone from bad to worse.
"The slide in Malaysia's press freedom ranking is bad news not just for media but for Malaysians as it means that media's ability to bring them news that's accurate, timely and fair had been compromised," she said.
"These requirements are much needed during an election period when it is important for voters to get reliable information about election issues and candidates and not public relations material -- so they know who best to cast their votes for."
The National Union of Journalists (NUJ) felt the government needed to make more efforts to abolish laws that hindered press freedom.
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Commercial Banker Robert Musseman Joins Freedom Bank
FAIRFAX, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--
Freedom Bank of Virginia (Bank) (Bulletin Board:FDVA.OB) announced the addition of E. Robert Musseman, Jr. as Vice President, Corporate Banking Division. Mr. Musseman will be based in the Fairfax office and assist in providing quality service to our existing clientele while fostering new relationships throughout the region. We are excited about having Rob join us, stated President & CEO Craig S. Underhill. Rob has been involved in the northern Virginia business community for many years and brings us a large network of prospective clients and referral sources. Mr. Musseman joins Freedom Bank from PNC Bank, where he was Vice President, Relationship Manager.
About Freedom Bank
Freedom Bank is a local community providing a full range of financial services, including credit and deposit products, cash management, and internet banking services for consumers and businesses. The Bank operates from its headquarters office at 10555 Main Street, Fairfax, Virginia 22030. For more information visit http://www.freedombankva.com
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Freedom Bank Reports Third Consecutive Year of Profitability in 2012
FAIRFAX, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--
The Freedom Bank of Virginia (Bulletin Board:FDVA.OB): finished its third consecutive year and fifteenth consecutive profitable quarter on December 31, 2012.
Assets grew to $238,642,144 at December 31, 2012. This was up 14.98% from $207,557,264 at the prior period. The investment in additional lending officers resulted in double digit loan growth for the year. New lenders made a particularly strong contribution in the fourth quarter with loans to medical professionals. Gross loans increased 11.33% to $171,901,847 up from $154,407,193 at December 31, 2011. In addition to strong loan growth, Investment Securities Available for Sale increased $13,533,997 (89.13%) to $28,717,795 at December 31, 2012.
Deposit growth was strong for the year at 16.05%. Non-interest bearing deposits increased $9,558,806 (37.64%) to $34,951,109. This growth was due primarily to the Banks strong penetration of the government contracting market. The Bank has focused on this market for many years and strong deposit growth in 2012 resulted from this long term effort. Time deposits increased $29,429,419 (21.55%) to $139,555,489 at December 31, 2012. Part of the strong growth in these areas was reduced by a decline in interest bearing checking accounts, which dropped $5,071,905 (12.17%) to $36,601,864 during the year.
Net profit declined for the year primarily due to investments the Bank made in loan growth and improving asset quality. The Bank increased its lending staff by 80% late in the year. This helped increase loan production, but also increased compensation expense by $270,000 in the fourth quarter. The Bank earned a net profit in 2012 of $1,192,000 ($0.42 per share), down from $1,900,300 in 2010 ($0.67 per share). Asset quality improved greatly. Loans on which the Bank is no longer accruing interest was halved from 2.43% at December 31, 2011 to 1.21% at December 31, 2012. Loans past due for regularly scheduled payments declined from 1.67% at December 31, 2011 to 0.23% at December 31, 2012. Although the result positioned the Bank well for the coming year, it did require the Bank to increase the Provision for Possible Loan Losses by $340,200 over the prior year.
Stockholders Equity exceeded $25,000,000 for the first time for the year ending December 31, 2012. Stockholders Equity was $25,264,084 up 6.61% from $23,697,402 at 12/31/2011. Year end book value per share was $8.81, up from $8.07 the prior year.
Capital continues to be a strength of the Bank. Regulatory capital minimums to be considered well capitalized for Tier 1 Leverage Ratio, Risk Based Capital Tier 1, and Risk Based Capital Tier 2 are 5.0%, 6.0% and 10.0% respectively. At 12/31/2012 the ratios for the Bank were 11.06%, 13.80% and 15.03% respectively, all in the well capitalized category. The Bank continues its tradition of maintaining a strong capital base to serve the needs of its customers and stockholders.
Freedom Bank is a community-oriented, locally-owned bank with locations in Fairfax and Vienna, Virginia. For information about Freedom Banks deposit and loan services, visit the Banks website at http://www.freedombankva.com.
This release contains forward-looking statements, including our expectations with respect to future events that are subject to various risks and uncertainties. Factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from management's projections, forecasts, estimates and expectations include: fluctuation in market rates of interest and loan and deposit pricing, adverse changes in the overall national economy as well as adverse economic conditions in our specific market areas, maintenance and development of well-established and valued client relationships and referral source relationships, and acquisition or loss of key production personnel. Other risks that can affect the Bank are detailed from time to time in our quarterly and annual reports filed with the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System. We caution readers that the list of factors above is not exclusive. The forward-looking statements are made as of the date of this release, and we may not undertake steps to update the forward-looking statements to reflect the impact of any circumstances or events that arise after the date the forward-looking statements are made. In addition, our past results of operations are not necessarily indicative of future performance.
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5 big losers in press freedom: Mali and … Japan?
Each year, the World Press Freedom Index ranks the worlds nations 179 of them on how easy they make the work of journalists, scoring them in categories like media independence, the physical safety of reporters, free speech laws, and transparency. The resulting list reads much like a primer for understanding global conflict: Safe and prosperous countries like Finland and Norway do best, while war-torn dictatorships like Iran, Eritrea, and Syria are among the worlds worst spots to be not only a citizen, but a journalist as well.
But while the index suggests that press freedom is frequently a casualty of war take for instance Mali, which plummeted 74 spots on the list during the past year it also indicates that those wounds are not always fatal. This year saw massive growth in press freedom in several countries with bloody recent histories, including Ivory Coast, Afghanistan, and Myanmar. These countries can serve as a bellwether for Middle Eastern and North African states struggling to remake themselves in the wake of the 2011 uprisings in that region, says Delphine Halgand, Washington director for the French NGO Reporters Without Borders (Reporters Sans Frontires, or RSF), which released the index for 2012 today.
In these Arab Spring countries were still waiting on the promise of new freedoms, Ms. Halgand says. This is a really sensitive time for the future of the press there.
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Elsewhere in the world, however, shifts in journalistic freedom have happened more quietly. Malawi, for instance, marched upward 71 places in a single year on the back of government reform there, while Japan dipped 31 spots based on the governments handling of press coverage of the 2011 Fukushima Daiichi nuclear reactor disaster.
Here are five of the notable winners and losers on this years list.
#32: The United States
After tumbling 27 places in the rankings between 2011 and 2012, the United States recovered significant ground this year, rising 15 slots to 32nd. Last years downgrade was the result of police crackdown on reporters covering the Occupy Wall Street movement, which led to the imprisonment and beating of more than two dozen journalists, according to RSF. This was not the first time the American position in the ranking took a sudden nosedive the US fell 20 places between 2004 and 2005 at the height of government-media tensions over the war on terror. Even the US media climate reflects [political upheaval], Halgand notes.
But just as the US began to right itself this year, Canada dropped 10 spots to 20th as a result of press difficulties in covering the widespread student protests there. But neither the US nor its northern neighbor came close to the press freedom enjoyed in the Western Hemispheres highest ranked nation, tiny Jamaica, which clocked in at 13th.
#53: Japan
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Freedom of speech must not extend to right to offend: Tewari
New Delhi, Jan 29 (IANS) "Democratisation" of the information sector, with easy access to news and social media platforms, should take into account implications on social ethics and norms, and freedom of speech should not extend to the right to offend, Information and Broadcasting Minister Manish Tewari said here Tuesday.
Addressing a function of the Broadcast Engineering Society, Tewari said media should take to self-regulation "as an instinct".
"With the democratization of the information paradigm, it has to take into account what are the implications on social ethics, social milieu, social norms... Freedom of speech should not extend to the right to offend", he continued, adding that a "remedy" should be found to the issue.
Referring to social media, Tewari said there is "need to make a distinction between right to privacy and the right to know".
"The right to anonymity can be corrosive to social order," he said.
The minister's comments can be seen in reference to many postings critical of the government by anonymous accounts as well as imposter accounts posing as the Prime Minister's Office or poking fun at the prime minister on the social media network Twitter.
The minister said the broadcasting space has seen a huge expansion in the past two decades, from one broadcaster in 1990 to over 850 television channels, while FM radio has also expanded in the past five years. The social media has also expanded with around seven crore users.
This posed a question "whether regulation has been able to keep pace with the march of technology," said Tewari.
"For orderly development of any sector, it is a prerequisite that enabling regulations of statutory architecture should keep pace with the changes as it unfolds," he added.
On TRPs and sensationalism in TV media, Tewari said the issue needs to be deliberated whether it is due to the "skewed revenue model or an addiction that people have got into".
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Freedom Valu Selects PeopleMatter to do More Than Just Job Apps
PeopleMatter Automates HR with Comprehensive Hire-to-Retire Solution
Charleston, SC (PRWEB) January 29, 2013
We were looking for a software package that could do more than applicant tracking, said Rick Cagle, Vice President and Director of Operations for Erickson Oil Products/Freedom Valu Centers. We wanted a system that offered training and scheduling, in addition to applicant tracking.
PeopleMatter provides Freedom Valu with a configurable, flexible and easy-to-use HR Platform that offers hiring, training and scheduling all from one online portal. Unlike many HR solutions in the market, PeopleMatter is designed specifically for the service industry and hourly workforce. All the Platforms tools and features are built to accommodate the unique needs of multi-unit operators a key request for companies like Freedom Valu.
With stores located in the metropolitan and suburban areas of Minnesota, Wisconsin, South Dakota and Michigan, Freedom Valu managers can easily share applications and employee schedules across locations. Additionally, if an employee moves from one state to another, managers can quickly transfer the employees file to the Freedom location closest to the employees new address. The software syncs all of the data and employees instantly throughout the system and keeps on-the-go teams up-to-date.
We have been very impressed with the speed and accuracy of moving our information into the system. The transition has been good from the beginning to deployment, said Rick Cagle, Vice President and Director of Operations Erickson Oil Products/Freedom Valu Centers. Traditionally implementations are laborious. But turning on PeopleMatter and using the system has been easy and flawless.
Using the integrated modules and components of the PeopleMatter Platform provides a lot of flexibility not found in point solutions. Capabilities include the:
By providing an integrated training and scheduling solution, PeopleMatter meets a need Freedom Valus previous point solution left unfulfilled. PeopleMatters comprehensive Platform works how today's workforce works via mobile smartphones, tablets, browsers and voice-activated devices.
Having clients move from a point solution to the PeopleMatter Platform is always a validation of our product, said Nate DaPore, PeopleMatter President and Chief Executive Officer. It is wonderful to see new clients like Freedom Valu Centers embrace our easy to-use tools that meets their needs and grows with the company.
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Watchdog launches global press freedom 'indicator'
Reporters Without Borders on Wednesday launched a new indicator measuring global press freedom by aggregating the scores of its annual index, from perennial table-topping Finland to worst offenders Eritrea.
"In view of the emergence of new technologies and the interdependence of governments and peoples, the freedom to produce and circulate news and information needs to be evaluated at the planetary as well as national level," the Paris-based watchdog said.
It said that its new indicator, launched after one of the deadliest years ever for journalists worldwide, stood at 3395, which would become a reference point.
Northern European countries topped the rankings of its separate Press Freedom Index, while the small, reclusive African nation of Eritrea came last.
The fluctuations caused by the Arab Spring in the rankings had now stabilised, the report said.
"The ranking of most countries is no longer attributable to dramatic political developments. This year's index is a better reflection of the attitudes and intentions of governments towards media freedom in the medium or long term," it said.
The biggest gain was achieved by Malawi, which moved up 71 spots to 75th and the biggest fall was recorded by war-torn Mali, which tumbled 74 places from its impressive previous ranking of 25th.
Selected rankings from Reporters Without Borders' 2013 World Press Freedom Index:
1. Finland
2. Netherlands
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Freedom Autosport starts SCC season with 6th at Daytona
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla.Freedom Autosport got the 2013 GRAND-AM Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge season off to a good start by finishing 6th in Fridays 2.5-hour opener. Andrew Carbonell and Rhett ODoski were the co-drivers responsible for the solid finish in the No. 26 Mazda MX-5.
Tom Long and Derek Whitis finished 13th in the No. 25 MX-5, meaning both cars left Daytona with valuable points in the Street Tuner standings.
#26 Freedom Autosport Mazda MX-5: Andrew Carbonell, Rhett O'Doski
Photo by: Eric Gilbert
This year, Freedom Autosport is honoring Marine Cpl. Christopher Singer, who made the ultimate sacrifice on January 21, 2012, during combat in Afghanistan.
Freedom Autosport has always supported the Injured Marine Semper Fi Fund, but we are also honored to remember those who have died in the line of duty, says Whitis. Fans will be able to see Cpl. Singers picture on our car all year long.
Both of the Freedom Autosport MX-5s pitted during a caution, which allowed Carbonell to get behind the wheel of the No. 26 while Long took over in the No. 25.
The pit stops were both so flawless that the cars gained positions, edging out other competitors who also took advantage of the caution.
Carbonell and Long ran nose-to-tail for a while so they could carry more speed on Daytonas banking. Carbonell had to stop under green for fuel as the race neared its end, but the teams strategy worked well, and Carbonell crossed the line in 6th.
Meanwhile, Long had to pit under green with a bent fender. The team used the stop to refuel the No. 25, so they avoided making any extra stops during the race. Long and Whitis eventually finished 13th.
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