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MOORESVILLE, NC (July 29, 2009) – Braun Racing and longtime marketing partner, the Fraternal Order of Eagles, have teamed up for a good cause for this weekend’s premier NASCAR Nationwide Series race at Iowa Speedway. As previously announced, Braun Racing’s No. 10 Toyota Camry, to be driven by Kelly Bires, will carry a special paint scheme to help promote awareness for the Fraternal Order of Eagles Diabetes Research Center at the University of Iowa.

The Fraternal Order of Eagles (FOE) has partnered with the University of Iowa in a five-year fundraising project to raise $25 million for the Fraternal Order of Eagles Diabetes Research Center at the University of Iowa. The Eagles $25 million contribution will go exclusively to funding research at the center while the University of Iowa has committed the cost of construction, bricks and mortar, recruiting, ongoing maintenance and operations. As a show of support for the efforts by the FOE and the University of Iowa, Braun Racing team owner, Todd Braun, has donated $50,000 to the cause.

“We are committed to a cure,” said Grand Worthy President Mike Lagervall. “The new Fraternal Order of Eagles Diabetes Research center is a new beginning in the prevention and treatment of diabetes. Our partnership with the dedicated scientists and researchers at the University of Iowa promises crucial breakthroughs for the health and well-being of millions of Americans. Working together, we firmly believe that we can find a cure.”

Braun is proud to be a part of the project and has committed to help in any way possible.

“Millions of Americans are affected by diabetes every day,” said Braun. “I commend the Eagles and the University of Iowa for their dedication to funding research for this debilitating disease. The Fraternal Order of Eagles Diabetes Research Center will make a life-or-death difference for the future of millions of Americans with this disease.”

About Braun Racing

Braun Racing is a leading team in the NASCAR Nationwide Series that will field two full time entries and a third that will run a partial schedule in 2009. Founded by team owner, Todd Braun, in 2002, the team is in its seventh season of competition in the NASCAR Nationwide Series with drivers Jason Leffler in the No. 38 Great Clips Toyota, Brian Vickers and Burney Lamar sharing driving duties of the No. 32 Dollar General Toyota and David Reutimann driving the No. 10 Beringer Toyota in select races.

About The Fraternal Order of Eagles

The Fraternal Order of Eagles is an international non-profit organization, which unites fraternally in the spirit of liberty, truth, justice, and equality, to make human life more desirable by lessening its ills, and by promoting peace, prosperity, gladness and hope. The F.O.E. was founded in 1898 by six theatre owners gathered in a Seattle shipyard to discuss a musician’s strike. After addressing the matter, they agreed to “bury the hatchet” and form “The Order of Good Things.” As numbers grew, members changed the name to “The Fraternal Order of Eagles.” Presently F.O.E. membership exceeds 1.1 million, with more than 1,700 local aeries in the U.S. and Canada. Women’s auxiliaries total more than 1,500, with more than 335,000 members. Among its many accomplishments the F.O.E. counts the founding of Mother’s Day, and esteemed members include seven former U.S. Presidents and NASCAR drivers Tony Stewart and Sam Hornish.