Two months removed from diabetes diagnosis, XFINITY driver returns
Sunday's 3M 250 XFINITY Series race at Iowa Speedway (FOX Sports 1, 2 p.m. ET) will mark the return of driver/team owner Jamie Dick, who has been sidelined since being diagnosed with diabetes following the XFINITY race at Phoenix International Raceway on March 14.
Dick, 26, has been cleared by his doctors and NASCAR's medical staff to compete, and is excited to be back behind the wheel for the first time in more than two months.
"I couldn't be happier to get back in the car this weekend," Dick said in a team press release. "I have been looking forward to this weekend since the day after Phoenix. There were a lot of unanswered questions when I was first diagnosed, but my focus quickly shifted to getting cleared to race. With any new diagnosis, there is a lot to learn, but my doctors are doing a great job and the NASCAR staff has been great with showing me the path to getting healthy and back to driving."
Viva Motorsports' Jeffrey Earnhardt and Brandon Gdovic spent time in the team's No. 55 Chevrolet Camaro in Dick's absence.
"Both Jeffrey and Brandon did a great job in running the races I had originally planned, and our Viva Motorsports team is on a roll," Dick said. "Now it's my turn to keep that going."
