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NASCAR’s Brian Scott honoring fallen Boise High teammate

Brian Scott will race Sunday with this nameplate, instead of his own name, displayed on his No. 44 Ford Fusion.
Brian Scott will race Sunday with this nameplate, instead of his own name, displayed on his No. 44 Ford Fusion.

One of the coolest things about Sunday’s Coca-Cola 600 is that all 40 Sprint Cup drivers will bear the name of a fallen service member on their race car windshields.

Brian Scott is honoring John Borbonus, his lacrosse teammate at Boise High. Borbonus, serving in the Army, died April 12, 2007, in a bombing in Iraq. He was 19. Sunday’s race starts at 4 p.m. (Fox) from Charlotte (N.C.) Motor Speedway.

COMING THIS WEEK: INTERVIEW WITH SCOTT AND HIS RELATIONSHIP WITH BORBONUS

This story was originally published May 24, 2016 at 11:19 PM with the headline "NASCAR’s Brian Scott honoring fallen Boise High teammate."

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