Love’s Travel Stops & Country Stores gives a personal look at how “The Unknown Soldier” was chosen for the windshield name decal on David Gilliland’s #38 Ford for the Coke 600. Charles “Wahoo” Sampson’s main job each week for the Front Row Motorsports team is to get the Love’s #38 driven by David Gilliland to its racetrack destination on time. The car he delivers to the Charlotte Motor Speedway days before the Coca-Cola 600 on Memorial Day weekend will be extra special. And it will have his imprint on the windshield. In honor of those killed in service of the United States, NASCAR is displaying the names of fallen soldiers on race cars, the specifics of which were up to the teams, sponsors and drivers. Front Row looked to their 47-year-old team member, a Marine who has served many tours of duty and who lost a number of brothers during that time. Wahoo picked “The Unknown Soldier,” dedicated to all soldiers of all ranks and all branches and dates of service who made the ultimate sacrifice for America. Wahoo said he couldn’t identify just one person to remember. Wahoo prefers not to go into detail about his time in combat, only noting that he’s immensely grateful to those who made the ultimate sacrifice.(Loves Travel Stops), see images of the scheme on the #38 Team Schemes page.(5-21-2015)
