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Battistini Gets Break With Conquest Racing

Dillon Battistini approaches his IZOD IndyCar Series debut in the Kentucky Indy 300 much the same as he would any other race: Get a feel for the car quickly, provide succinct and proper feedback, and race as hard as he can.

Also, there’s input from Conquest Racing team owner Eric Bachelart: “Don’t try to impress in one shot.” That’s both advice and a directive.

“It’s sound advice, but at the same time I don’t know how many opportunities I’ll get to impress in an IndyCar because I’m not the sort of driver that can run off and get my family to pay to do another race if this goes badly,” said Battistini, 33, of England, who will drive the No. 34 car in the 200-lap race Oct. 2. “So I really want to do well. I’m not going to pussyfoot it, but at the same time I respect Eric’s advice. I have to bring the car home and put in a solid performance.”

Battistini, who passed his IZOD IndyCar Series rookie orientation Sept. 23 at Kentucky Speedway, won on the 1.5-mile oval in a Panther Racing car in 2008 and tested the team’s IndyCar the same season. He hasn’t had a regular ride for the past three seasons, but he’s not been out of mind or view.

“I’ve been hanging around the IndyCar paddock as often as I can possibly make it,” said the four-time Firestone Indy Lights race winner. “Since I stopped racing Indy Lights regularly I’ve managed to put together the odd one-off race in a Lights car. But I’ve done my best to stay in close contact with all the IndyCar teams this whole time and just been working at raising a budget, which has been just so difficult in the economic climate.

“I’ve finally managed to put something together and am massively thankful to Eric because I have a lot of respect for him with his tendency to give opportunities to up-and-coming drivers who might not otherwise get a chance at all. I hope I can repay his faith.

Have You Sustained a Dog Bite Injury or Injuries? A South Carolina ...

The Joye Law Firm has more animal lovers per capita than any business I know of.  We are active supporters of the Charleston Animal Society (which does amazing things to find homes for abandoned animals and to curb animal over-population), sponsoring at least one major event for the society every year.  In 2009, the Charleston Animal Society honored our law firm with its corporate partner of the year award.  My paralegal Tara Gerardi is a board member of the society, and is crazy when it comes to her Boston terriers.  Firm administrator Rob Cluxton loves his pugs more than anything else in the world (except perhaps his nieces).  As I type this, my favorite mutt Dixie (herself a shelter rescue) lies at my feet.  Why do I share all of this?  Because many people are inclined to think there’s something inconsistent with being an animal lover and pursuing a claim against the owner of a dog which has injured someone.  Nothing could be farther from the truth.

Let me start by saying that I honestly don’t believe there is such a thing as an inherently bad dog.  My friend Richard recently adopted an abandoned pit bull and it’s one of the sweetest animals I know.  When you see a “bad” dog, you can rest assured that there’s a “bad” owner involved.  (The one exception to this rule may be chihuahuas – I can still remember being terrorized by my grandmother’s evil chihuahua Midget every time we spent time on the farm, and my grandmother was one of the sweetest people who ever walked the planet.)

Unfortunately, many people sustain serious injuries each year due to attacks by dogs which have been trained to be aggressive, or perhaps abused.  If you’ve been injured by a dog (whether you sustained a bite injury or you were injured as the result of a fall due to a dog attack), when should you hire a lawyer?

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