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Race car driver pays tribute to fallen Omaha police officer

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April 7th, 2016 by Ric Hanson

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) – A driver at I-80 Speedway and Eagle Raceway is using the hood of his race car to honor a fallen Omaha police officer. The Omaha World-Herald reports that driver Jim Cahill unveiled the tribute to officer Kerrie Orozco at Omaha Police Department’s northwest precinct on Wednesday. The fallen officer’s mother, Ellen Holtz, from Walnut, IA, christened the race car by spraying it with a bottle of champagne.

Orozco died May 20th, 2015, after she was shot by a suspect as police sought to arrest the fugitive on an assault warrant. Cahill’s four-cylinder, front-wheel-drive Chevy features a large portrait of Orozco, as well as Support Blue and Kerrie On logos.

Cahill plans to test the race car Friday and Saturday at I-80 Speedway near Greenwood, NE.