05-13-05

STARS OF KARTING JOINS THE LAPS FOR KIDS TEAM IN MILLION DOLLAR DRIVE AT NCMP -- PROCEEDS TO BENEFIT VICTORY JUNCTION GANG CAMP

Hilliard, Ohio — Laps for Kids will once again partner with the Snap-On Stars of Karting (www.starsofkarting.com), again at New Castle Motor Sports Park May 15 to 17.   To be part of “The Million Dollar Drive”, racers can bring cash or items to Jason Bowles at the CompCor/Tony Kart pit or to Tim Megenbier at his pit area.  The respective pits will be adorned with Laps for Kids banners.

There you will be given a receipt for your donation and be eligible for many awards. The Victory Junction Gang is a 501 (c) 3 not-for-profit charity so all your donations will be tax deductible. All checks are to be made payable to Laps for Kids / Friends of Victory Junction Gang and all credit cards are accepted.
 
“I’m very happy to have Paul and all his Stars of Karting series as a supporter of the program and help put a twinkle in the eyes of the campers at Victory Junction this summer” Kannegiesser said. “We as kart racers may have small karts but we all have very big hearts.”

Proceeds of the Laps for Kids “The Million Dollar Drive” will benefit the Victory Junction Gang Camp, a Randleman, North Carolina-based camp for special needs.

Founded by actor Paul Newman and Kyle and Pattie Petty to honor Adam Petty, Victory Junction’s mission is to enrich the lives of children from the Carolinas and Virginia, who suffer with chronic or life-threatening illnesses. The camp has a racing theme that allows campers to begin their experience by entering the camp through a tunnel and crossing a starting line into the world of racing. Victory Junction’s 75-acre site has more than 36 buildings, including dining hall, gym, pool, theater, therapeutic center, arts and crafts center, race shop, and 16 camper cabins. The Victory Junction Gang Camp, which is also a Charity of NASCAR, opened June of 2004 and is free to children and their families.

Adam Petty made his start in motor sports through karting; a life cut short in an untimely death in NASCAR in 2000, at twenty years of age. The Laps for Kids team will be going the distance in his honor as well.
 
For more information or question please contact: Gary Kannegiesser at 440 670 2897
Donations maybe sent to Laps for Kids / Friends of Victory Junction, 32967 Durrell Ave., Avon Lake, Ohio 44012
Or visit any of the following: to make an online donation
Laps for Kids LLC: www.lapsforkids.com.
Victory Junction Gang: www.victoryjunction.org.
Snap-On Stars of Karting: www.starsofkarting.com.

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