Dear Sponsors, Supporters and Friends: Our Racing For Kids team was deeply disappointed when our 2020 schedule of hospital visits was put on hold last month. But we fully understand why our program was delayed as the country is fighting against the Covid-19 virus. We are joining in that fight as we support the hospital […]
Update From Racing For Kids
Racing For Kids® Receives the 2020 Excellence in Non-Profit Activity Award from the Grosse Pointe Chamber of Commerce
Award is presented during the annual Pointer of Distinction Dinner GROSSE POINTE, MICHIGAN — Racing For Kids has received the prestigious 2020 Pointer of Distinction Award for Excellence in Non-Profit Activity given annually by the Grosse Pointe Chamber of Commerce. Since 2007 the chamber has publicly recognized outstanding individuals and organizations that have demonstrated excellence […]
Paul W. Smith’s ‘big heart and caring’ earn him Goodfellows honor
Congratulations to our good friend and supporter Paul W. Smith! Leonard N. Fleming, The Detroit News Year after year, longtime radio personality Paul W. Smith emcees the annual Goodfellows breakfast that helps raise money to brighten Christmas for underprivileged children. But on Friday morning, Smith, the popular morning host of “The Paul W. Smith Show” […]
Santino Ferrucci and Trio of Juncos Racing’s Star Racers Drop in at SSM Health Cardinal Glennon’s Children’s Hospital
Santino Ferrucci, IndyCar Series driver with Dale Coyne Racing, was joined by Juncos Racing Indy Lights drivers Rinus VeeKay, and Rasmus Lindh, and Juncos’ Indy Pro 2000 driver Sting Ray Robb at SSM Health Cardinal Glennon Children’s Hospital in Saint Louis. In full race suits, they made the stop to visit over 25 individual patient’s […]
UPDATE: TLC Airs Episode- Alexander Rossi, Dr. Jen Arnold Help Kick Off Racing For Kids’ 30 Anniversary Celebration
Check out the clip from August 13th’s airing of Alexander Rossi’s and Racing For Kids’ appearance on the TLC’s The Little Couple! The Racing For Kids® 30th Anniversary Celebration got off to a busy but stellar start this weekend at the Firestone Grand Prix of St. Petersburg. Thursday Andretti Autosport star racer Alexander Rossi stopped […]
Historic Sportscar Event Brings Racers to Glenwood Autism and Behavioral Health Center
The 2019 Barber Historics racing event at Barber Motorsports Park presented an opportunity for racers and staff of Historic Sportscar Racing (HSR) to visit Alabama’s Glenwood Autism and Behavioral Health Center. HSR brought along several of its most exciting historic race cars. Adults as well as children were able to explore the cars, get autographs […]
Jack Harvey Leads Trio In Lively Racing For Kids Stop At The Boys & Girls Club of Sheboygan, WI
Eighty youngsters at the Boys & Girls Club of Sheboygan (WI) were schooled on the ins and outs of open-wheel racing Thursday by a trio of racers led by IndyCar’s Jack Harvey, who races the NTT IndyCar Series for Meyer Shank Racing with Arrow. The affable Brit was joined by Colin Kaminsky and Hunter McElrea […]
Racing For Kids Celebrates 30th Anniversary at Detroit Grand Prix
The first weekend in June was action packed on and off the Belle Isle track at the Detroit Grand Prix. Both Racing For Kids and the Detroit Grand Prix celebrated 30 year anniversaries at various events throughout the city. Thursday IndyCar Racers Felex Rosenqvist and Santino Ferucci delighted several dozen patients with a pit stop […]
HOSPITAL VISIT BRINGS SMILES TO PATIENTS AND INDYCAR VISITORS
From INDYCAR® By Josh Roller | Published: May 10, 2019 INDIANAPOLIS – The legacy of Racing For Kids grew a little more when NTT IndyCar Series driver Marcus Ericsson and Harding Steinbrenner Racing co-owner George Steinbrenner IV visited Peyton Manning Children’s Hospital at St. Vincent on Thursday. Racing For Kids, in its 30th year, has […]
