ELKHART LAKE, WI The historic Siebkens Saloon will host the official Elkhart Lake Welcome Party to kick off the Verizon IndyCar Series’ return to Road America on Thursday, June 21. The welcome party will benefit Racing For Kids®, a non-profit charity that partners with motorsports to bring awareness and funding to childrens’ hospitals and child […]
HISTORIC SIEBKENS RESORT TO HOST ELKHART LAKE WELCOME PARTY DURING VERIZON INDYCAR WEEKEND
Leist and Binder Visit “The Kids” First Before Taking On The Challenging Belle Isle Course
On Friday Verizon IndyCar Series rookies Matheus Leist and Rene Binder will drive for the first time on Detroit’s famed Belle Isle Park road course. They are apprehensive and excited by the challenge and said so to several dozen Children’s Hospital of Michigan patients Thursday during a Racing For Kids® stop at the hospital’s Specialty […]
Young Boy ‘Walks’ For Indy Driver at Peyton Manning Hospital Visit
Liam Sprague has had a lot to deal with in his short life. He suffered a debilitating stroke while waiting for a heart transplant as a very young child. The stroke left him unable to walk or talk. Then he received a welcome heart transplant four years ago and began an arduous journey of rehabilitation. […]
Racers Zach Veach and Christina Nielsen Entertain Kids At Long Beach Hospital
Since 1990, Miller Children’s and Women’s Hospital has been a favorite stop for Racing For Kids®. As the Official Charity of The Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach Pro Celebrity Race for 26 years, Racing For Kids® annually led a celebrity laden trip to Miller before racing activity began on the streets of Long Beach. […]
Gabby Chaves Brings Hope, Joy and Smiles To Patients at Phoenix Children’s Hospital
Colombian-American IndyCar Racer Gabby Chaves made a meaningful and endearing Racing For Kids® pit stop at Phoenix Children’s Hospital Thursday as he touched the lives of nearly 75 patients and siblings during the two-hour long stop. The personable 24 year old IndyCar racer, who drives for Harding Racing, greeted youngsters in the hospital’s playroom and […]
Ryan Hunter-Reay Leads Trio Of Drivers To Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital
Verizon INDYCAR star Ryan Hunter-Reay led a trio of drivers on a Racing For Kids® pit stop at Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital in St. Petersburg, FL Thursday. Hunter-Reay, who lives in Fort Lauderdale, considers All Children’s his home hospital. This was his 10th visit to the hospital in the last eleven years. The Andretti […]
Racing For Kids On The Radio
Racing For Kids’ Pat Wright, Executive Director and CEO, and Robbie Buhl, National Spokesperson and former IndyCar racer, will be interviewed Wednesday at The North American International Auto Show for The Children’s Hospital of Michigan’s (CHMF) “Caring For Kids” radio program. Larry Burns, CHMF’s CEO, will host the show, which airs at 7 pm Tuesday, February 27 […]
RACING FOR KIDS® WRAPS UP AN EXCITING 2017
The year kicked off with the IndyCar opener in Saint Petersburg, Florida. Since the inaugural Firestone Grand Prix of Saint Petersburg in 2009 Racing For Kids® has been visiting the young patients at the city’s Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital. Ryan Hunter-Reay, the 2012 Verizon IndyCar Series champion, joined the Racing For Kids® team at […]
Racing For Kids® Team Rallies To Save Driverless Visit
Racing For Kids® faced an unusual challenge Thursday in its annual visit to Santa Rosa’s North Valley School: the program would have to be conducted without racecar drivers present. The reason was understandable: with so much riding on Sunday’s GoPro Grand Prix – the series championship and driver contracts for 2018 –executives from The Sonoma […]