The checkered festoons will be waving overhead and the engines will soon be revving up for the last blast of summer – the 11th Racing For Kids to the Hill. The long-anticipated event will be held on the Wednesday– August 30, 2017 – on Kercheval Avenue in Grosse Pointe Farms. “Every year we have surpassed […]
11th Annual Racing For Kids to the Hill set for August 30
Indy 500 Champs visit SSM Health’s Cardinal Glennon Children’s Hospital With Racing For Kids
The two most recent Indy 500 winners, Takuma Sato & Alexander Rossi, delighted 60 patients and their siblings today at Cardinal Glennon Children’s Hospital. Sato who races for Andretti Autosport, won this year’s Indy 500 in an exciting finish holding off a charging Helio Castroneves. Rossi, who drives for Andretti Herta Autospoprt with Curb/Agajanian, won […]
GLOBAL RALLYCROSS DRIVERS JOIN RACING FOR KIDS AT PHILLY CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL IN ATLANTIC CITY, THEN TREAT THEIR NEW FANS TO PODIUM FINISHES
“Who would like to watch the Red Bull Global Rallycross in Atlantic City this weekend?” That was the question posed to children during a Racing for Kids sponsored visit to the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia Atlantic County Specialty Care Center on Thursday August 10, 2017. Fifteen of the 20 young patients in the classroom immediately raised […]
Andretti Autosport’s Dalton Kellett A Hit At Akron Children’s Hospital
Dalton Kellett left Akron Children’s Hospital late Thursday Morning with at least 75 new fans among the young patients, their siblings, and parents that he encountered during a 90 minute pit stop at the highly regarded Northern Ohio pediatric facility. His Racing For Kids® visit was a gala affair with the ABC Supply IndyCar showcar […]
Toronto’s Holland Bloorview Hospital Gets Special Recognition From Honda Indy Toronto Racers
The highly regarded Holland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital in Toronto gets little public attention in the abundance of publicity afforded the mega-hospitals in Canada’s largest city. However, the good work performed at Holland Bloorview did not escape the attention of three Indy Lights Presented by Cooper Tires Series stars, who delighted more than 50 patients at […]
Red Bull GRC Racers Delight Kids At Indy’s Riley Children’s Hospital
During race weekend, Red Bull Global Rallycross Series racers lead very busy lives with hours of practice, elimination heats, semi-final, and final races. Off track they have personal appearances, autograph sessions and a plethora of sponsor obligations. But despite a hectic schedule, the racers always find time for a quick Racing For Kids® Pit Stop at the […]
“Road To Indy” Headlines Racing For Kids Stop At Sheboygan (WI) Boys & Girls Club
It was an engaging and impressive “Road To Indy” Show Thursday’s at Racing For Kids® stop at the Sheboygan (WI) County Boys & Girls Club in Sheboygan Falls. Headliners in the show were three fast-rising racers: Andretti Autosport’s Mazda Indy Lights driver, Nico Jamin; Team Pelfrey’s drivers Nikita Lastochkin, who competes in the Pro Mazda […]
The Kids Reign During Racing For Kids®Very Busy Stop At The Detroit Grand Prix
Detroit is the birthplace of Racing For Kids® and so the annual Chevrolet Detroit Grand Prix is a big deal with it being a hometown race and a very busy weekend. This year was no different. Racing For Kids® (RFK) activities began Thursday on the front lawn of the Children’s Hospital of Michigan’s (CHM) Specialty […]
Stefan Wilson Brings Smiles Aplenty to Kids at Peyton Manning St. Vincent Hospital
Doctors and caregivers alike laud Racing For Kids’ celebrity race driver hospital visits as a critical component in their patients’ recovery therapy. Stefan Wilson’s pit stop at Indy’s Peyton Manning St. Vincent Children’s Hospital today (Wednesday) was a good example of that effect. The lanky Verizon INDYCAR racer’s friendly and engaging manner was just what several […]
