Racing For Kids, the longest continuous children’s charity in motorsports, congratulates the Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach for its 50th Anniversary of bringing big time auto racing to Southern California. For 26 years (1991-2016), Racing For Kids was the beneficiary of the Grand Prix’s Toyota Pro Celebrity Race bringing a variety of celebrity racers […]
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Racing For Kids® Hails The 50th Anniversary Of The Acura Grand Prix Of Long Beach

Racing For Kids launches 36th season with Florida events
Racing For Kids opened the 2025 NTT INDYCAR Series season with a visit to hospitalized kids at Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital in St. Petersburg, Fl. This is the Grosse Pointe based national children’s charity’s 36th year of helping sick children get better faster through motorsports. Leading the February 27 hospital visit was AJ Foyt […]
Our Mission
Founded in Detroit in 1989, Racing For Kids® is designed to use the increasing popularity of motorsports to focus public attention and funding on the health care needs of children.
The hospital visits form the heart of the program. Racing For Kids® drivers visit children in Children’s Hospitals wherever they race. They spend time with each sick youngster answering questions about their sport, posing for pictures, signing autographs and handing out the distinctive Racing For Kids® hats, coloring books and assorted memorabilia provide by our sponsors.
Hospital Visits
750+
Sick Children Visited
45,000
Donations Received
$8m