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 […]
Gabby Chaves Brings Hope, Joy and Smiles To Patients at Phoenix Children’s Hospital
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 […]
11th Annual Racing For Kids to the Hill set for August 30
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 […]
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 […]
