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IZOD IndyCar® Series driver Justin Wilson to visit patients April 8 at Children’s Hospital of Alabama
Racing For Kids® sponsors Birmingham appearance by popular Indy driver
What: IZOD IndyCar® Series driver and Racing For Kids representative Justin Wilson will visit youngsters at Children’s Hospital of Alabama leading up to the Indy Grand Prix of Alabama at Barber Motorsports Park on April 11. Wilson will drive the #22 car for Dreyer & Reinbold Racing in Sunday’s race.
Wilson, who came in second in the Honda Grand Prix of St. Petersburg on March 28 and is in second place in the IZOD IndyCar series championship, will visit children in the hospital and spend time with youngsters at the Racing For Kids Showcar. Afterwards he will make bedside visits to hand out Racing For Kids caps, sign autographs, pose for photos and talk about his passion for racing.
Accompanying Wilson will be Indy Lights driver Charlie Kimball, who drives for AFS Racing/Andretti Autosport.
When: 10 a.m., Thursday, April 8, 2010
Where: Children’s Hospital of Alabama, 1600 7th Avenue South, Birmingham, AL 35233
Who: Justin Wilson, IZOD IndyCar Series driver
Racing For Kids Founder, Dr. William Pinsky
Charlie Kimball, Indy Lights Series driver
Background Info:
Racing For Kids, which celebrated its 20th anniversary last year, is a Detroit-based national charity founded in 1989. Racing For Kids uses the increasing popularity of motorsports to focus public awareness and funding on the health care needs of children. Racing For Kids has visited more than 22,000 children in more than 450 children’s hospitals in the United States, Canada, Mexico, Japan and Australia. It has raised more than $5.2 million for the hospitals visited and other children’s health institutions.
Major sponsors of Racing For Kids include Humana, Inc., Bridgestone Firestone Trust Fund, TranSystems, Z-Line Designs, Kona Deep and Benson Ford, Jr. Toyota Motorsports and The Grand Prix Foundation of Long Beach have made Racing For Kids a major charity of The Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach.
