By Brad Brickel
Thu, Apr 1, 2010
Good news is still rolling in from Motorsports 2010 for a worthy cause! It is with our sincerest gratitude that The RAACE Foundation thanks' Len Sammons Productions and The Checkered Flag Charity Auction which for the third straight year benefitted The RAACE Foundation. For well over 18 years, Checkered Flag Charity Auctions has been a part of this huge motorsports extravaganza raising money for worthy charities.
Donations to the 2010 auction to benefit The RAACE Foundation rose to over $6,000. The top dollar items include: an autographed & framed print of Mario, Michael and Marco Andretti with their race cars for $285. A 1/24th scale, 1968 Mercury Cyclone diecast racecar autographed by Bobby Allison and Holman Moody sold for $225.
Race used sheet metal is always a huge attraction at the show's auction and this year was marked by two exceptional pieces. Television Broadcast's of NASCAR racing still include Joey Lagano's wild ride at Dover in The #20 Home Depot car. The side of Joey's racecar that slid down the track in that wild flipping crash went for $210 it still had concrete dust on it! One of the other top dollar items in the race used sheet metal department was a nostalgic piece from Kevin Harvick racing. It was Tony Stewart's Old Spice car #33 from 2005 with actor Will Ferrell's picture on the rear quarter panel promoting the film Talladega Nights and yes this car's side was from the Talladega Busch Series race, it went for $150.
At a ceremony at Area Auto Racing News offices, members of the Checkered Flag Charity Auction Team made the donation of $6,188 to the RAACE Foundation's founder Kenneth Smith and Director of Development Brad Brickel. The RAACE Foundation raises awareness of child sexual abuse, and works closely with many local and national racing teams to advance their special message. We have been doing this for a long time and really enjoy working with TeamRAACE, they do a lot to save children and make racing a better place for families with the participation of their teams. As firemen by trade families and their children are very important to us, we have some great things planned for next years event Motorsports 2011 and look forward to helping RAACE continue to make a difference in the lives of children said Ron Hubscher of Checkered Flag Charities.
The Checkered Flag group raised the money at January's Motorsports 2010 show, at the Greater Philadelphia Expo Center in Oaks, Pa., through a fan-participation auction of auto racing-related items. From left to right are AARN publisher & chief editor/Motorsports Show promoter Lenny Sammons, Brad Brickel (RAACE Foundation), Joe Samestrelli (Checkered Flag Auction), Ken Smith (RAACE Foundation) and Ron Hubscher Jr. (Checkered Flag Auction).
The RAACE Foundation and The Checkered Flag Charity Auction need your continued support, because it is the right thing to do. To make a donation of services, event tickets, vacation packages; race used helmets, driver suits, or sheet metal; autographed memorabilia or collectible merchandise to the 2011 Checkered Flag Auction to benefit The RAACE Foundation contact Ron Hubscher at 609-575-8138 anytime or email him at
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. For more information on Motorsports 2011 visit www.aarn.com. For information on The RAACE Foundation visit www.raace.org, email at
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or contact Brad Brickel at 410-893-1001.
