rebelracewriter Posted November 13, 2007 Report Share Posted November 13, 2007 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Monday, November 12, 2007 TICKET SALES AT SOUTH TEXAS SPEEDWAY USMTS SOUTHERN SERIES EVENT TO BENEFIT CHILDHELP CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas (Nov. 12) -- A special event takes on even greater meaning this weekend when the USMTS Southern Series invades the South Texas Speedway in Corpus Christi, Texas, this Thursday, Friday and Saturday, Nov. 15-17. Friday night is designated as Childhelp Night, and race fans can help play a direct role in the treatment and prevention of child abuse by simply attending the races. For every ticket sold in the grandstands on Friday, a donation of $1 will go to Childhelp to help carry out their mission of meeting the physical, emotional, educational, and spiritual needs of abused and neglected children. Founded in 1959, Childhelp is a leading national non-profit organization dedicated to helping victims of child abuse and neglect, while their approach focuses on prevention, intervention and treatment. Childhelp also operates a National Child Abuse Hotline that is open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. This hotline receives calls from the United States, Canada, U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam and Puerto Rico. Please contact them if you or some one you know is being abused at 1-800-4-A-CHILD (1-800-422-4453). To make a donation to help abused children, contact Childhelp at (480) 922-8212 or visit them online at www.childhelp.org. This weekend's inaugural South Texas Winter Nationals will feature some of the top Modified drivers in the country as the battle to be crowned the first USMTS Southern Series champ comes down to the wire. A top prize of $1,000 awaits Thursday night's feature winner while Friday’s main event winner will earn $2,000 and Saturday’s top dog will pocket $3,000. Each night, race fans will be treated to some great Modified racing with heat races, last-chance races and a 24-car feature event. On Thursday and Friday, gates open at 5 p.m. with racing slated for 7:30. On Saturday, gates open at 4 p.m. and the first green flag waves at 6:30. Limited Mods will also be running all three days, paying $500 to win Thursday, $700 to win Friday and $1,000 to win Saturday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rebelracewriter Posted November 14, 2007 Author Report Share Posted November 14, 2007 We will be having our annual auction for the Chance Brownlee Memorial Shrine Benefit Race. It was originally schedule for September 2, but cancelled due to rain. Imagine that! So we will be have race memoriable plus other items from local business to auction. Also that Shriners will be there to collect money to go to the hospital transportation fund. Thank you for your help. Marcia Brownlee Scoring Boss Looks like an all-round childrens benefit weekend! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
subway Posted November 14, 2007 Report Share Posted November 14, 2007 Pretty much what its all about, right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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