Jeff Gordon’s Camaro for a Cure

I Entered – Fingers Crossed

 

Worldwide, 300,000 families each year hear the words: Your child has cancer. Every day in the United States more than 40 kids are diagnosed with cancer. Two-thirds of children who are treated for cancer will suffer long-term effects from their treatment, including loss of hearing and sight, heart disease, secondary cancers, cognitive disabilities, infertility and more. But you can offer these families hope by investing in childhood cancer research with Jeff Gordon Children’s Foundation.

 

Jeff Gordon Children’s Foundation has granted more than $25 million to fund innovations that improve patients’ quality of life, treatment programs that increase survivorship, and medical research dedicated to finding a cure for the No. 1 cause of death by disease for kids. The funds granted by JGCF are made possible by the generosity of donors who support fundraisers such as Camaro For A Cure.

 

You can help this worthy cause by purchasing a ticket to win Jeff Gordon’s Personal Corvette!

 

#CamaroForACure pic.twitter.com/Q1buCpJdLl

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The Car

2023 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1

 

Supercharged, stunning, one-of-a-kind.

 

Sticker Price: $72,240

• 6.2L supercharged V8 engine
• 650 horsepower and 650 lb.-ft. of torque
• 6-speed manual transmission with Active Rev Match
• Black Exterior with customized Carbon Fiber Accents – Gold is the official color for childhood cancer awareness.
• Jet Black Interior with Red and Carbon Fiber Accents
• 20″ Dark Graphite Forged Aluminum Wheels with Goodyear Supercar tires
• Chevrolet Infotainment 3 Premium with Premium Bose Audio

*Jeff Gordon personally donated his Camaro for this program. All federal taxes paid for the winner

 

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Your participation in Jeff’s ‘Camaro For A Cure’
fundraiser directly impacts treatment funding for kids
like David, who deserve to survive and thrive
amid a cancer diagnosis.

 

source: Jeff Gordon Foundation

Truex Brothers Sweep Dover

It’s a Truex Takeover in Dover

 

You could say NASCAR’s stop at Dover (De.) Motor Speedway was “All in the Family;” a kin-to-win kind of weekend. Martin Truex Jr. answered his younger brother Ryan’s NASCAR Xfinity Series victory on Saturday with a win in Monday’s rain-delayed Wurth 400 NASCAR Cup Series race – the fourth win of his career at the one-mile oval he considers his “home track.”

 

Truex, who started 17th in the 36-car field after qualifying was cancelled due to weather, methodically worked his way forward in the No. 19 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota. The 42-year-old New Jersey native finally took the lead for the first time with 69 laps remaining and led all but one of those final laps to claim his first points-paying victory of the season, ending a 54-race winless streak.

 

He and his JGR pit crew ultimately had to earn the win with pit strategy and pit execution. On a pit stop during the race’s final caution period, Truex’s team opted to put only right-side tires on his Toyota. With the quick stop, he was able to beat the field back out to the track and then on the ensuing re-start – with seven laps to go – hold off a hard-charging Ross Chastain, whose No. 1 Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet had taken four fresh tires on the stop.

 

Martin Truex Jr. wins Dover for the FOURTH TIME! 2007, 2016, 2019, and 2023 🏆 Congratulations, @MartinTruex_Jr and @Ryan_Truex on dominating the @MonsterMile. 🏁 pic.twitter.com/QMJBdpzrFN

— Bass Pro Shops (@BassProShops) May 1, 2023

“It feels incredible,’’ Truex said. “I feel like we’ve been close a bunch of times, that’s for sure. Felt today, with that caution, what’s going to happen here and then good call by [crew chief] James [Small] to take two (tires) and then I was able to get a pretty good re-start.

 

“Just thanks to everybody that stuck with me. … we knew we could do this. We’ve shown we can lead laps and have dominated races and it just never all came together. I’ve said we just had to keep doing what we were doing and not overthink it.’’

 

“It’s just special, you know,’’ Truex said. “This is a special place. Good day for my family and to see Ryan win Saturday he’s worked so hard for so long to get good opportunities and it’s awesome.

 

“And then for us, we’ve given away a few here over the years so it’s nice to see it come around our way. Just excited and had a hot rod. Just needed to get it out front.”

 

This win marks the 2017 NASCAR Cup Series champion Ryan Truex’s 32nd career win and first since a victory at Richmond, Va. on Sept. 11, 2021. Snapping the streak and sharing Dover’s Victory Circle with his younger brother, Ryan, truly made the week for the veteran.

 

𝗧𝗥𝗨𝗘𝗫 𝗧𝗔𝗞𝗘𝗢𝗩𝗘𝗥.

The Truex brothers combined for 192 laps led on their way to the weekend sweep! It was the 13th time brothers have swept a race weekend.@Ryan_Truex | @MartinTruex_Jr | Graphic by FRG Designs pic.twitter.com/uveO0yuxDX

— Joe Gibbs Racing (@JoeGibbsRacing) May 3, 2023

Thirty-One year old Ryan Truex led a dominating 124 of the 200 laps on Saturday. He swept both stage wins and ultimately took the checkered flag an impressive 4.8-seconds ahead of the field to claim his first career NASCAR Xfinity Series victory in the ‘A-GAME 200.’

 

“I’m just so thankful, all these fans, my team, they really stuck behind me,” said a smiling and emotional Truex, who becomes the 13th different NASCAR Xfinity Series driver to claim his first win at Dover.

 

“Most people didn’t believe in me, and I still did – my girlfriend, my family, my parents, my brother did. I’m just so thankful to be here.

 

“I felt like with 20 to go, I was just waiting for something to happen,’’ he continued, ‘just praying, please God keep everything straight and let’s get to the end of this. What a car, what an amazing Toyota Supra. I’m speechless.

 

“I thought I’d be more emotional right now, but when I crossed the flag I couldn’t even talk on the radio and I’m not an emotional guy. This is for everyone that doubted me.”

 

 

source: NASCAR Media Truex Sweep
(photo by Rolando @RTR_Graphics97)

Ryan Truex Wins First Career Xfinity Race

On Hometown Track - Dover Motor Speedway

 

Of all the places for Ryan Truex to absolutely turn in a career day, the 31-year-old led a dominating 124 of the 200 laps at his hometown Dover (Del.) Motor Speedway.  He swept both stage wins and ultimately took the checkered flag an impressive 4.8-seconds ahead of the field to claim his first career NASCAR Xfinity Series victory in Saturday’s A-GAME 200.

 

It was such a big day for the 31-year-old who has raced in NASCAR’s Xfinity Series – primarily part-time – for nine seasons and is scheduled to only make a handful of starts in 2023. Yet he parlayed this part-time opportunity driving the No. 19 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota into a hugely sentimental victory at a special place – one the Mayetta, N.J. native has always claimed as his “home track.’’

 

Just before steering his Toyota into Dover’s Victory Lane, he stopped and was greeted by his older brother, NASCAR Cup Series driver Martin Truex Jr. – the 2017 NASCAR Cup Series champion, who similarly earned his first victory in that series at Dover back in 2007.

 

How fast was the No. 19 yesterday at the @MonsterMile?@Ryan_Truex's #FastestLap was a quarter of a second faster than any other #XfinitySeries driver's fastest lap on Saturday. pic.twitter.com/a4a1OXeixl

— Xfinity Racing (@XfinityRacing) April 30, 2023

“I’m just so thankful, all these fans, my team, they really stuck behind me,” said a smiling and emotional Truex, who becomes the 13th different NASCAR Xfinity Series driver to claim his first win at Dover.

 

“Most people didn’t believe in me, and I still did – my girlfriend, my family, my parents, my brother did. I’m just so thankful to be here.

 

“I felt like with 20 to go, I was just waiting for something to happen,’’ he continued, ‘just praying, please God keep everything straight and let’s get to the end of this. What a car, what an amazing Toyota Supra. I’m speechless.

 

“I thought I’d be more emotional right now, but when I crossed the flag I couldn’t even talk on the radio and I’m not an emotional guy. This is for everyone that doubted me.”

 

Ryan made his Xfinity Series debut as an 18-year-old driving for Michael Waltrip in 2010, and has since made 73 assorted starts in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series as well.

 

And now he is a bona fide winner in one of NASCAR’s headline series.

 

“I belong here, and I just proved that,’’ said Truex, whose 124 laps out front Saturday were more than his previous career total (67) in 88 starts.

 

“I’ve known it for a while and people around me have known it for a while. And now everyone in this garage area knows it. My goal is to drive a race car fulltime next year and hopefully we can make it happen.’’

 

Speechless.

Thank you @JoeGibbsRacing @ToyotaRacing. pic.twitter.com/P0P3lY7Ufe

— Ryan Truex (@Ryan_Truex) April 30, 2023

 

source: NASCAR Media