NASCAR Daytona 500

  As many gear up for the Daytona 500 this Sunday i find myself researching the drivers. ive been a fan of NASCAR for many years now and always find exciting news on the drivers when i look for it. What amazes me most is how many drivers have charities. They range from children charities to animal charities and im sure others i have yet to discover.

 Back when my children were with me i always let them watch racing before any other sport as it sets a better example in my mind for minors and society in general. If you erase the ones sitting around throwing back the beers and concentrate on the sport itself you find that the drivers are held to a much higher standard than many other sport  this country holds.

  i would much rather encourage my children to become a fan of Gordon, Patrick, or Edwards than a football or baseball player any day. In fact i remember dropping a few hundred bucks for a Gordon coat for my son who only got to wear it one season before he grew out of it. That two hundred was well spent in my mind and had me wanted a football or baseball jersey instead he would have been disappointed..

i ended up taking the time to join Ryan Newmans Foundation website. If you like you can view my profile and the profile of my two special boys at this link :http://www.ryannewmanfoundation.org/pet-profile.asp?id=5124


I spent a long time looking thru this site and i really enjoyed it. Yes if you like you can pay to become a Pitt Pet Member and in time i do plan on doing so as i normally only donate to charities that are for animals, call me crazy but they are the ones who are truly helpless in this world and i have been truly blessed with my two little guys.


If you like to check out some of the charities ive found heres just a quick few but more will be added as i find them..

The Ryan Newman Foundation :ww.ryannewmanfoundation.org

Jeff Gordon Children's Foundation :http://www.jeffgordonchildrensfoundation.org/site/c.5oIDJRPyGfISF/b.5968391/k.BE06/Home.htm


I also found that NASCAR itself holds poker tournaments, "family feud games", and do special things for National Breast Cancer Awareness month. So from kids to adults to our big and little family members that sport fur, fins, feathers or scales, there is something being done for many and i must say that the deeper i dig the more my respect for the sport itself and its drivers become.

i hope everyone enjoys Sundays race, i know i plan on being glued to the TV cheering on my favorite drivers..maybe if i get lucky ill throw back a few beers but im just as happy soda no matter the outcome!!