THE RACING NOTEBOOK. THINK PINK IN OCTOBER. Kahne Helps Promote Breast Cancer Awareness At Martinsville: #5-Kasey Kahne is familiar with the curbs in the turns at Martinsville Speedway. Hes raced around them, and sometimes over them, for a decade. Wednesday he got a different view of those curbs as he helped 10 breast cancer survivors paint a section of them pink in observance of Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Our curbs are famous in the sport. They are iconic, said Martinsville Speedway President Clay Campbell. So it is fitting that we paint them pink for such a great cause. Its a pretty tough curb, said Kahne, speaking from experience. The curbs will be pink for the Goodys Headache Relief Shot® 500 weekend Oct. 24-26. Chevrolet also rolled out the pink Chevrolet SS Sedan pace car that will be used for the Goodys Headache Relief Shot 500. It is part of a larger program sponsored by Chevrolet that includes a contribution of $250 for every lap the pace car leads under caution during the race. Last year we had 111 caution laps in the October race here, said Jeff Chew, marketing manager for Chevrolets racing program. I hate to say keep it up, Clay (Campbell), but keep it up and well generate some money. This is Chevrolets fourth year of raising money for the American Cancer Societys Making Strides Against Breast Cancer. To date Chevys efforts have netted more than $3 million.
Posted on: Fri, 03 Oct 2014 04:16:39 +0000
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