May-June Optima Battery Freebie – For Charity

May & June’s Freebies… Well, they ain’t totally free.

I hope you didn’t stop reading there because this time, I’m asking you to GIVE a little to win one of TWO Optima Batteries. You’ll be giving to charity and you’ll be glad you did. The charity is for Progeria. Any donation of $1 or more will enter you to win. Please donate here.

Progeria is a heart breaking genetic condition that makes kids age 7-10 times more rapidly than normal. Children with Progeria rarely live past 16 years old. This is a very rare but fatal condition. The picture on the left is Kristian from Kristian’s Page. The picture is labeled “PreSchool 2005″ when Kristian was 3 years old. Kristian died on March 23, 2006.

Why Progreria?

I met Terry Foose, the mother of famed hot rod designer Chip Foose at the Grand National Roadster Show in 2008. Terry was raising money for Progeria when I talked to her. Terry’s daughter and Chip’s younger sister died of Progeria, but there’s no doubt, she lived courageously. Her story warmed my heart as I’m sure it will for you.  Please take the time to read Amy’s Story here. It’s hard to believe a story with such a sad ending can be so uplifting.

We’ve helped with Progeria before racing Hot Wheels so now it’s time to do it again.

For every person (member or non-member of MyRideisMe.com, it doesn’t matter) for every $1 donation you make, you’ll have a chance to win the Optima Battery of your choice. Yellow-top, deep cycle and starting batteries are a more than $200 value.

Please give.  Go to this page made as part of the Terry Foose Team and start donating. All donations will go directly to Progeria. There’s no administration or costs to cover from us. It’s 100% for the charity.

As hot rodders and custom car and truck enthusiasts, we are all fortunate. Let’s show we’re generous as well.

If you’d like to donate a prize for the charity, please contact pikesan@myrideisme.com

Ashley Force-Hood’s Mustang for Charity

ASHLEY FORCE HOOD’S RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE MUSTANG
TO BE FEATURED AT 48TH ANNUAL WORLD OF WHEELS

YORBA LINDA, CA (March 1, 2010) — Chicagoland’s largest custom car show will feature Ashley Force Hood’s Ronald McDonald House Charity themed NHRA Mustang Funny Car. O’Reilly’s Auto Parts and South Oak Dodge will present the 48th Annual World of Wheels, March 5-7 2010, at the Donald E. Stephens Convention Center in Rosemont, Illinois. Force Hood’s Mustang will be on display as part of the Chicago BrushMaster Kustom Kulture Art Auction with all proceeds going to Ronald McDonald House Charities of Chicagoland and Northwest Indiana. Fans will be able to get their photo taken beside the Mustang throughout the weekend and get an up close look at one of the fastest race cars in motor sports.

Ashley Force Hood campaigned the Ronald McDonald House Charities Mustang at two events (Seattle and Sonoma) during the 2009 Full Throttle Drag Racing Series. The attention the car generated for the Ronald McDonald House Charities is something Force Hood is proud to continue into 2010.

“I was thrilled to be able to help raise awareness and donations for the Ronald McDonald House Charities in Seattle and Sonoma. BrandSource, one of our major sponsors, is very involved with this organization and their president Bob Lawrence, started talking with us about getting involved in early 2009. We got really excited about all the opportunities to help so this program came together very quickly,” said Force Hood.

“The biggest thing for me was being able to race this amazing looking Ford Mustang. I knew it would draw a lot of attention and I wanted to turn that excitement into donations for Ronald McDonald House Charities. I have so many fans that are children I really want reach out to them and their families to encourage them to give to or volunteer with this great organization.”

In just two previous World of Wheels Custom Car shows, the Chicago BrushMasters have raised over $110,000.00 for the charity. The Kustom Kulture Auction will feature the work of over 100 automotive artists from across the nation. Items auctioned off will include gold leaf lettered, pin-striped and air brushed pieces of Kustom Kulture Art and Automotive Memorabilia.

Auctions will be conducted Friday at 7pm, Saturday at 4 pm and 7pm with a final auction held on Sunday at 4pm. Ronald McDonald himself will be appearing near the Ashley Force Hood Mustang display both Saturday and Sunday 4 pm to 5 pm.

Fans are encouraged to come out and help support Ronald McDonald House Charities in building the world’s largest Ronald McDonald House at 211 E. Grand Ave. in Chicago. At 14 stories, and 86 rooms, it will help keep families together during their child’s time of medical crisis.

The Donald E. Stephens Conventions Center is located at 5555 N. River Road in Rosemont, IL. Show Hours: Friday 3-10:30pm – Saturday 10am to 10:30pm and Sunday 10am to 7pm. Discount tickets can be purchased at any Chicagoland O’Reilly’s Auto Parts retailer. For more information call 708-361-2665.

For additional informationa about John Force Racing contact Dave Densmore, 214-244-0008 or Elon Werner, 214-244-1184.

FOLLOW JOHN FORCE RACING AT www.twitter.com/jfr_racing.com

Mustangs and Muscle Cars in Mesa, Arizona

Lance and his website HotRodPlanet.com is becoming quite a car show promoter in Arizona.  This is his latest effort and I’m sorry to get this up late for THIS WEEKEND 2/13/10.  Here’s the info you’ll need. (Click on the flier to see it full size) The show is SOLD OUT, but you can still take in the 200+ cars and the Air Museum.

Mustangs & Muscle Cars – Car Show at the
Commemorative Air Force Arizona Wing Aviation Museum February 13, 2010

The public is invited to attend the Commemorative Air Force’s (CAF) Arizona Wing Aviation Museum’s Mustangs & Muscle Charity Car Show, sponsored by Berg Ford on Saturday, February 13, 2010. This shows theme features WWII P-51 Mustang fighters, along with both classic and new cars. The car show is open to all makes, models and years of muscle cars, street rods, 4X4’s, Exotics, Imports and motorcycles. Come see the cars cause this show is SOLD OUT.

Mustangs & Muscle Charity Car Show will be held at the CAF Arizona Wing Aviation Museum located at Falcon Field Airport, Mesa, AZ. The Museum is located at 2017 N. Greenfield Road. Doors will be open from 10 a.m. until 4 p.m.

Warbirds on display for the car show include the B-17 Sentimental Journey, B-25 Mitchell Bomber, North American SNJ/T-6 and Stearman trainers, and many more. Exhibits displays Include a tribute to the B-17 Chow Hound, honoring fallen Airmen and the 91st Bomb Group, the Tuskegee Airmen, the Flying Tigers, the China Burma India Theater and Women in Aviation, including the Women’s Air Force Service Pilots (WASPS) of WWII plus others.

In addition, there will be Hot Wheel racing for the kids, sponsored by KMJ Diecast, as well as music provided by a local DJ playing hits from the 70’s, 80’s and 90’s.

Admission Price – Ages 13-Adult $10.00, Seniors 62 and older $9.00, Ages 5-12 $3.00, Ages under 5 free. Rides are also available on WWII B-17, C-45 and SNJ/T-6 trainer. Gift certificates may be purchased for flights on Sentimental Journey or other warbirds. The museums gift shop has many aviation gifts available for that unique gift. Food and drinks will be available.

The CAF Arizona Wing is a 501(c)(3) non-profit volunteer organization dedicated to celebrating our heritage of freedom through flight, education, exhibition and remembrance. For more information on The Commemorative Air Force Aviation Museum please call 480-924-1940 or visit our web site at www.azcaf.org.

12th ANNUAL JFR HOLIDAY CAR SHOW-Tons-o-toys!

Interview with Austin Coil about drag racing today Click to read it…

12th ANNUAL JFR HOLIDAY CAR SHOW A HUGE SUCCESS

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Press Release from John Force Racing:

12th ANNUAL JFR HOLIDAY CAR SHOW A HUGE SUCCESS

YORBA LINDA, CA (December 6, 2009) — Mother Nature and the people of Southern California cooperated to make the 12th annual John Force Racing Holiday Car Show one of the biggest in the events history. Ominous clouds made brief appearances over the 14-time champion’s shop but a comfortable breeze was the only weather variance all day as thousands of toys were dropped off making a mountain of memories for children this Christmas season. From 10 a.m. until well after 4 p.m. today toys, stuffed animals and games poured into the John Force Racing shop as fans filled the streets. Tens of thousands of people wandered through one of the largest collections of vintage cars, trucks and street rods.

In addition to the hundreds of car club vehicles a number of specialty vehicles were on display including the Force Borthers “Nightstalker,” Funny Car which returned to competition this year in a one-off event at Norwalk, Ohio, plus Jay Leno’s 1955 Buick Roadmaster custom, a $2 million Bugatti Veyron, a collection of “monster rods” built from Peterbilt trucks and an historic Amphicar designed for road or water.

“Today was awesome. It was all about the kids and I think our fans really came through. We are having tough economic times and I know there are a lot of kids out there who might not have a very good Christmas. I hope being able to donate all these toys to the CHiPs Toy Drive will help. I want to thank all our sponsors for stepping up and helping out especially Tom McKernan and the Auto Club,” said John Force.

“I know Craig Hoelzel really worked hard on this as well as all his volunteers. I want to thank everyone who helped out to make this happen from the bottom of my heart. My hand is just about worn out from signing autographs but it is what we do and I love spending time with the fans. We have a lot of really good friends that come out every year so it is good to see everyone. I want to especially thank Tom McEwen, Jack Beckman and Cory McClenathan. Cory Mac flew straight from Germany to be here.”

Fans were treated to music by the M.O. S. Project, Adria Force Hight’s band, as well as a number of other musical acts. In-N-Out burgers were available all afternoon and fans enjoyed the burgers.

Kirkham Motorsports to Donate a Cobra to Primary Children’s

I am on the Utah Cobra Club’s email list and got this email this last week.  I thought I’d pass it on to you charitable hot rodders.  I’ll find out more about how we can send donations to Kirkham and update this later.

Fellow Car Nuts:

A few weeks ago a friend of mine came by and was looking at the pictures and magazine articles we have on the walls here at our shop. He noticed the cars we have donated over the years to various charitable organizations. He asked if we had ever thought about donating a car to Primary Children’s Hospital. Every year Primary Children’s Hospital does a fundraiser with the Festival of the Trees and KSL is a major sponsor of the Festival. He just retired as the general manager of KSL, the main Utah news organization, and so he has been deeply involved for years with the organization for years. www.festivaloftreesutah.org

He then described to me the incredible things they do there at the hospital. They do hundreds of thousands of visits and procedures every year–many of them for children from all over who can’t pay. For the fundraiser, local charitable organizations, businesses, and even normal people buy trees and decorate them, then auction the trees off for the hospital. Some of you here will remember the first car we donated was to another hospital, the hospital at Ground Zero after the 9/11 attacks in New York.

Back in March Glenn Beck asked people to remember how they felt after 9/11 and to use the 912 “principles and values to solve some of the problems of the day?”

A couple of months ago, my 13 year old son asked me why people were in wheel chairs. I talked to him about spinal injury, from accident or illness, that can cause paraylsis. He asked if they could be cured. I told him, “Not yet, but they are working on it with stem cell research, gene therapy, and many other techniques.” He then told me he wanted to find a cure so those people could walk again.

I then saw the thread here on CC on “Paying it Forward” www.clubcobra.com/forums/showthread.php?t=100608 and it got me thinking it was time to donate another car. The Festival of the Trees seems like a good place to donate.

My brother and I are thinking there are a lot of kids at Primary Children’s Hospital here in Salt Lake City that need help. Even in a bum economy, kids still need chemo, x-rays, and wheel-chairs. My brother and I decided Santa could probably use 600 horses to pull his sleigh and give his reindeer a breather. I hope some of those children could put them to good use.

Anyone who would like to donate to the build would be greatly appreciated!

David

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