C.A.R.S. Racing for a Cause Inc.

This Friday and Saturday December 10th and11th is the long awaited Fountain Motorsports, Biscayne Roofing, MJS Concrete Inc. Charity Truckers 200 weekend. Driver, crews, officials and fans coming together for great racing for a great cause.

Friday Morning the pit gates open to the Pro-Trucks only at 10 a.m., tech and registration is at 11. Truck only practice goes from 1 p.m. until 4 p.m. Pit gates open to other competing divisions at 1 p.m. with rotating practice from 4-5:30. Drivers meeting at 6 p.m. then the truck qualify at 6:45 with racing beginning at 7:30. Pit admission is $20. Front grandstands will open at 5:30 at a $5 admission charge, kids 11 and under are free !

On the card Friday Night sponsored by Biscayne Roofing will be the Coulter Motorsports Champ Karts with heats and a 25 lap feature, the Antique cars sponsored by the DAARA Antique Association, J&K Motorsports and Dragon Race Fuels. Also in action will be the autoshopper.com Mini-cups for 40 Laps, and a couple big events the Brun’s Inc. General Contractors Super-stock50 and the Webb’s Commercial Services 30 for the Strictly-stocks !

Subway will be feeding up to 400 of the pit participants a 6″ sub, chip and a cookie. We will have RIP-IT Energy Drink, Shasta flavored waters and water available as well.

Saturday the pits will open at 11 a.m. Happy Hour truck practice is 12-1 p.m. Mandatory driver, spotter, crew chief and officials meeting at 1:30. Rotating practice for the Legends, Champ Karts and Bandoleros goes from 2:30 – 3:30. Last chance for trucks, if needed, is slated at 3:30 followed by Legends qualifying at 4 p.m. Autograph session from 5:15 to 6:15, pre-race ceremonies at 6:30. Pit admission is $25, front gates open at 4:30 with a $10 admission, children 11 & under are free !

On the car is the MJS Conrete Inc. Charity Truckers 200 first at 7 p.m. It will be followed by the Coulter Motorsports Bandoleros 15 laps, Coulter Motorsports Champ Karts 25 laps and then the Les & Judy Smout Foundation Inc. Legends 30 lap feature.

Special thanks to Gary Yeomans Ford, and Ford Racing for sponsoring the souvenir program, handouts and raffle prizes.

31 Pro-Trucks are pre-entered for the Charity Truckers 200 to date, there have been a few phone calls over the last few days from few more. The SECKS Champ Kart Series has indicated they have over 40 verbal commitments with a expected 30-35 there on Saturday Night. A solid field of DAARA Antiques, Mini-cups, Super-stocks and Strictly-stocks are expected. Around 20 Legends and 8-10 Bandoleros are expected on Saturday as well.

We are expecting several of our past families with us as well as this years. The Torres Family and Smith Family will be with us while the Bledsoe Family, who lost little Aisylin to her cancer will be at another fundraising event, not for them selves but they have started a 501C3 Foundation to help those families dealing with Neuroblastoma cancer and to raise money for research. It is called “Aisy’s Angels”. We wish them the best as they use their loss and grief to help others.
We are expecting Tommy Hopkins and his family, Lacy Pate and her family, Joey Sciacca and family and Keith Purvis and his father. It will be great to see them and to get caught up.

As you prepare to come to the event, I would simply ask you to search in your own heart what you can do to help, how much you may be able to give in the helmet collection, donation jars and other opportunities. There are programs for $3, T-shirts for $10, raffles and more to help raise money. We hope you will come have a great time and understand our mission in helping thee families.

You can go to www.carsevents.com for pre-entry list and other info about the event. You can call 407-497-0448 for more information about special rates for Scouts, Churches, Fire, EMT Military and more. The day of the races you can call 407-568-1367 for help.