Celebrate Tony Stewart’s birthday by joining our Smokin Birthday Charity Drive and Raffle in support of the Tony Stewart Foundation.
(Graphic by Kevin M. Boots)
“What do you get one of the best drivers in the world for his birthday? Well probably nothing since you don’t know him. You can try to leave something at his door step, but that can be considered stalking and is creepy. So what then? Do like I have the last few years, donate what you can to his charity.”- Kevin M Boots
So it’s been awhile since I talked about any initiatives the Tony Stewart Foundation is doing to raise money- so I thought I would talk about a couple of EBay Auctions going on right now and the Chevy Raffle.
First- remember back when Tony Stewart ran the Back-To-School / Office Depot Foundation paint scheme in Pocono just a few weeks ago. Well Tony also had a Back-To-School/Office Depot Foundation firesuit and helmet to go with that spiffy paint scheme. And now you have the chance to bid on one or both of those items via eBay. The proceeds to the firesuit and the helmet go to The Office Depot Foundation. The auction stated today and goes through September 14th. Click here to see the Firesuit auction. Click here to see the Helmet auction. Happy bidding if you choose to bid on it.
This is the helmet you can bid on- the Back-To-School/Office Depot Foundation helmet Tony wore at Pocono just a few weeks ago. (Photo Credit: the Tony Stewart Foundation Ebay auction)
Also there are still tickets left for the Tony Stewart Foundation Customize Your Ride Chevy raffle. Tickets are $100.00. Winner get’s their choice of a chevy vehicle plus customizations up to $50,000 (Chevy VOLT is not included). Two lucky runner ups get a Wallhanger autographed by Tony Stewart. (For those who don’t know- a Wallhanger is an authentic piece of aluminum door from a race car- there are pictures of them on the website). The raffle ends October 1st. Only 3000 raffle tickets will be sold and currently there are over 2,000 tickets left. Visit the Tony Stewart Foundation Customize Your Ride Chevy Raffle page now for more details and to purchase your ticket.
I just wanted to point out some Tony Stewart related contests and raffles that are going on right now:
Contests
Fish Like A Winner (aka Chevy Outdoors): Winner gets a brand new Chevy Silverado pickup, a trip to a FLW fishing event AND a trip to fish with Tony Stewart at his place. Must enter by August 31st, 2012.
Race To Charlotte (from Office Depot Racing): Winner gets two tickets to the Coca-Cola 600 in Charlotte on May 27th, $750 for travel expenses,$50 Office Depot gift card, and an autographed 1:24 #14 Office Depot Chevy Diecast Car. Must enter by May 3rd 2012.
Raffles (all benefit The Tony Stewart Foundation).
The Customize Your Chevy Sweepstakes- you win the Chevy of your choice (including options) up to $50,000 (including a stipend to help pay for taxes). Price of ticket: $100.00 (Maximum number of tickets to be sold: 3000). Drawing on October 1st, 2012
2012 Brickyard Package- you win Four (4) tickets to a fully catered Indianapolis Motor Speedway Suite for Friday (July 27), Saturday (July 28) and Sunday (July 29); Two (2) Infield Parking Passes for each day – Friday (July 27), Saturday (July 28) and Sunday (July 29); Hotel accommodations at the Indianapolis Omni Severin – four (4) nights from Thursday (July 26) through Sunday (July 29) with checkout on Monday, July 30; From the IMS Suite, credentials will be available (shared among all suite guests) to explore the IMS Garage Area (must be 18 years of age or older); and Official IMS-logo hat, polo shirt & t-shirt combined with Official Tony Stewart #14 hat – none of the items are autographed. Transportation is NOT included in the Grand Prize Package. Price of Raffle ticket: (1 for $25, 2 for $40, 3 for $50) (Maximum number of tickets to be sold: 2100) Drawing on July 2nd, 2012.
Every year for the past several years (what’s it been like three at least?) the Tony Stewart Foundation raffles off a Chevy Camaro. My excitement for these raffles were two fold:
1. I LOVE LOVE LOVE the Chevy Camaro. It’s a beautiful car.
2. I LOVE LOVE LOVE the Tony Stewart Foundation and the causes it supports. Who doesn’t love kids? Or Animals? Or both?
This year- the Tony Stewart Foundation is raffling off another Chevy- but they’ve mixed things up! This year? It’s winner’s choice of Chevy models. (The TSF pages says four chevy models: Corvette, Camaro, Traverse and Silverado…but the Rules states: Avalanche, Camaro, Corvette, Cruze, Equinox, Impala, Malibu, Silverado, Sonic, Suburban, Tahoe and Traverse). Winner chooses the model, the color, and the upgrades (up to $50,000).
Raffle tickets this year are $100.00 but the raffle is limited to 3,000 tickets sold. You have until October 1st, 2012 to purchase your ticket. As of this writing there were only 2912 raffle tickets left!
ADDED BONUS: Each raffle ticket purchaser before April 4th 2011 receives an autographed 2011 Championship Picture.
Remember- not only are you getting a chance to win a Chevy that is truly YOU…but you are also helping the Tony Stewart Foundation help Children, Animals, and Injured Drivers.
To purchase a raffle ticket or for more information visit:
I have made no secret about the fact that I love the new Chevy Camaro. As a matter of fact I was just thinking the other day how AWESOME it would be to take a Camaro on a rode trip. Let me explain- back in 2007 I rented a car to do a little road trip because my Rav was not so reliable. That car ended up by chance being a Chevy HHR- so basically I tested it out for 700+ miles. I ended up falling in love with it, so I then went to the dealership a couple months later and bought one. This year I have a road trip planned where I will drive from here to Vegas to get Misty and together we will be going to Phoenix for the race in November- how uber cool would it be for us to take that trip in a Camaro? Well even if I win Tony Stewart’s Camaro I will probably be going in my HHR because I doubt I will have the Camaro by then. Plus since the raffle tickets to win Tony’s Camaro are only $25.00 this year- I am sure there will be a of entries to compete with.
Yeah that’s a big convoluted but totally true story about my lust of the Chevy Camaro – all to let you know that you only have LESS THAN A MONTH LEFT to buy raffle tickets where you too can be in the running to win Tony Stewart’s 2011 Convertible Camaro.
However- if you don’t win the grand prize convertible Camaro…you may win one of two COMPLETELY awesome VIP race packages. These packages are ALMOST as awesome as the Camaro. There is the NASCAR race package that includes 2 tickets to a 2012 NASCAR race of choice, Airfare, Hotel, Race Scanner Rentals, Pre-Race Pit Passes and a Meet and Greet with Tony Stewart. There is also the Eldora VIP race package which includes 4 suite tickets to 2012 Eldora Speedway race of choice, VIP campsite, 4 pit passes, autographed souvenirs and more. You can check out the Smoke Camaro webpage for more details on the prize packages as well as to purchase your raffle tickets. Tickets are on sale until OCTOBER 24th!
ALL proceeds from the raffle go to the Tony Stewart Foundation to help chronically ill children, abused and endangered animals and injured race racers.
Last week I talked about a sackpack donation event where Tony Stewart helped the Office Depot Foundation donate 5000 sackpacks filled with school supplies to Indiana children. In my post I mentioned the excitement on the face of one little girl in the big group picture and how I could just TELL that she was excited to get her sack pack. Well I was forwarded this picture today of that same little girl proudly posing with her sack pack…is she not adorable and obviously happy? (more…)
You know what I have always wanted? I have always wanted access to one of the swanky suites at NASCAR race. The closest to that I have ever gotten was when I was invited to the Ferrari Challenge out at Laguna Seca – I was given access to the Ferrari hospitality. I have to say it was the nicest food spread I have ever seen- but I got so distracted by being shown the awesome Ferrari FF that I didn’t take advantage of the spread. Regardless, I still want the VIP NASCAR race experience one day. I guess you could say that it’s on my bucket list.
I got to thinking about this by perusing the many MANY items up for bid in the National Silent Auction being hosted by and benefiting the Tony Stewart Foundation. One of the unique items on the long list of items to be bid on- is a race package for the 2012 running of the Brickyard that includes access to the Tony Stewart suite (and lots of other goodies like cold pit access). Awesome because for me anyway that would be TWO things off of the bucket list- swanky suite and Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Unfortunately its a wee bit too pricy for my blood…but that is okay because there is TONS of other stuff I could (and I have- so it’s easy to do) bid on. There are tons of autographed guitars (including a bitching Paul Reed Smith Custom Corvette guitar signed by Tony), Cds (hey I have my eye on that Blake Shelton one- I am just saying), lots of Prelude stuff including two separate helmets signed by all the Prelude drivers (2009 and 2010), A helmet signed by the Indianapolis Colts (and a football in a separate auction), A ride in a two seater Indy car at Indianopolis Motor Speedway, 4 tickets and backstage passes to a Toby Keith concert, lots of autographed WWE stuff, some signed Tony Stewart Foundation shirts, there are even some cool things to bid on for those in the local Indianapolis area like golf, wine tasting, or behind-the-scenes tour at the Indianaoplis Zoo. Of course there are NASCAR items- I already mentioned the Brickyard 2012 package, but there is also signed stuff from Jimmie Johnson, Matt Kenseth and Dale Earnhardt Jr- not to mention the Jeff Gordon Celebrity Bowl before the 2012 Brickyard. It really is an EXTENSIVE list of stuff with bids starting at $14 for some stuff.
Bidding is easy – after you register all you need to do is text in (or call in) your bids. It’s all helps the Tony Stewart Foundation help kids and animals and animals that help kids. Bidding is open now through July 31st so check out the auction items, sign up and bid today!
Like I said I have already bid on something and I have my eye on the Blake Shelton CD, there really is something for nearly everybody and every price range on this Auction. So take part today!
By the way…if I had unlimited funding and could bid on anything- it would be hard for me to choose. I would love the Brickyard package…but the Stewart-Haas racing tour would be damn fun too. Luckily I don’t have to make that choice.
Some Tony Stewart fans are familiar with The Smoke Show, but for those who are not it’s a fantasy driving camp experience. Participants buy their spot at the camp where they get to not only ride around Texas Motor Speedway with Tony Stewart for three laps, but they get to actually drive in competitive lap sessions including personalized instruction by Tony Stewart himself. All the proceeds from The Smoke Show go to the Speedway Children’s Charities. The base package costs $6,000. Here is a little video showing some of the past Smoke Show participants: (more…)
