Jeff Gordon Children's Foundation news 2010-11-08

Jeff Gordon Presents Keys to Corvette Winner & Launches 2011 Corvette Raffle

Fort Worth, Texas, November 8, 2010 - During Sunday's pre-race festivities at Texas Motor Speedway, four-time NASCAR Cup Series champion Jeff Gordon presented the keys to his personal Corvette to raffle winner, Cindy McCotter of Matthews, North Carolina. Gordon used the occasion to announce the launch of the 2011 raffle which is expected to raise $500,000 over the next year. The event has raised over $2,000,000 for pediatric cancer research, treatment and patient support, as well as the Jeff Gordon Children's Hospital over the last five years.

"There are currently over 40,000 children undergoing treatment for cancer in the United States and another 37 will be diagnosed today," said Gordon. "This promotion helps us to raise significant funding to help these kids and we are grateful for the tremendous support of the NASCAR community."

After handing over the keys to the Corvette to McCotter, Gordon asked her to accompany him on stage in presenting the Texas Chapter Speedway Children's Charities with a check for $75,000 designated to benefit childhood cancer initiatives in the state of Texas.

McCotter admits she didn't know much about the foundation before winning the Corvette. McCotter's husband Greg, encouraged Cindy to purchase a ticket after seeing a commercial featuring Gordon, a six-year old cancer survivor and the Corvette. McCotter was reluctant, saying, "one hundred dollars is too expensive for a ticket to win a car," Days later McCotter saw the commercial again and decided to find out more about the foundation's work for children with cancer. After visiting the foundation's website, McCotter, was inspired to purchase not one, but two tickets, never dreaming that the extra ticket would actually be the winner.

McCotter says she feels very lucky to have won the car, but choosing to enter the Corvette raffle was more about contributing to the fight against childhood cancer.

To purchase your 2010 Z06 Corvette ticket visit www.jeffgordonchildrensfoundation.org Each ticket is $100. A maximum of 5,000 tickets will be sold.

About Jeff Gordon Children's Foundation: Jeff Gordon Children's Foundation was established as a non-profit 501 (c)(3) organization in 1999 by the four-time NASCAR Cup Series champion. The Foundation supports children battling pediatric cancer by funding programs that improve patients' quality of life, treatment programs that increase survivorship and pediatric medical research dedicated to finding a cure.

The Foundation also supports the Jeff Gordon Children's Hospital in Concord, NC, which serves children in the community by providing a high level of primary and specialty pediatric care. We are proud to support a quality healthcare facility dedicated to compassionate care and medical excellence for children.

For more information about the Jeff Gordon Children's Foundation visit www.jeffgordonchildrensfoundation.org

-source: jgcf