Kyle Busch's wife, Samantha, one of three finalists for Comcast award
Samantha Busch, the wife of reigning Sprint Cup Series champion Kyle Busch, has been named one of three finalists for the second annual Comcast Community Champion of the Year Award.
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The award, which debuted last season, was created to recognize the charitable efforts of those associated with NASCAR race teams in each of its three national series – Cup, Xfinity and Trucks.
Samantha Busch was selected as her role as co-owner of the Kyle Busch Motorsports Truck series teams.
When Samantha and Kyle were unable to conceive a child on their own and turned to the REACH Clinic in 2014, they realized the high expenses, lack of awareness on infertility and rarity in insurance coverage associated with in vitro fertilization (IVF).
Their response was the creation of the Kyle and Samantha Busch Bundle of Joy Fund, which helps to empower children, families and communities to overcome hardship by providing the essential tools to do so. In the past year, 13 couples have benefited from the team owners’ efforts, with more than $140,000 going toward IVF treatments at the REACH Clinic.
The other finalists:
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Ray Wright, pit crew coach at Richard Childress Racing in the Cup series, is the founder of Pit Stops for Hope, an organization that serves youth by providing food for children and helping to create a productive classroom environment. Wright collects old pit crew items and sells them on pit road where fans are able to choose items and make a donation toward the organization as their purchase. To further his fundraising efforts, he also reached an agreement with drivers at RCR to collect donations based on top-performing pit stops.
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Wade Jackson, a fabricator at JR Motorsports in the Xfinity Series, lost his son, Jacob Jackson, to a congenital heart defect following open heart surgery when his son was only 17 years old. Since Jacob’s passing, Wade and his wife, Kim, founded Camp LUCK (Lucky Unlimited Cardiac Kids). Developed for kids like Jacob, the camp seeks to provide a place for kids with heart disease to gather together and experience community. The couple volunteers countless hours to spreading the organization’s mission, which stretches across the many programs that Camp LUCK has to offer, including Kids Camp and a family camp, where families can spend a long weekend together at the site.
The winner will be selected by a panel comprised of Comcast and NASCAR executives, as well as former Cup driver Kyle Petty and NASCAR.com reporter Holly Cain. Comcast will award $60,000 to the winner’s designated charity, and $30,000 to the two remaining finalists’ selected charities.
The recipient will be announced at this year’s Xfinity and Truck series banquet on Nov. 21, which will air on NBC Sports Network on at 8 p.m. ET on Nov. 27.
Driver Joey Gase was the 2015 Comcast Community Champion of the Year winner and was awarded $60,000 to continue his work with Iowa Donor Network, an organization that provides education on the importance of organ donation. Gase’s mother, whom he lost at the age of 18, helped save the lives of 66 people by choosing to donate her organs.
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