{"id":734,"date":"2017-08-01T15:22:40","date_gmt":"2017-08-01T15:22:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sundaymanagement.com\/?p=734"},"modified":"2022-08-09T17:41:38","modified_gmt":"2022-08-09T17:41:38","slug":"racing-for-childrens-racecar-covered-with-handprints-of-cancer-patients-racing-at-road-america","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sundaymanagement.com\/index.php\/2017\/08\/01\/racing-for-childrens-racecar-covered-with-handprints-of-cancer-patients-racing-at-road-america\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cRacing for Children\u2019s\u201d Racecar Covered with Handprints of Cancer Patients Racing at Road America"},"content":{"rendered":"

Porsche GT3 Cup Championship Series-Leading Driver Jake Eidson Will Be at the Wheel Once Again This Weekend\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

Elkhart Lake, Wisc. (August 1, 2017<\/span><\/span>) \u2013 Covered with handprints of young cancer patients from Children\u2019s of Alabama, the No. 24 Kelly Moss Road and Race (KMR) Porsche GT3 entry\u00a0will be back in action this weekend at Road America with driver Jake Eidson looking to grow his IMSA Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge USA by Yokohama championship advantage.<\/p>\n

Eidson, 22, who hails from Littleton, Colorado, has found himself inspired by the cancer patients he has met at Children\u2019s of Alabama. The young American driver won the first-ever IMSA Hurley Haywood Scholarship ahead of the 2017 season, and will once again proudly carry\u00a0sponsorship from Medical Properties Trust to benefit the Alabama Center for Childhood Cancer and Blood Disorders at Children\u2019s of Alabama.<\/p>\n

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Eidson, who began his racing career in go-karts at the age of 11, is enjoying a career-best year so far.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is my first year racing in the Porsche GT3 Cup with Kelly-Moss and I\u2019m loving every minute of it,\u201d Jake said during a visit to Children\u2019s of Alabama with Jeff Stone, president and owner of the Kelly-Moss Road and Race team.\u00a0 \u201cThe kids are incredible. Just coming here and seeing them and having a chance to brighten their day a little bit \u2013 that is our goal and it\u2019s pretty difficult not to get emotional.\u201d<\/p>\n

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He recalled seeing cancer patients from Children\u2019s who came out to Barber Motorsports Park in April to cheer him on during the races, which inspired him \u201cto do my job, to focus on the race and to try and get the best result for them\u201d \u2013 which he did, winning both races.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe kids are kind of like our new good luck charm and we need to have them come out to more races,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

Thanks to continuing support for Racing for Children\u2019s by Medical Properties Trust, the Children\u2019s of Alabama logo and the handprints from young cancer patients at Children\u2019s will remain on the car through the remainder of the IMSA Porsche GT3 Cup Championship Series season.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe were fortunate enough to keep all the logos and the handprints on the car,\u201d said Eidson. \u201cThe kids were able to write some notes on the car.\u00a0 So every time I step in the car, I can read some of their notes, which is really a blessing. I\u2019ve never had anything like that before.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThis Hospital\u2026Feeds Your Soul\u201d<\/p>\n

Kelly-Moss team owner Jeff Stone also was inspired by what he found at Children\u2019s of Alabama.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cComing to this hospital gives you something that feeds your soul, and that you can\u2019t get any other way,\u201d said Stone. \u201cYou can\u2019t buy a ticket for it, you just have to experience it.\u201d<\/p>\n

Stone was so impressed with Children\u2019s of Alabama when he first visited the hospital in April (to help reveal the racecar with all the kids\u2019 handprints) that he wanted to give something back.<\/p>\n

\u201cMeeting the kids for the first time and seeing the little wagons that are used to carry them around the hospital took my heart back to when I was seven years old and everyone my age had a Radio Flyer wagon that we dragged around for a million miles,\u201d he recalled. \u201cThat spawned the idea to make a crazy custom wagon that I thought the kids might like.\u201d<\/p>\n

Patterned after the distinctive Racing for Children\u2019s racecar itself, the wagon bears the logos of Children\u2019s of Alabama and MPT as well as colorful handprints of individual cancer patients and the number 24 \u2013 the number of the car that Jake is driving in the GT3 Cup Series.<\/p>\n

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\u201cWhen I told all my staff that we would have to stop everything we were doing for a week to build a custom wagon, they thought I had lost my mind,\u201d Stone explained. \u201cBut I said, trust me, it\u2019s for a good cause. Seeing the kids light up and get out of their beds and come take a ride in the wagon made every bit of it worthwhile,\u201d he said following his second visit to Children\u2019s last week. \u201cAnd I just loved being a part of it.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is our 30th<\/sup>\u00a0year in the Porsche racing business,\u201d Stone noted. \u201cMy brother was my partner for the entire time until he unfortunately passed away from cancer a few years ago. My wife is a cancer survivor and cancer treatment has a real special place in my heart.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cSeeing what the folks do here at Children\u2019s of Alabama is just unbelievable,\u201d he added. \u201cThe dedication of the staff and the success rates that they are having are unbelievable as well. I\u2019m told it\u2019s an almost 90 percent survivability rate now and I would love to see it become a 100 percent survival rate. We will do anything we can to help that \u2013 we just love being involved.\u201d<\/p>\n


\nRacing for Children\u2019s:\u00a0 Racing to Cure Childhood Cancer<\/strong><\/p>\n

Now in its seventh year, Racing for Children\u2019s has raised more than $1 million to support the Alabama Center for Childhood Cancer and Blood Disorders, along with other Children\u2019s initiatives. The distinctive Racing for Children\u2019s racecar, which is covered with the colorful handprints of young cancer patients from Children\u2019s, is also helping to increase awareness about pediatric cancer and the hope for cures.<\/p>\n

Please consider supporting this worthy cause by sponsoring a child\u2019s handprint for $100 or donating any other amount \u2013 so these kids can leave cancer and other debilitating diseases in the dust. Every dollar raised goes directly to the Alabama Center for Childhood Cancer and Blood Disorders, and other initiatives at Children\u2019s of Alabama. Encourage your family and friends to consider contributing as well by sending them this link:\u00a0http:\/\/www.racingforchildrens.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Racecar Driver Jake Eidson and the 2017 \u201cRacing for Children\u2019s\u201d Porsche 991 GT3 from Kelly-Moss Racing that he is driving in the IMSA GT3 Cup Challenge at Road America this weekend.<\/p>\n

About Racecar Driver Jake Eidson<\/strong><\/p>\n

Born May 24, 1995, Jake Eidson hails from Littleton, CO. After a successful karting career that began when he was 11, Eidson (pronounced EDD-sun) attended Skip Barber Racing School in 2010 and claimed Rookie-of-the-Year honors plus four Skip Barber competition championships (Winter and Summer) from 2011 to 2013.<\/p>\n

Those strong results helped him earn a Team USA Scholarship to compete in the Formula Ford Festival and Walter Hayes Trophy events in England in 2013. In the Festival, he finished fifth out of 50 entries; and in the Hayes Trophy, he finished seventh out of 110 entries.<\/p>\n

In 2014, he came in third overall in the USF2000 Championship, moving up to second place the following year.<\/p>\n

At Road America in the 2016 IMSA Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge USA by Yokohama, he finished an impressive second overall behind series champion Jesse Lazare.<\/p>\n

In January 2017, he was awarded the inaugural Hurley Haywood GT3 Cup Scholarship from the International Motor Sports Association (IMSA) and joined the Kelly-Moss racing team. In March, during the IMSA races at Sebring, he finished second in round one and claimed the top podium spot in round two.<\/p>\n

Invited to drive the Racing for Children\u2019s car in the IMSA Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge races at Barber Motorsports Park in April to help raise awareness and funds to cure childhood cancer, Jake earned the first two podium finishes ever for the cause, finishing first in both races.<\/p>\n

Following his stellar performance at Barber\u2019s, Jake finished forth and then third in the two IMSA GT3 Cup races at the Circuit of the Americas in Austin, TX. After getting hit in the first turn of the first race, he masterfully managed to control an almost uncontrollable car, finishing a respectable fourth.\u00a0 In the second race, he did even better \u2013 achieving a third-place podium finish and earning more points in this year\u2019s championship standings.<\/p>\n

And at Watkins Glen, Jake did well again. He won the pole and was leading in the first IMSA GT3 Cup race on June 30th<\/sup>\u00a0until a major wreck occurred behind him and ultimately resulted in the first race being cancelled. In the second race the next day, Jake finished first among American GT3 Cup racers and second overall, which enabled him to maintain his lead in the championship points standings.<\/p>\n

Eidson became a part of Racing for Children\u2019s at the recommendation of Haywood, who today serves as the chief driving instructor for the Porsche Sport Driving School at Barber Motorsports Park and is recognized as one of the most accomplished sports car endurance racers in history.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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