Kyle Petty Charity Ride through Quanah
May 05, 2010
May 5, 2010, The 16th Anniversary Kyle Petty Charity Ride Across America stopped in Quanah mid-morning lead by Kyle Petty and Herschel Walker. The Quanah Junior High Student Council President and the 7th and 8th Grade Class Presidents were there to greet them and present them with a donation of $250. The Junior High Students collected loose change for 4 days prior to the arrival of the Charity Ride participants arriving in Quanah and raised a total of $300. The Student Council contributed another $200 to the collection. The donations were then divided equally with half going to the Victory Junction Gang Camp and half going to burn victim Shawn Ross. Kyle Petty and the Charity Ride participants drove by the Junior High to show their appreciation for the donation to the Camp. Kyle Petty even stopped to shake hands with Yvonne Finley and Vicki Holt.
Kyle Petty Charity Ride Across America click to view QuickTime movie of the Gangs tour through Quanah
Kyle Petty Charity Ride Across America click to view pictures of the Gang
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Victory Junction Gang Camp is a camp for terminally ill, and chronically ill children located in Randleman, North Carolina, USA. It is part of the Association of Hole in the Wall Camps.
The idea for the camp came from Adam Petty, who was a teenage stock car driver (as well as the son of veteran Kyle Petty, the grandson of seven-time champion Richard Petty, and great-grandson of two-time champion Lee Petty). The Pettys were also inspired by their visits to Camp Carefree, a camp in Stokesdale, North Carolina that utilized the same concept, but originated in the 1980's. In 2000, the Pettys began talks with Hole in the Wall founder Paul Newman about the new venture.
On May 12, 2000, Adam Petty was killed in a crash during practice at New Hampshire International Speedway. Kyle and his wife, Pattie (Huffman) Petty, carried on Adam's vision and spent four years raising money for, and building, the camp. On June 20, 2004, Father's Day in the U.S., the VJGC welcomed its first campers.
Facilities include a swimming pool, a recreational game room, a computer lab, an outdoor recreation area with open space, and a medical clinic. In 2006, work began on a "superdome" that would host indoor sporting facilities. It was begun with a $1 million seed donation from fellow NASCAR driver Tony Stewart. Other drivers, team owners, team sponsors, and NASCAR itself have given substantial donations to the camp.
The VJGC is open year-round and can accommodate about 100 campers at a time. The size of the camp is kept relatively small to allow the children more personal attention. Most campers live in the Southeast United States, but the number of participants that live in other parts of the country has grown over the time it has been open.
