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12-12-2007, 04:59 PM
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| Sportswriter collects drivers' signatures on racing helmets, then sells them at aucti As he walks through racetracks across the country, motor sports writer Al Pearce often carries a nondescript black cardboard box about the size of a small microwave oven. Inside the box: His gift to hundreds of ill or disabled children that he'll likely never meet. The box holds a white Simpson drivers' helmet that Pearce asks a select group of championship and race-winning drivers to autograph. After the signatures are collected, the helmet is auctioned on eBay and the proceeds are sent to the Victory Junction Gang Camp, for seriously ill children, in North Carolina. The camp was started by NASCAR driver Kyle Petty and his wife Pattie in honor of their son, Adam, who was killed in a racing accident in 2000. Pearce has finished three autographed helmets so far - and raised nearly $20,000 - and is working on his next two, including his most ambitious one yet, which might raise $20,000 or more on its own. Pearce, 65, has covered racing since 1969 -- he currently writes for AutoWeek magazine -- and has supported the camp and other racing charities for decades. "I never see the checks" from the helmets, he said. "I don't make a nickel from this; in fact, it costs me to do it. But I've known the Pettys for years, I knew Adam [and] I've been to the camp. I think it's a worthwhile cause." -- LA Times Sign Up      |
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12-13-2007, 10:07 AM
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| Re: Sportswriter collects drivers' signatures on racing helmets, then sells them at a Quote:
especially considering a good Simpson race helmet is almost $500! and then, it seems he has some theme for each helmet which is why it takes so long to get the autographs. finally add to that the fatigue of carrying around the box with the helmet in it. races are fatiguing enough without having to lug around a box that big! truly a man to be admired.
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12-13-2007, 07:20 PM
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| Re: Sportswriter collects drivers' signatures on racing helmets, then sells them at a Me & "Q" will toast to just about anything but this one deserves a clinging of the bottle bottoms. CHEERS !!! Nice job. |
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12-13-2007, 07:53 PM
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