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"Smoke Show" A Success
Written by Andre Chapman   
Wednesday, 05 August 2009 08:40

brett-wolf-and-tony-stewartTony Stewart has been a busy man this week. After recording a 10th place finish at Pocono on Monday, the two time NASCAR Sprint Cup Series champion flew to the Texas Motor Speedway on Tuesday for his second annual "Smoke Show" fantasy camp fundraiser benefitting the Speedway Children’s Charities-Texas Chapter.

 

Stewart anticipated raising between $175,000 and $200,000 for the Speedway Childrens Charities. He was able to raise $262,000 at last years event.

 

“It was awesome to be able to raise over $250,000 last year,” Stewart said. “It was a no-brainer that we wanted to come back and do this again this year. Being able to support Speedway Children’s Charities is something we’re proud of to be able to help Texas-area children. This is a day out of our schedule that we really enjoy. It’s cool to be able to bring these people in for a day and show them what a full day of being a race car driver is like. They realize it’s going to a great cause and that it’s for charity. You can go to a lot of different driving schools, but there's nowhere you can go and go through the experience like Texas Motor Speedway gives them here with the ‘Smoke Show.’ They get to go into Victory Lane and shoot the six shooters and wear the cowboy hat and everything just like we do. Any time the speedway has wanted to do something we've always been the first one to jump on board with it.”

 

More than two dozen participants spent quality time with Stewart, turning laps with him on the 1.5 mile Texas Motor Speedway.The “Smoke Show” culminated with an evening dinner at The Speedway Club, a Question & Answer session with Stewart and live auction of several Stewart memorabilia items.

 

"Smoke" also spent some time with U.S. Army Specialist Brett Wolf, of Weatherford, Texas. Wolf was severely injured Sept. 11, 2007, in South Kirkuk, Iraq when the minesweeper he was driving for the 25th U.S. Infantry struck a large bomb. The blast forced him to have both legs amputated above the knee while also sustaining serious injuries to his right arm, abdomen and face.

 

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