Richard Sivulich, a lucky hardcore race fan from Highland, Indiana, won the 2009 Jeff Gordon Foundation Corvette Raffle and was presented the keys to Jeff Gordon's personal Corvette by the four-time champion prior to the Dickies 500 NASCAR Sprint Cup race Sunday at the Texas Motor Speedway.

Sivulich is a retired school teacher, football and wrestling coach who has purchased Corvette raffle tickets for the past several years.

“I believe in everything The Jeff Gordon Foundation stands for, it’s a good and worthy organization,” said Sivulich. “I had a hard time believing I won.”

The Jeff Gordon Foundation began this year’s Corvette Raffle in April and sold all 5,000 tickets by mid-September. Tickets purchased for the raffle support the Foundation’s fight against pediatric cancer, their support of the Jeff Gordon Children’s Hospital and the Texas Chapter of Speedway Children’s Charities.

“The Foundation has had an amazing year with the celebration of our ten year anniversary and the tens of thousands of children that we have been able to help,” said Gordon. “Our supporters helped us reach our goal and sell out the raffle, and that will allow us to strengthen our fight against pediatric cancer and further our support of the Jeff Gordon Children’s Hospital. We would not be able to achieve our goals without the
help of our donors, and I can't thank them enough."

For more information about The Jeff Gordon Foundation visit www.jeffgordonfoundation.org

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