Do it for the Children!

Its Wednesday, aka hump day, you had a hard day at work and you need a way to blow off steam, well boy do I have a solution for you. Tonight in a place call Rossburg, Ohio which is considered to be the suburb of nowhere there is a little short track they call Eldora and tonight track owner Tony has invited about 20 of his NASCAR buddies, two NHRA drivers and the 1,000 year old man himself, Red Farmer. Tonight these drivers, except Farmer, trade their normal machinery for dirt late models and for three hours tonight these drivers will battle it out to see who is the supreme master of the dirt track tonight.

But tonight it not all about great racing tonight, there is a hidden agenda too, its about children. NASCAR's most popular charity the Victory Junction Gang camp wants to open a new branch near Kansas City allowing sick children across the west to go to their very own camp. So remember folks it may cost 25 bucks (35 if you want in high def) for this broadcast tonight, but its all going to a good cause. So hopefully we'll have some good racing and no rain tonight, while Carl Edwards tries to defend his title and Bill Elliott tries to keep on all four wheels:

Taylor receving help after transporter fire

Here's a heartwarming story for you. After the race in Laguna Seca Wayne Taylor Racing's transporter en route to the team's shop in Indianapolis burned to the ground just outside Amarillo, Texas. The team lost just about everything, from important race data, to spare parts, tools and even a copy machine.

"This all has been so devastating," Taylor said, emotion choking his words

"The only thing (spared) was a Dallara frame, and it's back at the shop in Indy. Everything we had for an entire racing season was on that truck, and it's all gone. Everything we possibly could need to run a race, repair or replace other parts was on that trailer; everything for the entire season."

And then like something seen only in some sort of Chirstmas Special came help from the friends and rivals of Wayne Taylor Racing.

"People have offered cars, parts, transporters, whatever we need," he said. "I've gotten calls from Bob Stallings, Bill Riley, Kevin Doran, Mike Shank, Gene Sigal. Timmy Keene at Chip Ganassi Racing (in Indianapolis) has just been utterly phenomenal with his help."

"It's just so remarkable that every one of these people would do all they can to beat us on the track and yet do everything they can to get us back on it."

"Jim France and the SunTrust people have been on the telephone throughout the day with me, asking and doing what they can to help. Their just being there for us has been utterly incredible and comforting."

Again fighting to express words that his brain wished to convey but at which his voice balked, "It's just remarkable, this Grand-Am community - competitors and fans, alike - how they've rallied to my aid. I just don't think there is any other racing community like it anywhere. I've certainly not encountered anything like it before in all my decades of racing."

"I'm just so proud to be among them and have friends who've gone well beyond being only my competitors."

Now after some doubt that they would be able to make the 6 hour classic at Watkins Glen, Wayne Taylor said that they would be able to make the race on June 7th.

Makes you just want to go volunteer at the nearest Goodwill doesn't it?

DC chats with Wayne Taylor: Suntrust on Fire (Motorsport.com)

Morgan Shepherd receving help

Morgan Shepherd will be receiving a little more help this weekend as Kevin Harvick will provide Shepherd a car to race with and Dale Jarrett will pay for Shepherd's tire expenses this weekend.

Harvicks help Shepherd with new car (RacewithFaith.com)