Monday, February 1, 2010

Giving Thanks

It will be few more days until we have a final total for this year's Racing4Research fundraising effort - we're still adding up the money raised from our race day parties and awaiting checks that are in the mail.

In the meantime, we need to offer our sincere thanks and gratitude to the remarkable people that made this year's Racing4Research effort a reality. First, and foremost, thanks to team owner Gordon Friedman and his amazing crew from Autometrics Motorsports.  Gordon opened his team to CTF and we immediately felt like we were home.  The team did an amazing job on the #14 Porsche GT3 and we finished the 24-hour race for a second straight year - a pretty remarkable feat in the endurance racing world.

Thanks to Frank Resciniti, our crew chief for the second straight year (and they guy who deserves a lot of credit for getting us to the checkered flag again!)  Frank is a huge supporter of R4R and our NF Hero families and his determination and commitment to our program is evident in every lap we completed.

Last, but hardly least, we need to thank our amazing drivers.  These are the guys that take the energy and strength from our NF Hero families and translate it into keeping the car on the track for 24 straight hours.  Red-eyed and weary, our drivers gave everything they had to make sure that our families had a car on the track at the end of the race. Daniel Graeff, Glen Gatlin, Seth Thomas, and Ron Yarab - THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU!

2 comments:

passionfruitprincess said...

In the past I've tried to find out if the foundation has Bumper stickers. I've been told there are none.

Why not have a contest to design a bumper sticker....
This could really help promote our car and get the word out.

Jill Markland, NF Mom said...

I echo the thanks given in the post! What an AMAZING experience to give to our NF Heroes! Without the drivers and Autometrics, it wouldn't have happened this year - even after all the hard work the famlies put in due to "circumstances" out of our control. I am eternally grateful to those who so selflessly stepped up to make sure that those kids were not disapointed. What could have ended the program in disaster only strengthened our resolve to not let anything (or anyone) get in the way of our quest for a treatment and a cure.