Fifty-three Sonoma County (California) non-profit organizations will benefit from more than $405,000 in grants recently awarded by the Sonoma chapter of Speedway Children\u2019s Charities (SCC), the charitable arm of Sonoma Raceway. In total, $405,537 was distributed to youth-serving organizations in Sonoma County, bringing the chapter\u2019s total distribution of funds to just over $6 million since 2001. The amount raised this fiscal year marks an increase of $30,000 over 2016.<\/p>\n
SCC\u2019s success was due largely to the 13 SCC fundraising events in 2017, the majority of which are held during the raceway\u2019s major-event weekends, including NASCAR, NHRA, IndyCar and CSRG. The highlight of the year included the Children\u2019s Champions NASCAR Grand Marshal\u2019s Banquet and its live auction, which\u00a0combined to raise a record-setting $252,000 during the NASCAR Cup Series weekend in June (above, photo courtesy of Speedway Children\u2019s Charities).<\/p>\n
The Grand Prix Salute Banquet, held prior to IndyCar\u2019s Grand Prix of Sonoma, generated another $110,000 and the 11th<\/sup> annual Eric Medlen Nitro Night, held the Thursday prior to the NHRA\u2019s Sonoma Nationals, netted an additional $28,000. Great Clips raised nearly $10,000 in donations at its mobile hair salon in the main paddock during the NASCAR weekend.<\/p>\n SCC is also the beneficiary of the Classic Sports Racing Group\u2019s Charity Challenge, which netted $52,000 for Sonoma County non-profits. This brings the group’s donations to SCC to more than\u00a0$880,000 since 2004.<\/p>\n Speedway Children’s Charities is a non-profit organization dedicated to raising funds for qualified children’s organizations. Founded in 1984 by Bruton Smith, chairman of Speedway Motorsports Inc., SCC originated at Charlotte Motor Speedway in North Carolina and now boasts eight chapters at SMI facilities throughout the country.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Fifty-three Sonoma County (California) non-profit organizations will benefit from more than $405,000 in grants recently awarded by the Sonoma chapter of Speedway Children\u2019s Charities (SCC), the charitable arm of Sonoma Raceway. In total, $405,537 was distributed to youth-serving organizations in Sonoma County, bringing the chapter\u2019s total distribution of funds to just over $6 million since 2001. The amount raised this fiscal year marks an increase of $30,000 over 2016. SCC\u2019s success was due largely to the 13 SCC fundraising events […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":142,"featured_media":579719,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[263,255,18114],"tags":[508,18435,18105],"class_list":["post-497131","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-car-culture","category-news","category-people","tag-record","tag-people","tag-people-news"],"yoast_head":"\n