wow, lucky kid being brought up in the right way, play with toy cars, around real cars

https://www.facebook.com/groups/stiffspeed/

the Tony Stewart Smoke Show, an all-day driving camp for fans and fundraiser for the Speedway Children’s Charities, which has received more than $1 million from proceeds from the camp.

The "Smoke Show," a driving school extravaganza hosted by NASCAR Sprint Cup Series champion Tony Stewart, raises funds and remains the highest-grossing, single-day event for the Speedway Children's Charities Texas chapter, which was founded in 1982 to care for children in educational, financial, social, and medical need in an effort to help them live productive lives.

Held at Texas Motor Speedway, raised more than $1 million since 2008 to benefit the Speedway Children's Charities-Texas Chapter. Participants pay around 6 to 8 thou for the day, get driving instruction from Stewart, are fitted for their own personalized firesuit and receive two 10-lap competitive sessions in a stock car and a thrilling three-lap, two-seater ride with Stewart manning the wheel, with the top-tier packages including a limited edition "Smoke Show" helmet and racing shoes.

The "Smoke Show" was boosted by its annual auction for the fantasy campers with the highest-selling item a pair of custom "Smoke Show" revolvers designed and manufactured by Turnbull Mfg., which were secured with a winning bid of $35,000.

 Other auction items were taking the parade lap with Stewart during the pre-race ceremonies at the AAA Texas 500 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race at Texas Motor Speedway. Two 2013 Brickyard 400 NASCAR packages, with tickets in Stewart's private suite at Indianapolis Motor Speedway for the entire race weekend, went for $17,000 each.

"The success of the 'Smoke Show' is testimony that our approach of combining people's love of motorsports and their philanthropic spirit bent on helping children works," SCC-Texas Chapter Executive Director Jaime Carlin said. "When you add Tony's popularity and his gracious gift of his time, the real winners are the children of North Texas."

This year the 8th annual event will be on Oct 12th, and is limited to 30 participants. To purchase a spot for the "Smoke Show" or for additional information, please call the Speedway Children’s Charities-Texas office at (817) 215-8421.

https://www.facebook.com/scctx/
https://www.facebook.com/texasmotorspeedway/
http://texas.speedwaycharities.org/news/532420.html
http://texas.speedwaycharities.org/news/tony-stewart-smoke-show-raises-over-200-000-for-speedway-childrens-charities-texas-chapter.html
http://www.star-telegram.com/sports/nascar-auto-racing/texas-motor-speedway/article30193809.html
http://www.prweb.com/releases/2010/08/prweb4358194.htm 

the biggest mural ever at a Nascar track... was Spongebob. WOW. May 2015, Kansas City

and for a trophy... that is cool! Brooklyn based artist KAWS created the SpongeBob trophy for “The Winner.”

and the 55 car happened to slide out onto the mural... coincidence, but incredible photo op

Nick Oudin, 8, of Kansas City, Mo., with the characters from SpongeBob SquarePants prior to the race. Oudin, who has an inoperable brain tumor, served as honorary crew chief for the SpongeBob 400 race teams.

http://www.vmg1.com/feature/spongebob-squarepants-400/
http://www.kansascity.com/sports/article20618250.html
http://wyandottedaily.com/more-photos-from-the-spongebob-squarepants-400-sprint-cup-race-at-kansas-speedway/

Lightly Engineered is making this cool pedal car for a guy whose kid is crazy about dad's van, now, he'll have is own too!

https://www.facebook.com/LightlyEngineered/
http://www.lightlyengineered.com/
http://www.pro-touring.com/threads/120939-Ford-Econoline-Pedal-Car  for a complete look at the build so far

just go get a kleenex box. Then watch this, inspired by a son who lost his dad too soon

The short tells the story of a young man who logged quality time with his father while playing a game called Rallisport Challenge, released in 2002 for the original Xbox. When the father dies unexpectedly, the console is banished to the garage. Ten years later, now age 16, the boy retrieves the dusty console

Already over a million hits on You tube, this is not exactly a true story, its based on comments on a video about "Can Video Games Be a Spiritual Experience?

The video creator and director/producer got his favorite collaborator actor to star.

Wikstrom, 25, graduated from Florida State University's College of Motion Picture Arts and moved to Los Angeles four years ago. He found some work as a treatment designer for the directors of commercials. But he hadn't made any of his own. I think he's just paved the way for a career with a company that can spot talent and make quick decisions

What about Microsoft? The young director said he's heard from "someone high up" at the software giant, who wrote him personally to praise his work, but nothing official.

Adweek contacted Aaron Greenberg, Microsoft's head of Xbox's game marketing, who told us: "This is really inspiring. Connecting players through gaming is one of the best rewards of creating video games, and stories like this are always touching and inspire us to do our best work.

We applaud this fan's courage in sharing his story and the filmmaker's artistry in bringing it to life so vividly."

Wikstrom maintains the project was "a labor of love."

http://www.adweek.com/news/advertising-branding/heres-story-behind-moving-xbox-video-microsoft-had-no-hand-creating-171051

I found that I posted the story in Jan 2015

http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2015/01/coolest-thing-youll-read-today-might.html

A little girl who was allegedly being bullied at school got some help from her local biker club.

The first-grader at Marshall Elementary in Toledo loves to ride her dirt bike, and she proudly rides up and down her block.

So, Reynolds decided to enlist the help of The Punishers -- a motorcycle club comprised of law enforcement, EMS and military personnel, and firefighters. The club surprised little Audrianna with a ride to school -- on a real motorcycle.

"We got her a vest and told her to think of us like her uncles, and she is part of our family now, and if she needs anything let us know," the group's president, Daniel Bushey, told WTVG. "Any chance we get, we help kids out, we do in a heartbeat."

http://abcnews.go.com/US/local-motorcycle-club-allegedly-bullied-girl-ride-school/story?id=39395162

Now we're talking, what I'd push a kid around in...

https://www.facebook.com/CathMoncan

the only cute Mini I've seen lately

Found on https://www.facebook.com/CathMoncan

Maytag toy racer from 1935. Powered by the washing machines hit and miss 2 stroke engine, this was a promotional kids go cart made in Newton Iowa from 1934 to 41

about 30 of the 500 made still survive,

http://buffalo.craigslist.org/clt/5568139176.html

this kid looks the part

https://www.facebook.com/WhatDidIJustSee/?ref=stream

lucky kids with kid sized cars

https://www.facebook.com/groups/youngdriver/

1929 kids motorwheel

http://thespeedboys.blogspot.com/

The simple helmet, but with every living F1 champion's autograph, is getting auctioned to raise funds for 4 kids charities

Beginning in late 2007, the first to sign was Phil Hill, then Jacques Villeneuve, Emerson Fittipaldi, and Mario Andretti.

By mid-December, in a quick trip to London, Sir Jackie Stewart, Damon Hill, and John Surtees.

In January of 2008, Alain Prost and Fernando Alonso in Paris and Jody Scheckter in rural England.

In February Nigel Mansell’s autograph.

Within 12 days in April, Michael Schumacher in Toronto, and Niki Lauda in Vienna.

Keke Rosberg, Mika Hakkinen, and Kimi Raikkonen in Monte Carlo. Later that summer, Alan Jones in California and shipped the helmet to Sir Jack Brabham in Australia.

In December of 2008, Lewis Hamilton in London and Piquet in Brasilia.

Jenson Button and Sebastian Vettel in London in December of 2010.

All this effort was by Al Pearce who writes for Autoweek magazine, and the auction will be in Monaco next month,  http://www.rmsothebys.com/MC16/MONACO/LOTS/FORMULA-1-CHAMPIONS-SIGNED-HELMET/1078682

100 percent of the proceeds to benefit the following charities:
Victory Junction Gang
Camp Kyle Petty Charity Ride Across America
 Jeff Gordon Children’s Foundation
 Jimmie Johnson Foundation

https://www.yahoo.com/autos/greatest-helmet-ever-120000332.html

Not sure if the kids are learning to drive, or cops learning to work with people

https://www.facebook.com/Alte-Bilder-aus-vergangenen-Tagen-f%C3%BCr-Autofans-1476668465925600/?fref=photo

But Steve found out!

"Friendly Town is located in Lincoln park in Danville Illinois. The mini streets and buildings are still there but the miniature Mustangs are gone. Set up to teach the grade school kids traffic and pedestrian safety. If you look close the police officers actually held the wired accelerator controls in their hands as they walked along side the kids in training. The cars were stored in the little buildings when not in use."
https://www.facebook.com/Jrcentraldotcom/?fref=nf

must have been a damn cool dad to get the kid a race car, take him to the track, and keep him supplied with fuel and practice time!

https://www.facebook.com/groups/getting.there/