Big NASCAR stars helping fundraise for Arizona kids battling cancer

PHOENIX (3TV/CBS 5) — Three of NASCAR’s greatest names are on the town, however they’re not right here to race. As a substitute, they’re doing one thing good by serving to increase cash for Arizona children battling most cancers.

September marks Childhood Most cancers Consciousness. 4-time NASCAR Cup Sequence champion Jeff Gordon is on the town for the NASCAR Championship Ignition Luncheon benefiting Phoenix Kids’s. 2020 Cup Sequence champion Chase Elliott will be a part of him as a visitor of honor, whereas Corridor of Famer Dale Jarett will function grasp of ceremonies.

“Chase Elliott and Dale Jarrett are champions on and off the monitor, and we’re overjoyed they’re becoming a member of us for such an important trigger,” stated Phoenix Raceway President Julie Giese. “I do know the battle in opposition to pediatric most cancers is close to and pricey to each of them, and collectively, we’ll proceed doing all we are able to to assist proceed the battle.”

Occasion organizers say all proceeds from the occasion on the Arizona Biltmore will assist fund Phoenix Kids’s Heart for Most cancers and Blood Issues.

Each Gordon and Elliott have a historical past of serving to sick children. The Jeff Gordon Kids’s Basis has been racing cash to discover a treatment for every type of pediatric most cancers. Whereas Elliott has a basis that has partnered with Kids’s Healthcare of Atlanta to assist increase cash for kids battling the illness.

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