By Lance Jennings
FRESNO, CA – SEPTEMBER 16, 2010… Veteran driver Peter Murphy of Clovis has teamed up with the Tachi Palace Hotel & Casino and the Susan G. Komen Foundation to help fight breast cancer. Murphy is encouraging support from fellow racers and fans this Saturday night, September 18th, at the Santa Maria Speedway with a drive to raise funds and awareness for breast cancer research.
Murphy, who will be driving the #11 Buster & Ziggy Enterprise USAC West Coast 360 Sprint Car, welcomes race fans to make donations at the Tachi Hotel & Casino booth. Support is greatly appreciated as ribbons and t-shirts will be available for a $5 contribution. The #21 Tarlton & Son Inc. Sprint Car featuring a pink breast cancer awareness paint scheme will be on display later in the program.
Donors are encouraged to honor those affected by breast cancer to leave their names with booth attendants. In recognition, Peter will have special replica ribbons made with the names of donors and honorees. The ribbons will be placed on the pink Tarlton & Son Inc. #21 Sprint Car that Murphy will drive at Tulare’s “Sprinting for the Cure” race on October 2nd.
Founded in 1982, the Susan G. Komen Foundation has become the world’s largest grassroots network of breast cancer survivors and activists. With the help of affiliates, corporate partners, staff, and individual donors, the foundation has reached people in more than 200 countries and helped to save over 2.5 million breast cancer survivors. More work and support is needed to help find a cure. It is estimated that close to 11 million people are diagnosed with cancer every year worldwide.
For more information on the Susan G. Komen Foundation, please visit www.komen.org.
Joining the USAC West Coast 360 Sprint Cars will be the West Coast Street Stocks, MMI Hobby Stocks, and Toste Mini-Stocks. The Front Gates will open at 4:00pm, Time Trials will start at 5:00pm, with Racing to follow at 6:00pm. For event information, please visit www.racesantamariaspeedway.com or call (805) 922-2232.
For more information on the USAC West Coast 360 Sprint Car Series, please visit www.westcoastsprintcars.com, www.usacracing.com, www.racesantamariaspeedway.com, or follow the series on facebook.
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USAC WEST COAST 360 SPRINT CAR POINT STANDINGS:
1. Craig Stidham 1040; 2. Davey Pombo 1025; 3. T.J. Smith 957; 4. Justyne Hamblin 852; 5. Danny Faria Jr. 767; 6. Peter Murphy 731; 7. Rusty Carlile 697; 8. Richard VanderWeerd 694; 9. Jace VanderWeerd 637; 10. Chris Ennis 530; 11. Ricky Kirkbride 515; 12. Wes Gutierrez 508; 13. Geoffrey Strole 434; 14. Andy Ferris 404; 15. Jonathan Logan 388; 16. Jared Little 370; 17. Jesse Mack 340; 18. Koen Shaw 328; 19. Jimmy Thompson 270; 20. Danny Sheridan 226.
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#21 Peter Murphy (Special Paint Scheme For Breast Cancer Research & Awareness)