Stocks for Tots roster growing

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Team's assist expected to help rev interest in annual Stocks for Tots event

Stocks for Tots, in its 25th season of bringing drivers, crew chiefs, and other members of the racing community together with fans for worthy causes, is going Truck series racing.

Driver Tayler Malsam and his team have donated sponsorship on their truck for the season finale at Homestead-Miami Speedway on Nov. 20. Don Miller, chairman of the Stocks for Tots Foundation, likes the timing with the organization’s big annual event scheduled soon after, on Dec. 8, in Mooresville, N.C.

“Having Stocks for Tots featured on Tayler's truck this year will bring a great deal of awareness to our cause,” Miller said. “Our foundation could not be more appreciative.”

Racing stars lining up for Stocks for Tots benefit

Four-time Indianapolis 500 winner Rick Mears, NASCAR driver Ryan Newman and top National Hot Rod Association competitor Doug Herbert will join about 50 other racing greats signing autographs at the 21st annual Stocks for Tots benefit on Dec. 8.

Don Miller, Ray Evernham, Ned Jarrett, Larry McReynolds and Sam Hornish Jr. are among other motorsports notables who will sign for fans at the event, which will be 4:30-9 p.m. at the Charles Mack Citizen Center in Mooresville.

Net proceeds benefit the nonprofit SCAN Child & Parenting Centers of Iredell County. SCAN stands for Stop Child Abuse Now.

NHRA goes four-wide at Charlotte

The National Hot Rod Association will hold its first four-wide national event this March at Concord's Zmax Dragway.

The NHRA Four-Wide Nationals, scheduled for March 25-28, will be raced with cars going four-wide instead of using the usual two lanes.

Qualifying and eliminations for Top Fuel, Funny Car, Pro Stock and Pro Stock Motorcycle will be four-wide, while the drag racing series will continue in the traditional two-lane format.

Racing stars appear at benefit today to collect toys

Four-time Indianapolis 500 winner Rick Mears and NASCAR driver Ryan Newman head the slate of about 50 racing greats signing autographs at a holiday benefit event.

Ray Evernham, Ned Jarrett, and Sam Hornish Jr. are among the other motorsports notables who will sign for fans at Tuesday's event in Mooresville.

Proceeds from the 21st annual Stocks for Tots benefit go to helping prevent child abuse and helping parents in Iredell County.

Patrick to make NASCAR debut at Daytona

Danica Patrick will make her NASCAR debut this weekend at Daytona International Speedway.

The IndyCar star will drive the No. 7 Chevrolet for JR Motorsports in Saturday's second-tier Nationwide Series race.

The decision announced Monday to race at Daytona was made after team officials dissected her stock-car racing debut in the ARCA race at Daytona on Saturday. The team had left the option to race up to Patrick, who wanted to assess her first race before deciding whether to enter one of the most prestigious Nationwide races of the season.