Media Alert: NASCAR's David Ragan Revs Up Race For Research

MARLBOROUGH, Mass. - June 10, 2014 - PRLog -- WHAT:          Three-day road rally and scavenger hunt through points of NASCAR history with racing legend appearances along the route. All funds raised support Down syndrome cognition development research. More information at: http://www.dsrtfRaceforResearch.org.

WHEN/WHERE: June 16-18, 2014; Points Across North Carolina, Virginia and Tennessee, Times approximate

June 16, 2014

8:00 AM: Leave from Richard Petty Museum, Randleman, NC

9:15 AM: Childress Winery, Lexington, NC

10:15 AM: Bowman Gray Stadium, Winston-Salem, NC – KICK OFF WITH MAYOR ALLEN JOINES

1:00 PM: Martinsville Speedway, Ridgeway, VA

2:30 PM: Woods Brother Racing, Stuart, VA

4:15 PM: Love’s Travel Stop, Fancy Gap, VA

June 17, 2014

8:00 AM: Bristol Motor Speedway, Bristol, TN

11:30 AM: Hickory Motor Speedway, Newton, NC

12:15 PM: Front Row Motorsports, Statesville, NC

2:30 PM: Dale Earnhardt Museum, Mooresville, NC

4:45 PM: Sam Bass, Concord, NC

5:30 PM: Charlotte Motor Speedway, Concord, NC

June 18, 2014

8:00 AM: Roush Fenway Racing, Concord, NC

8:45 AM: Richard Petty Motorsport, Concord, NC

9:45 AM: NASCAR R&D, Concord, NC

10:45 AM: Hendrick Motorsports, Charlotte, NC

12:30 PM: NASCAR Hall of Fame, Charlotte, NC – END OF RACE

4:30 PM: Awards, Thanks, Silent Auction, NASCAR Hall of Fame Plaza

Media welcome throughout event. To confirm David Ragan’s availability or ask about the activities and celebrities appearing at specific stop, contact Ellen Oliver or visit media page (http://www.kintera.org/faf/home/ccp.asp?ievent=1092273&am...). NASCAR Video BRoll available upon request.

WHO:   Honorary Co-Chairs, David Ragan, third-generation NASCAR driver, and his wife, Jacquelyn, will helm the event. David’s family, including his brother Adam, who has Down syndrome, and celebrity NASCAR friends will be along the route.

Scheduled to appear: David Ragan, Ty and Austin Dillon, Chocolate Myers, Sam Bass, Richard Petty, Glenn and Leonard Wood, Tom Love, David Gilliand and Winston-Salem Mayor Allen Joines.

Our sponsors include: Down Syndrome Association of Greater Charlotte, Genentech, Wells Fargo, VP Coffee, Love’s Travel Stops, Brinks, David Vortriede Design, Greensboro Radiology and Sam Bass.

WHY:   The Ragans join LuMind Foundation to help improve opportunities for people with Down syndrome. David Ragan’s older brother Adam was born with an extra chromosome: Trisomy 21, or Down syndrome.

About LuMind Foundation
LuMind Foundation (http://www.lumindfoundation.org), formerly the Down Syndrome Research and Treatment Foundation (DSRTF), is a national non-profit organization headquartered in Marlborough, Mass., aimed at accelerating the development of treatments to significantly improve cognition, including memory, learning and speech, for individuals with Down syndrome. LuMind Foundation funds research at major research centers, including Johns Hopkins Medicine, Stanford University, University of California, San Diego, and University of Arizona. Since its founding in 2004, LuMind Foundation has committed more than $9 million to fund results-driven research programs that will benefit children and adults with Down syndrome and has been instrumental in the initiation of clinical trials now under way.