Charity Recognized: The Mark Collie Celebrity Race for Diabetes Cure last week was recognized for its $1.25 million donation to the Vanderbilt Diabetes Center. Several country music and NASCAR celebrities participated in the past annual charity races and related concerts and auctions. For six years the race was run at Nashville Speedway. This year’s Sept. 4 event will be held at Hardeeville Motor Speedway near Savannah, Ga. Race organizers plan to take the race to the new short track being designed adjacent to Nashville Superspeedway. That track is tentatively scheduled to open in two years(Tennessean), more info, see my Racing Charities page and click on the Mark Collie graphic(5-25-2001)
