Picabo and Petty: Downhill skiing champion Picabo Street will be in Atlanta this weekend for the MBNA America 500 at Atlanta Motor Speedway. She will kick off her weekend on Saturday by visiting at Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta with NASCAR Winston Cup driver Kyle Petty. Street and Petty will also videoconference with hospitalized children across the country at Jackson Memorial Hospitalin Miami, Texas Children’s Hospital in Houston, and Children’s Hospital and Regional Medical Centerin Seattle. Kids will have the opportunity to ask Kyle and Picabo questions about racing, downhill skiing, and how fast these two travel around the track and on the snow. Petty, who will be driving the #45 Sprint Dodge at Sunday MBNA America 500, and alpine skier Street share a strong commitment to communities where they live and work, and value an opportunity to connect with the communities they’re in. Street will then head to the track on Sunday for a taste of Winston Cup racing at the MBNA America 500. She will be available for media interviews at 10 a.m. in the deadline room of the infield media center.(AMS PR)(3-7-2002)
