Last fall, it was the Battle of Richmond. This week, it’s the Duel at Darlington. And just like last year, thanks to Z-Line Designs, the real winners will be the charities of Operation Helmet and Racing for Kids. Kyle Busch and Jim Sexton (Z-Line Designs founder and CEO), along with Racing for Kids, will square off against Denny Hamlin, Monica Sexton (Jim’s wife) and Operation Helmet in Friday night’s Royal Purple 200 presented by O’Reilly Auto Parts NASCAR Nationwide Series race at Darlington (S.C.) Raceway. Bragging rights will be on the line as Z-Line Designs, the designer and import manufacturer of ready-to-assemble furniture, will sponsor both the #18 Toyota of Busch and the #20 Toyota of Hamlin. Busch’s #18 Z-Line Designs Toyota will feature the logo of Racing for Kids, a charity founded in Detroit in 1989 that uses the popularity of motorsports to focus public attention and funding on the health care needs of children. Hamlin’s #20 Z-Line Designs Toyota will feature the logo of Operation Helmet, a 100-percent volunteer, non-partisan charitable organization headquartered in Montgomery, Texas, that provides helmet upgrade kits free of charge to troops in Iraq and Afghanistan. And while Jim and Monica Sexton will be cheering on their respective drivers to victory lane, the charities will ultimately come out victorious. Prior to the race, the Sextons will present checks for $25,000 apiece to Racing for Kids and Operation Helmet. And the Z-Line Designs driver that finishes the highest in the race will earn an extra $10,000 for the charity represented on their car.(Joe Gibbs Racing PR), see an image of the cars on the #20 Nationwide Series paint scheme page.(5-5-2010)
