The Special Operations Warrior Foundation (SOWF) will ride on the #71 TRG Motorsports Ford driven by Andy Lally for Sunday’s NASCAR Sprint Cup Series STP 400 to be run at Kansas Speedway on Sunday, June 5. SOWF provides immediate financial assistance to special operations personnel severely wounded in the global war on terror. Once notified of a special operations soldier, airman, sailor, or Marine hospitalized with a severe injury, SOWF immediately sends funds to the service member (or his/her designated recipient) so the family and loved ones can travel to be at their bedside. To date, the foundation has provided $1.2 million to the families of wounded special operations personnel. The foundation also provides college educations to the sons and daughters of fallen special operations warriors. Funding includes tuition, books, fees, room and board. Last year, the SOWF provided $4.8 million in scholarship grants, counseling and family support to the families of fallen warriors.(TRG)(6-3-2011)
UPDATE: The Children’s Tumor Foundation logo will be carried on the # 71 TRG Motorsports Ford for Sunday’s running of the STP 400. The Children’s Tumor Foundation is a non-profit medical foundation, dedicated to improving the health and well-being of individuals and families affected by neurofibromatosis (NF). Founded in 1978, the Foundation is the driving force behind world-class research to end NF.
AND TRG Motorsports welcomes MINDDRIVE on the #71 Ford for this weekend’s STP 400. The team will be featuring a MINDDRIVE Quick Response (QR) code on its Ford. “QR codes allow users of smartphones to scan a unique image that is similar to bar codes,” Steve Rees, CEO of MINDDRIVE said. “QR codes can be used to provide a number of unique experiences including directing users to websites, add contact information to a user’s phone, compose a text or email message or connect to a wireless network. When users scan the QR code on Andy Lally’s # 71 Ford at Kansas Speedway this weekend, they will be taken to a website to view a video from MINDDRIVE. The video features a group of high school students that built a car that is capable of getting fuel mileage exceeding 440-miles per gallon. Through the QR code and MINDDRIVE video, fans will be able to find the link that will allow them to join the MINDDRIVE effort or make contributions to MINDDRIVE.”(TRG)(6-4-2011)
