There will be two drivers wearing bright yellow Love’s Travel Stops firesuits on Sunday at Chicagoland Speedway. NASCAR Sprint Cup Series driver #38-David Gilliland will look familiar, but alongside him will be nine-year-old Jack Czapla, a Chicago-area ‘miracle child’ celebrating life as a healthy kid after beating a two-year bout with leukemia. The miniature ‘driver for a day’ will top off Love’s Travel Stops’ and Gilliland’s week of promoting Love’s annual fundraising campaign for Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals, a non-profit organization that raises funds for 170 children’s hospitals across North America. In addition to wearing a replica of Gilliland’s racing uniform, Jack will participate with Gilliland in driver appearances at the track, the official Sprint Cup Series drivers’ meeting and on-stage driver introductions before the race. While he will not get to drive the #38 Love’s Travel Stops Ford, he will get to watch all the action of the race atop the Front Row Motorsports pit box. The Mundelein, Ill., boy also created artwork that will be featured on the hood of the #38 Ford and on Gilliland’s helmet.(Front Row Motorsports), see an image of the car on the #38 team paint schemes page.(9-11-2014)
