Steve Parker Motoring / The Car Nut: E-BAY NASCAR HELMET AUCTION BENEFITS COACHELLA VALLEY!

EXCLUSIVE PHOTO ALBUM! 2009 GUMBALL RALLY 3000

See Steve's exclusive Gumball Rally video from NBC-TV's Whipnotic website (copy and paste): http://www.whipnotic.com/videos/viewvideo-558.html Over 120 gas-guzzling super-exotic sports cars, Hummers, Cadillac Escalade SUVs and an occasional interesting older car roared on May 2, 2009, from a California beach-side parking lot directly onto I-10, the Santa Monica Freeway, also known as the Christopher Columbus Transcontinental Highway, for the start of this year's Gumball Rally. The world's most politically-incorrect automotive street event, the Gumball Rally 3000, left Santa Monica (CA) Pier on Saturday, May 2, 2009 and headed toward its ultimate destination of Miami, FL eight days later. Participants reportedly paid $44,000 per car/team to enter the event. Though the Gumball stresses the skills of its drivers (and their cars) there are only two race track "special section" stops scheduled for the 3,000-mile long event, which will be run on public roads with all entrants subject to all highway rules and regulations. All photos (c) 2009 by www.SteveParker.com

August 06, 2006

E-BAY NASCAR HELMET AUCTION BENEFITS COACHELLA VALLEY!

Would you like to own this one-of-a-kind Simpson full-coverage racing helmet signed by all 43 NASCAR NEXTEL CUP DRIVERS who started this year's COCA-COLA 600? Well, now you can! Angel View is one of the greatest local charities in southern California's Coachella Valley (Palm Springs, Indio, Palm Desert, etc). The group runs fully- equipped home-style environments for severely physically challenged children and teenagers. They currently own and operate 17 homes in the Coachella Valley as well as several Thrift Shops around the Valley which are used as fund-raising facilities. And thanks to Angel View and the Miss Teen USA pageant, you can bid on that helmet by clicking HERE! And click on this link to hear Miss Teen North Carolina's mom joining Steve Parker's Car Nut Show on August 6, 2006, to talk all about this great collectible!

Thanks to Miss Teen USA North Carolina, who came up with the idea, this instantly-collectible NASCAR helmet signed by all 43 drivers who started the 2006 Coca-Cola 600 can be yours! Melissa Lingafelt is representing North Carolina in the Miss Teen USA pageant, being held this week (until August 15th) in the Palm Springs area. Knowing about Angel View, Ms. Lingafelt developed her idea for the auction piece, contacted NASCAR, attended the Coca-Cola 600 in Charlotte, and personally had each of the starting drivers sign the helmet for the Angel View auction.