The Kyle Petty Charity Ride Across America raised $1.3 million for Victory Junction.
The Kyle Petty Charity Ride Across America announced its 23rd Anniversary Ride raised $1.3 million, the most funds raised in a single year since 2008. Funds raised directly benefit Victory Junction, a camp dedicated to providing life-changing camping experiences for children with chronic or life-threatening illnesses. Since the Ride?s inception in 1995, more than 8,085 children have attended Victory Junction at no cost to their families. And this year, the Ride will send 100 kids to summer camp at Victory Junction.
On May 13, former NASCAR driver and NBC Sports racing analyst Kyle Petty embarked on a 2,400-mile cross-country route, leading 200 bikers from Portland, Oregon, to Milwaukee, Wisconsin, covering eight states in seven days. The Ride featured several celebrity riders from the NASCAR community, including NASCAR Hall of Famer and seven time champion Richard Petty, NASCAR Hall of Fame nominee Hershel McGriff, NASCAR legends Harry Gant and Donnie Allison, Former NFL great and ESPN?s 2016 Coaches Poll greatest college football player of all time, Herschel Walker, Heisman Trophy winner (1980) and Super Bowl champion (XXII) George Rogers, NBC Sports NASCAR personality Rick Allen, and Harley-Davidson Museum president, Bill Davidson, whose great-grandfather founded the company.
Since 1995, more than 8,175 riders have logged more than 11.9 million cumulative motorcycle miles...