RICHMOND INTERNATIONAL RACEWAY
CHEVY ROCK & ROLL 400
Dusty and Angie Duncan get their surgery scheduled.
Last October, Burton met six-year old Dusty Duncan and his four-year old
sister, Angie at an autograph session in the Kansas City area. Both
children suffered from cleft palates. Burton later pulled the children's
parents aside and asked them what was wrong with their children. When the
father explained what was wrong, Burton asked how he could help. Burton
offered to help pay for the surgeries. After that, the Shriner's hospital
offered to handle the surgeries, collected a lot of money from Burton,
Caterpillar and several loyal NASCAR fans, but later put them on hold. When
Burton caught wind of the surgeries not being done, he made some calls and
settled the issue. The surgery for both children will take place in early
October and hopefully the children will be on their way to a prosperous
life.
Cat equipment for the Chevy Rock & Roll 400.
"We're taking car #63 this weekend," said Stoddard. "It's the same car that
we ran at Richmond last May. We were fairly competitive for the most of the
race. We just lost track position there at the end and didn't get it back.
We ended up finishing 11th, so our goal is to improve on that finish."
What it means to race in front of home state of Virginia.
"Racing in Richmond is like racing at home. We have a lot of friends and
family in Richmond. My grandmother lives there and we get over there to see
her. We're friends with the Governor and just have a lot of contacts there
that include our friends on the conservation projects and our friends at the
State Parks. We have a lot of allies in the Richmond area and it would be
very special to win in front of that crowd.
Burton shares a childhood memory.
"I can remember going to a race at the old fairgrounds and running a late
model on the same weekend the Winston Cup were there. I think I qualified
third and finished decent, but it gave me my first real taste for racing at
the bigger tracks. I say bigger, it was probably only a ½-mile track, but
it was bigger than what we were used to running."
