¦ July 12, 2007
SAM SCHMIDT PARALYSIS FOUNDATION TO HOST DAY AT RACES IN NASHVILLE

The Sam Schmidt Paralysis Foundation and Sam Schmidt Motorsports will be hosting several guests as a part of its “Day at the Races” program on Friday, July 13th, at 1 p.m. in the Andretti Green Racing hospitality tent at the Nashville Superspeedway.

The one-hour event will include a catered lunch courtesy of Andretti Green Racing, speeches from the foundation’s president, Ida Cahill, and founder, Sam Schmidt, and a tour of the paddock area of the Nashville Superspeedway.

Guests to the event include spinal cord injured patients from the Center for Comprehensive Services at Governor Hall Place in Tennessee, the Tenneessee State Rehabilitation Center, and their families.

Visitors to the event will learn through the program what the work of the foundation seeks to do and what resources may be available to them.

For many of the visitors to these events, not only will it be their first time at a race track, but more importantly, their first time out of the hospital.

“We’ve had a great turn-out to these events so far this year, and we’re looking forward to having another great crowd,” Schmidt said. “I can’t thank the guys from Andretti Green enough for all the facilities they’ve provided for us. They’ve been a huge help to our foundation in making this and other programs a great success.”

Future “Day at the Races” programs are planned for the race weekends at the Kentucky Speedway and the Chicagoland Speedway.