Children’s Miracle Network receiving $1 million donation if he wins
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Whether or not a check made out to the Children’s Miracle Network has an extra zero on the end depends on how well Carl Edwards does at Texas Motor Speedway this weekend.
If Edwards wins the Duck Commander 500, Stanley will donate $1 million to the Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals through the Ace Hardware Foundation.
Three of Edwards’ 23 career wins have been at TMS, and he has three other top-five finishes in 20 career starts.
“We’ve got a lot of extra motivation at Texas,” Edwards said in a release by Joe Gibbs Racing. “We’re going to visit Cook Children’s Hospital early in the week. We’re going to meet a lot of kids who are battling and we’re inspired by them.”
Even if Edwards doesn’t win, the “Racing for a Miracle” program has pledged to donate $100,000 to CMN Hospitals.
But he’s not thinking that way. Edwards is bent on seeing them cut the bigger check.
“That’s huge motivation to go out there and perform well for them,” Edwards said. “… It’s humbling for Stanley and Ace Hardware Foundation to put this much on the line, and to do it at a track at which we feel like we can win, that is really cool.”
Edwards calls Texas “one of my favorite tracks” and could see this being an opportunity to taste success for the first time with new crew chief Darian Grubb, who served in the same role when Tony Stewart won the series championship in 2011.
Encouraged by their season-high 13 laps led at Martinsville, Grubb is eager to get to Texas.
“I’m looking forward to pulling the win off there and get an extra million dollars for those kids in need,” Grubb said. “Carl’s done really well at Texas in the past and so has Joe Gibbs Racing, so we’re looking forward to getting there and seeing what we can put together. Between those two things, we should have a really good shot at it.”
Coverage of the Duck Commander 500 begins Saturday at 7:30 p.m. ET on FOX.
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