Racing For Kids Donates $200K to Child Healthcare in 2007

GROSSE POINTE FARMS, MI, Jan 22 (MARKET WIRE) --
Racing For Kids, a national charity, which uses motorsports to focus public
attention and funding on the healthcare needs of children, donated $200,000
last year to children's hospitals and child health organizations in the United
States. In addition, the Racing For Kids team of celebrity racecar drivers
visited
more than 2,500 children at 25 children's hospitals in the US and Japan during
the2007 racing season.

Racing For Kids, which holds a variety of fundraisers during the year, is
supported by donations from Humana, Inc., the Toyota Motor Sales USA, the
Long Beach Grand Prix, sanofi-aventis, Bridgestone Firestone Foundation,
TranSystems,
Inc., I-Rex Corp., Benson Ford, Jr., great-grandson of Ford Motor Company
founder Henry Ford, and hundreds of other corporate and individual donors.

"The generosity of the business and racing community has been
outstanding,"said William Pinsky, MD, Racing For Kids founder. "We want to
recognize
ourcorporate partners and our team of celebrity racers who visit the
hospitalswith us."

Drivers making visits in the past year include IndyCar drivers Buddy Rice,
Sarah Fisher and Danica Patrick, Indy Pro Series racers Tom Wieringa and Ryan
Justice, plus members of the Star Mazda Racing series and celebrities racing in
the
Toyota Grand Prix at Long Beach.

"Doctors, who care for these youngsters, say that these visits are an
important part of each child's recovery therapy," said Pinsky, a pediatric
cardiologist.

According to J. Patrick Wright, Racing For Kids executive director, the
majority of the donations were earmarked for hospital playroom development or
for a
specific need identified by each institution. Wright notes that "The Child
Life specialists we work with at the hospitals tell us that the best medicine
doesn't always come from a prescription bottle... sometimes it's a game or toy
or
craft project that helps a child to forget that he or she might be in pain
or lonely or frightened."

In 19 years, Racing For Kids has visited with nearly 16,000 children in more
than 380 hospitals in the US, Canada, Australia, Japan and Mexico. During that
time, RFK has donated more than $5 million in funds and in-kind gifts to the
hospitals visited and to other child healthcare institutions.

CONTACT:
Kathleen Conway
313-882-3403
or Ron Hingst
734-662-5544

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