Dale Earnhardt’s Wheaties car to be raffled in auction
The raffle of Earnhardt’s Chevrolet Monte Carlo Orange Wheaties #3 show car, designed for the 1997 Winston Select race, will benefit Edgewood Children’s Ranch and The Make-a-Wish® Foundation of Central and Northern Florida. This one-of-a kind car was driven by Dale Earnhardt Sr. in five races between 1993 – 1995. At the end of 1995, the car was moved to the show car division. In 1997 it was converted from Dale’s black paint scheme to the Wheaties colors to promote the Winston Select Race in Charlotte.
Tickets for the raffle are a suggested donation of $20 each and can be purchased online via the contest’s Web site at www.windalescar.com, by phone at 1-866-642-1013, or by mail to Edgewood Children’s Ranch, Win Dale’s Car Raffle, PO Box 185, Windermere, FL 34786. The deadline to purchase a ticket is 4 p.m. on Sept. 1, 2007. The drawing for the winning ticket will take place Sept. 1, 2007 at Old Town in Kissimmee, Fla. Ticket holders do not have be present to win.