Foxworthy Has Winning ticket for Daytoan 500
Reid Spencer, TSN Wire Service
After heavy online voting, comedian Jeff Foxworthy's ticket design for the 50th Daytona 500 was named the winner of the Celebrity Tickets for Charity competition. Foxworthy's design will constitute the face of the tickets printed for the Great American Race, scheduled for Feb. 17, 2008.
Foxworthy's artwork, along with that of the more than 40 other celebrities who entered the contest, will be auctioned online at www.Daytona500.com, with proceeds benefiting the Jeff Gordon Foundation, which seeks to better the lives of children with life-threatening diseases. Bidding opened on the website Saturday and will close July 16.
"As a huge NASCAR fan, I can't believe that my design will be on the ticket for the Daytona 500," Foxworthy said in a videotaped statement played during his announcement as the winner. "It gives me something to brag about. I've been telling people, 'Yeah, I won the Daytona 500 . . . ticket drawing contest.'"
Reid Spencer, TSN Wire Service
After heavy online voting, comedian Jeff Foxworthy's ticket design for the 50th Daytona 500 was named the winner of the Celebrity Tickets for Charity competition. Foxworthy's design will constitute the face of the tickets printed for the Great American Race, scheduled for Feb. 17, 2008.
Foxworthy's artwork, along with that of the more than 40 other celebrities who entered the contest, will be auctioned online at www.Daytona500.com, with proceeds benefiting the Jeff Gordon Foundation, which seeks to better the lives of children with life-threatening diseases. Bidding opened on the website Saturday and will close July 16.
"As a huge NASCAR fan, I can't believe that my design will be on the ticket for the Daytona 500," Foxworthy said in a videotaped statement played during his announcement as the winner. "It gives me something to brag about. I've been telling people, 'Yeah, I won the Daytona 500 . . . ticket drawing contest.'"