Hunger Task
Force Food Collection, Participation
Surpasses Goal
MILWAUKEE (May
4, 2008) – Race fans, classic car clubs,
various race teams and area neighbors
got their once-a-year chance to drive
around The Milwaukee Mile on Sunday, in
the historic speedway’s 6th Annual Drive
The Mile event.
Once again, The
Mile made non-perishable food donations
to the Hunger Task Force an admission
component to drive three moderated laps
around America’s Legendary Oval.
To assist
Milwaukee families in need, over 3,000
pounds of non-perishable food items were
collected by the Hunger Task Force,
which exceeded the expectation of
speedway officials.
The turnout of
an estimated 1,000 vehicles, from
mini-vans to hot rods, to motorcycles
and passenger cars, also surpassed the
number of vehicles expected to take laps
around the worlds oldest active motor
speedway.
The growing and
popular car show held in the NASCAR
garage area boasted a large turnout
classic cars, tuner cars, motorcycles
and race cars.
The interactive
Mobile Mile display offered fans a
chance to change a tire or race a friend
in the side-by-side racing simulator.
Music and photos in victory lane were
also part of the successful event’s
activities.
The Milwaukee
Mile would like to acknowledge and thank
all of the car show participants, event
volunteers and would like to single out
the efforts of the Loser’s Car Club, Ed
Kalashian, the Mid-American Stock Car
Series, Midwest Enduro Stock Car Series,
Vintage Modified Stock Car and Grand
National Vintage Racing for their
efforts in the success of the Drive The
Mile event.
Hunger Task
Force is an anti-hunger organization
which believes that every person has a
right to adequate food obtained with
dignity. Hunger Task Force works to
prevent hunger and malnutrition by
providing food to people in need today
and by promoting social policies to
achieve food security tomorrow. For
more information, visit
www.hungertaskforce.org.
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