SHAME ON YOU!!!!!!!
I'm not asking you to cheer for him in races....I don't hate Denny but I dont cheer for him. . . ok I did once LOL but shhhh! Seriously folks read this and think about ALL the horrible things that have nothing to do with his racing that have ever coem out of your mouths. . . if I can learn ( and im the most stubborn person there is) that perception isnt everything so can you. Race days aren't even have the week ya know?
Read up.... and smile :)
I sure did
By Molly Hudson, Special to
NASCAR.COMJanuary 28, 2010
02:47 PM EST
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After years of battling what some would consider a debilitating
illness, Monday was Raine Angelley's first day on his dream job.
"He'll be either working on parts or trucks or whatever we need him to do,"
Kyle Busch said of Raine's position at Kyle Busch Motorsports.
“
Kyle called me up one day and said he wanted to help me do this, this and this.
”
-- RAINE ANGELLEY
Raine, 18, is a senior at
South Iredell (N.C.) High School and has suffered from polycystic
kidney disease, which causes cysts in the kidneys, since he was born.
In 2006, his kidney function dropped below 20 percent, making a
transplant imperative. Several donors were identified but the surgery
could not be preformed until the necessary money was raised.
"It
was a long time ago when I first heard about Raine." Busch said. "I saw
a thing, I don't remember what it was exactly, but it was at Bruster's
on Williamson [road in Mooresville], taped in the window about needing
help so I called the number, talked to him -- it was his dad actually,
and we became friends and have been in contact ever since."
What
Busch saw was one of several posters that had been placed around
Mooresville, each containing information about Raine's condition, his
picture and a phone number for people to call who were interested in
donating to the surgery fund.
Rayce Angelley, Raine's father, considers Busch a "life saver."
"Even though he didn't donate the organ, the financial assistance he
provided and just calling Raine to check up on him kept Raine from
being down in the dumps. It kept him in good spirits. That's why he's a
life saver."
As a result the posters and various fundraisers
held throughout the community, enough money was collected to perform
the procedure and in August 2006 Raine received a kidney from his birth
mother, Erica Eades. Although things now looked promising, the recovery
time would be extensive. This meant that Raine would miss even more
school and could face the possibility of not graduating in 2010 with
the rest of his class.
Then, in 2008 came the news that a liver
transplant was necessary, yet again delaying progress. It was taken
from an unknown donor in late May.
"The worst part of all of
this is that I have to go back and forth to Charlotte every week to sit
around for four hours and wait for blood results to come back," Raine
said. "That's fun."
With one semester of high school remaining
-- 88 school days -- Raine must complete 360 hours in the workforce to
fulfill the requirements of his Cooperative Education Program, a
program that combines knowledge gained in the classroom with on-the-job
experience, to become eligible to graduate.
"Kyle called me up one day and said he wanted to help me do this, this and this," Raine said.
In the short term, Busch hopes that working every day after school will
provide Raine with the hours he needs to graduate. If not, Busch will
offer him as much overtime as needed. But, his main goal is that Raine
will learn something he can use in the future saying, "Hopefully he'll
take something from it that will help him."
While Busch hopes
that this experience will inspire Raine to follow his dreams and pursue
a career in the motorsports industry, Busch has been inspired and
forever changed by Raine and his family.
"I'm very proud of the
way they have stayed strong," Busch said. "They've always held in there
tough and together and hopefully the worst is behind them and they can
look ahead to a bright future."
Molly Hudson is a senior at South Iredell (N.C.) High School.
(nascar.com)
blissful
bored
I didn't like how the cars didn't handle and were all over the place. Hopefully it will change for 500 since that race is run in the day. *fingers crossed*
At first, I was very disappointed for RPM switching to FORD.. but now Im thinkin maybe it was a good idea.. I got really scared when Kurt wrecked.. as he was going off to the infield.. he went right in between KASEY and KYLE and I was sure he was gonna take them out.. BOTH MY BOYS DID AWESOME~2nd & 4th.. WOO HOO!!!
Nice to see you back RAY RAY!!! LOVE YA!!! MWAH!!!!
yeah i got sacred too lol him not being able to see seriously made me freak id hate to be in the car LOl Kasey looked great im really excited for him this year haha Rocky is too she was yelling and everything haha