Office of the Press Secretary
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE August 19, 2009
BACKGROUND ON THE CEREMONY TO HONOR 2008 NASCAR SPRINT CUP CHAMPION JIMMIE JOHNSON AT THE WHITE HOUSE TODAY
South Portico
• Carl Edwards, #99 Aflac Ford, 2nd
• Greg Biffle, #16 DishTV Ford, 3rd
• Clint Bowyer, #33 Cheerios Chevy, 4th
• Jeff Burton, #31 Caterpillar Chevy, 6th
• Jeff Gordon, #24 DuPont Chevy, 7th
• Denny Hamlin, #11 FedEx Toyota, 8th
• Tony Stewart, #14 Office Depot Chevy, 9th
• Dale Earnhardt Jr., #88 Mountain Dew Chevy, 12th
• Kurt Busch, #2 Mille Lite Dodge (2004)
• Bobby Labonte, (2000)
• Dale Jarrett, retired (1999)
• Terry Labonte, semi-retired (1984 & 1996)
• Rusty Wallace, retired (1989)
• Bill Elliott, semi-retired (1987)
• Darrell Waltrip, retired (1981, 1982, 1985)
• Richard Petty, retired (1964, 1967, 1971, 1972, 1974, 1975, 1979)
The Victory Junction Gang Camp is a camp for terminally or chronically ill children located in Randleman, North Carolina. It is part of the Association of Hole in the Wall Camps. The idea for the camp came from Adam Petty (son of Kyle and grandson of Richard Petty), who was a teenage stock car driver at the time. In 2000, the Petty’s began talks with Hole in the Wall founder Paul Newman about the new venture. On May 12, 2000, Adam Petty was killed in a crash during practice at New Hampshire International Speedway. Kyle and his wife, Pattie Petty, carried on Adam's vision and spent four years raising money for, and building, the camp. On June 20, 2004 (Father's Day) the VJG Camp welcomed its first campers.