The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company , the exclusive tire supplier of NASCAR’s top three racing divisions, today announced that the Goodyear ‘Get there’(TM) Charity Auction raised $20,000 for The NASCAR Foundation and its driver affiliated charities. As a result of the funds raised through the auction, Goodyear was awarded with the honor of being named a “Champion Friend of the Foundation” for the 2007 NASCAR NEXTEL Cup season — the highest level of participation that can be achieved by a one-time donor.

“As a long-standing supplier of NASCAR, we’re very proud to help support The NASCAR Foundation and its important mission,” stated Stu Grant, Goodyear’s general manager of global race tires. “Goodyear would like to thank all the fans who bid on these unique race-used Eagle tires and helped us raise so much money for The NASCAR Foundation.”

The Goodyear ‘Get there’ Charity Auction provided fans the opportunity to bid on 43 authentic Goodyear tires individually autographed by the top NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series drivers. Each autographed race-used Goodyear Eagle tire was accompanied by a certificate of authenticity, which included the driver’s name and car number, the race in which the tire was used, the driver’s finish in that race and the tire’s RFID number. The top ten most popular tires in the auction belonged to Tony Stewart, Dale Earnhardt Jr., Juan Montoya, Elliott Sadler, Jamie McMurray, Jeff Gordon, Matt Kenseth, Paul Menard, Carl Edwards and Kyle Busch.

Posted: 07|25|07 at 7:34 am. Filed under: US News.