{"id":161908,"date":"2025-08-20T19:51:10","date_gmt":"2025-08-20T19:51:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/161908\/"},"modified":"2025-08-20T19:51:10","modified_gmt":"2025-08-20T19:51:10","slug":"how-nascar-stars-are-making-a-difference-nbc10-philadelphia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/161908\/","title":{"rendered":"How NASCAR stars are making a difference \u2013 NBC10 Philadelphia"},"content":{"rendered":"

Racing is about more than driving fast cars for these stars.<\/p>\n

Many of the top drivers in NASCAR<\/a> are known for giving back to those in need. Through charitable organizations, the series’ best talents are making the most of their platforms. Whether it’s bringing kids to the tracks or raising awareness for organ donation, these drivers each make an impact in their own positive way.<\/p>\n

Through a series of interviews with NBC, we learned more about how drivers are making a difference.<\/p>\n

Coming Aug. 23: Joey Logano’s JL Kids Crew provides life-changing experiences<\/p>\n

Joey Logano isn’t just a NASCAR winner<\/a> \u2013 he’s making a difference off the track, too.<\/p>\n

The three-time Cup Series champion started the Joey Logano Foundation<\/a> in 2013, years before he lifted his first Bill France Cup<\/a>.<\/p>\n

For Logano, the reason has always been simple: there’s more to being a professional athlete than what you achieve in your sport. Through the JL Kids Crew<\/a>, Logano is giving opportunities to children in need.<\/p>\n

Check back for the full story on Aug. 23.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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\t\t\t\tChris Graythen\/Getty Images<\/p>\n

\t\t\tChris Graythen\/Getty Images<\/p>\n

Joey Logano has a guest from the JL Kids Crew place the winner sticker on his car in victory lane after winning the W\u00fcrth 400 at Texas Motor Speedway on May 4, 2025 in Fort Worth, Texas.<\/p>\n

Coming Oct. 13: Joey Gase raises awareness for organ donations<\/p>\n

When Joey Gase’s mother died unexpectedly in 2011, he and his family were faced with a question they didn’t know the answer to: Would she like to be an organ donor?<\/p>\n

The future professional driver, who made his NASCAR Xfinity Series debut later that year, said the decision was simple. His mother would’ve wanted to help as many people as possible \u2013 and that’s exactly what she did. Her organ, eye and tissue donations ultimately helped save or improve the lives of 66 people.<\/p>\n

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Ever since that day, I wanted to raise awareness for organ, eye and tissue donation, and also honor those affected by it. I want people to go register to be organ donors, but also to have that talk with their loved ones \u2013 so if that ever happens to them, they would already know what their loved ones would want.<\/p>\n

Joey Gase<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Check back for the full story on Oct. 13.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Coming Oct. 20: Ross Chastain honors watermelon farming family legacy<\/p>\n

The Chastain family has been watermelon farming for decades.<\/p>\n

Ross Chastain is the eighth generation, and he used his connection to the agriculture industry to land his first driving gigs in NASCAR.<\/p>\n

Now an established race-winner in the Cup Series, Chastain started the Ag to Asphalt program<\/a> \u2014 working with local farmers and bringing them to races to help tell their journey.<\/p>\n

Check back for the full story on Oct. 20.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Ross Chastain celebrates every win by smashing a watermelon off his car and devouring it in victory lane.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Racing is about more than driving fast cars for these stars. Many of the top drivers in NASCAR…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":161909,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[46],"tags":[1406,62,67,132,68],"class_list":{"0":"post-161908","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nascar","8":"tag-nascar","9":"tag-sports","10":"tag-united-states","11":"tag-unitedstates","12":"tag-us"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/161908","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=161908"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/161908\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/161909"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=161908"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=161908"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=161908"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}