Last Updated on March 22, 2017 by CCAR Staff
RANCHO CUCAMONGA >> The races came to Etiwanda Colony Elementary School Wednesday morning when NASCAR Xfinity driver Ryan Reed challenged teachers — on tricycles.
Reed and Auto Club Speedway President Dave Allen made a pit stop at the campus, at 13144 Banyan St., where he raced Principal Sandra Fleming and teacher Kate Geye, met with students at a school assembly and presented a $1,000 check for the school’s participation in Lefty’s Reading Challenge.
PHOTO GALLERY: NASCAR Xfinity Driver Ryan Reed Visits Etiwanda Colony Elementary School
Reed, 23, drives the No. 16 Ford Mustang for Roush Fenway Racing. He made his way around the school campus while fielding questions from third-graders and high-fiving first-graders.
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Etiwanda Colony was one of the 230 elementary schools in San Bernardino, Riverside, Orange and Los Angeles counties that participated in Lefty’s Reading Challenge, the Auto Club Speedway’s free literacy program. Etiwanda Colony had a 100 percent participation rate in the month-long challenge where students read to win money for their libraries, school pizza parties and free NASCAR tickets.
In addition to the school site visit, Reed will participate in a Q&A Thursday at FanFest at Auto Club Speedway in Fontana. He competes Saturday in the NASCAR Xfinity NXS 300 at Auto Club Speedway.
Information: www.autoclubspeedway.com.
