FAST RACE CARS STOPPING AT THE STOLLERY IN EDMONTON

Courtesy Gord Craig

Edmonton, AB – Some of the Edmonton’s fastest race cars will be on display at the Stollery Children’s Hospital next week (Wednesday, August 23rd).

“We’re bringing these race cars to the Stollery to give the kids a chance to see these machines up close,” indicates organizer and drag racer John Mandlis, “we have a dragster, a funny car and a few other race cars that will be on display indoors in the ambulance bay of the hospital.”

Mandlis indicates supporting the Stollery Children’s Hospital is important. “This hospital is amazing. The care the doctors give to sick children is second to none. I wish the Stollery was around when I was a kid.” Mandlis cringes when he remembers spending two months in hospital after suffering a serious injury. “It was not kid friendly!” Mandlis, who’s also a cancer survivor, says this race car display will be an amazing experience for everyone involved.

“Going down the race track at over 130 miles an hour is pretty cool but seeing smiles on the faces of young patients at the hospital will be an awesome feeling.”

Mandlis hopes this race car show at the hospital becomes an annual event. “With close to 1000 race cars of all types here in Edmonton, I don’t think we’ll have a problem doing this show every year.” A special ‘racer’ cheque presentation will be made to the Stollery Children’s Hospital at the end of the display.

For more information contact John Mandlis at (780)983–6500(cell) or (780)467–7430(home).