Drivers visiting Children’s Hospital
Buddy Ray Jones – IMCA Sportmod
Brett Smith – IMCA Sportmod
Taylor Smith – Smith crewmember
Jack Prall – IMCA Sportmod
Josh Blom – IMCA Sportmod
Sean Conaway – Nascar B-mod
Cody Ledger – Midget Sprint Car
Jeff Brunsen – IMCA Sportmod
Lindsey Yost – IMCA Sportmod
Sydney Yost – IMCA Sportcompact
Joe Thomas – IMCA/Nascar Sportmod
Bill Swartzendruber – IMCA/Nascar Official
Steve Peoples – Smith crewmember
Rachael Lee – Jones crewmember

Items received for hospital visit
1 Cootie game
1 Dagedar
1 Fisher Price Treehouse/Little People set
1 Game pack
100 Decal sets
100 Drawstring bags
105 Crayon boxes
108 Teddy Bears
15 Barbie dolls
15 Matchbox cars
15 Straw sets
2 Baby toys
2 Battleship game
2 Board games
2 Box of Fingerpaint
2 Coozies
2 Hats
2 High School Musical doll
2 Keith Knop shorts
2 Large foam floor puzzles
2 PlayDoh
2 Transformers
28 Brentwood carwashes
3 Racecars
3 Speed Wheels cars
3 Tech Deck Pros
30 Noteboom Stickers
30 Ricky Racer stickers
4 Dolls
4 Double decks of kid’s cards
4 Mini Etch-A-Sketches
4 Model car kits
5 Barbie toys
5 Books
5 Lip gloss
5 Magnetic games
5 UNO games
50 Hero cards
51 Coloring books
60 Blom stickers
60 Intellective Plank handheld games
80 T-shirts
88 Hot Wheels
9 Nail Polish
9 Stuffed animals
15 Bows
15 Shirt boxes
244 Gift tags
33 Tape rolls
4 Gift bags
4 Tissue paper packages
6 Ribbon rolls
3 Scissors
62 Boxes for wrapping
93 Wrapping Paper rolls
1 Giant check for presentation
100 Juice Boxes

Thank you to all involved with the 2011 Holiday Horsepower Drive gift campaing.  The year started out slow with gifts for the children.  But the closer we got to the date of the hospital visit, the more gifts we had coming in.  We ended up with some great items.

The wrapping session took place a Joe’s Karting and was quick, focused and fun.  Some go-kart racing followed the wrapping.  Then we all met at the Omaha Children’s Hospital with all the wrapped gifts.  The packages and the people were split into 3 groups and disbursed throughout the hospital.  Each group met with patients to deliver the gifts.  We all met back in the lobby of the hospital after delivering the gifts.

While the group was at the hospital, we also had to check out the Wall of Life.  Holiday Horsepower Drive and anyone that has helped out in the last 6 years has donated enough money to Children’s Hospital to have a plaque on the Wall of Life.  Holiday Horsepower Drive also has a tile in the Pediatric Gardern.

The day was a good day and fun was had by all while also helping to brighten the day of some great kids.

Let’s do it again next year!

We need everyone’s help this year.  We need items for the gift drive.  All donations (monetary and otherwise) can be sent to Joe’s Karting.
The hospital visit is Saturday, December 17^th and we only have a few items so far.
Recommended donations are:
Racing shirts
Decals
Toys (new)
Crayons
Hand held games
Cash
Hero cards
Hot wheels
Coloring books
Gift cards
Stuffed animals
Gift Bags (for infant gifts)
Boxes (for the other gifts)

We have 100 children to help. It breaks down to about 60 kids from ages toddler to teenager and about 40 babies (many in NICU). For the babies we usually have a receiving blanket, a beanie baby animal, a stocking, and a set of booties per baby.
We try to give each child the same things in their boxes.  If we get 5 t-shirts from 12 different racing teams, that would be 60 shirts for the older kids.  Anything given is a big help and much appreciated by the kids.
Email or call Buddy Ray ASAP if you can help out.  Or if you would like to donate to the cause, please send to the Holiday Horsepower Drive at:
Joe’s Karting
c/o Buddy Ray Jones/Holiday Horsepower Drive
2121 S 32nd St
Council Bluffs, IA 51501
or contact us at
holidayhorsepowerdrive@yahoo.com
or Buddy Ray at 402-517-8144

Let’s Help the Kids Again This Year!!!!

Every year around Christmas, a group of local racecar drivers get together with gifts for the kids at Children’s Hospital in Omaha. It takes a lot of time and a lot of passion for the children to do this. The drivers and good citizens donate money, toys, stuffed animals and more to the families and the Hospital.

Gifts and donations are collected all year long for this event to make sure that all the kids at Children’s Hospital have a package to open.  The tireless efforts of these drivers, their families and others all contribute to making the Holiday Horsepower Drive a big success.

It is a real family effort.  We have racers and their families helping out in all aspects.  Whether it is collecting money or gifts or wrapping the packages, it is a family project.  The racers take the packages and visit each and every child that it is possible to visit, giving each child a large bag of stickers, t-shirts and toys, and take the time to explain the meaning of many of the stickers.  There are even some toys to be a permanent part of the playroom.

All proceeds will be donated to the Holiday Horsepower Drive to purchase gifts for the kids at Omaha’s Children’s Hospital.  All new toys donated go to the kids or to the hospital playrooms.  Gently used toys go to the Rainbow House which services the Children’s Hospital.

If you would like to donate to the cause, please send a check or money order to the Holiday Horsepower Drive at:

Joe’s Karting
c/o Holiday Horsepower Drive or Buddy Ray Jones
2121 S 32nd St
Council Bluffs, IA 51501
or contact us at
holidayhorsepowerdrive@yahoo.com
or Buddy Ray at 402-517-8144

Recommended donations are:

• Racing shirts
• Decals
• Toys (new)
• Crayons
• Hand held games
• Cash
• Hero cards
• Hot wheels
• Coloring books
• Gift cards
• Stuffed animals

We have 100 children to help.  It breaks down to about 60 kids from ages toddler to teenager and about 40 babies (many in NICU).  For the babies we usually have a receiving blanket, a beanie baby animal, a stocking, and a set of booties per baby.  Email or call Buddy Ray ASAP if you can help out!

Buddy Ray and his racers may not all be household names to race fans across the country, but they certainly have a huge following of little race fans that have been the recipients of their kindness and endless work.

This is something started by a racer done by racers for the last 5 years.  Let’s make the 6^th year the best!

Let’s Help the Kids Again This Year!!!!

Thank you to all that came out to the 2011 Racing with the Stars on November 6th.  We had a great turn out.

The Holiday Horsepower Drive proudly presented the 4^th annual “Racing with the Stars” on Sunday, November 6^that Joe’s Karting in Council Bluffs.

There was free admission for all.  Attendees were asked to bring toys for the Holiday Horsepower Drive.  All new toys go to the hospital playrooms.  Gently used toys go to the Rainbow House which services the Children’s Hospital.

Attendees were able to race with local celebs such as:

• Josh Most – #92 IMCA Late Model/Modified driver
• Jesse Sobbing – #99 IMCA/NASCAR Sportmod driver
• Nelson Volbrecht – #11x IMCA Sportmod driver
• Josh Blom – #25 IMCA Sportmod driver
• Ricky Stephan – #25 IMCA Modified driver
• Lauren Squire – reporter from WOWT TV
• Bill Leighton Jr – #28 NASCAR Late Model driver
• Stu Snyder – #23s ASCS Sprint Car driver
• Andrew Kosiski – #2x NASCAR Late Model driver
• Cody Ledger – #35 Midget Sprint Car driver
• Gary Saathoff – #96 IMCA Sportmod driver
• Jon Plowman – #17 IMCA Sportmod driver
• Geoff Olson – #28 IMCA Sportmod driver
• Jacob Anson – #13J IMCA Modified driver
• Trevor Grossenbacher

Races were only $10 for 8 laps.
The Top 5 fastest general public drivers and the Top 5 fastest celeb drivers went to the A-feature.  Trophies were given to 1st, 2nd and 3rd place. 

There was also a 50/50 raffle, a raffle for a 20 pack of races to Joe’s Karting and several silent auction items.

The A-Feature consisted of:
Josh Most
Trevor Grossenbacher
Cody Ledger
Jesse Sobbing
Nelson Volbrecht
Nicole Petersen
Jake Sulley
Tyler Rojas
Cory Leslie
Dan Murray

3rd place was Jake Sulley
2nd place was Tyler Rojas
and the winner was Nicole Petersen

All proceeds for the day will be donated to the Holiday Horsepower Drive to purchase gifts for the kids at Omaha’s

If you were not able to attend but would like to donate to the cause, please send a check or money order to the Holiday Horsepower Drive at

Holiday Horsepower Drive
3454 Ave E
Council Bluffs, IA 51501 

Recommended donations are:

• Racing shirts
• Decals
• Toys (new)
• Crayons
• Hand held games
• Cash
• Hero cards
• Hot wheels
• Coloring books
• Gift cards
• Stuffed animals

We have 100 children to help.  It breaks down to 60 kids from ages toddler to teenager and 40 babies (many in NICU).  For the babies we usually have a receiving blanket, a beanie baby animal, a stocking, and a set of booties per baby.  Email or call Buddy ray ASAP if you can help out!  This is something started by a racer done by racers for the last 5 years.  Let’s make the 6^th year the best!

The Holiday Horsepower Drive is proud to present the 4^th annual “Racing with the Stars”

Sunday, November 6^th
12:00 – 4:00
Joe’s Karting
2121 S 32^nd St
Council Bluffs, IA 51501 

Free admission for all
Bring toys for the Holiday Horsepower Drive
All new toys will go to the hospital playrooms
Gently used toys will go to the Rainbow House which services the Children’s Hospital

 Come out and race with local celebs such as:

• Josh Most – #92 IMCA Late Model/Modified driver
• Jesse Sobbing – #99 IMCA/NASCAR Sportmod driver
• Mike Pruit – #92 IMCA Sportmod driver
• Nelson Volbrecht – #11x IMCA Sportmod driver
• Josh Blom – #25 IMCA Sportmod driver
• Chris Abelson – #1x IMCA Modified driver
• Ricky Stephan – #25 IMCA Modified driver
• Stefan Sybesma – #5b IMCA Stockcar driver
• Lauren Squire – reporter from WOWT TV
• Justin Clark – owner of Razor Chassis
• Bill Leighton Jr – #28 NASCAR Late Model driver
• Stu Snyder – #23s ASCS Sprint Car driver
• Brett Ladehoff – #12x IMCA Modified driver
• Andrew Kosiski – #2x NASCAR Late Model driver
• Cody Ledger – #35 Midget Sprint Car driver
• Gary Saathoff – #96 IMCA Sportmod driver
• Jon Plowman – #17 IMCA Sportmod driver
• Geoff Olson – #28 IMCA Sportmod driver
• Jacob Anson – #13J IMCA Modified driver
• Jason Schoenberger – #6x Modified driver

Races are only $10 for 8 laps.
4:00pm Top 5 fastest general public drivers go to A-feature
50/50 raffle.  $1 per ticket or $5 for 6 tickets
20 pack of races to Joe’s Karting for $3.00 or less (see Holiday Horsepower Drive volunteer for details)
Come out and race 

Silent Auction items:
Dale Earnhardt Sr 8×11 autographed picture
Dale Earnhardt Sr Truckers hat autographed
Front wing off Greg Hodnett 1998 #11 World of Outlaw Sprint Car
Husker memorabilia

A-Feature:
Based on fasted lap times
Top 4 “celeb” drivers go to A-feature
Top 5 non-celeb drivers go to A-feature
Josh Most provisional into the feature
A-feature is 25 laps! (Free race for those that qualify)
Trophies for 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place winners
$75 to the best finishing celebrity and non-celebrity driver
$25 gift card to the fastest lap time set by driver not qualifying for A-feature

For more information call Joe’s Karting at 712-256-5278 or Buddy Ray at 402-517-8144

If you can’t attend but would like to donate to the cause, please send a check or money order to the Holiday Horsepower Drive at

Holiday Horsepower Drive
3454 Ave E
Council Bluffs, IA 51501 

Recommended donations are:

• Racing shirts
• Decals
• Toys (new)
• Crayons
• Hand held games
• Cash
• Hero cards
• Hot wheels
• Coloring books
• Gift cards
• Stuffed animals

We have 100 children to help.  It breaks down to 60 kids from ages toddler to teenager and 40 babies (many in NICU).  For the babies we usually have a receiving blanket, a beanie baby animal, a stocking, and a set of booties per baby.  Email or call Buddy ray ASAP if you can help out!  This is something started by a racer done by racers for the last 5 years.  Let’s make the 6^th year the best!

Every year around Christmas, a group of local racecar drivers get together with gifts for the kids at Childrens Hospital in Omaha. It takes a lot of time and a lot of passion for the kids to do this. The drivers and good citizens donate money, toys, stuffed animals and more to the families and the Hospital.  Gifts and donations are collected all year long for this event.

 (1/10/09) Saturday night durng the I-80 Speedway Banquet Andrew Kosiski, a local dirt late model driver from Omaha, was honored for his generosity of time, effort and selflessness. Andrew this past fall raised an amazing $5200 personally to assist the Holiday Horsepower Drive. Andrew was presented a custom designed poster calendar from RaceDayPrints and addressed the crowd of local drivers, pit crews and family. For those of you that know Andrew please give him your thanks the next time you see him. It may not be today but someday you might just know someone getting care at Children’s Hospital, and understand just how much the donations from the HHPD can help.

11/10/2009

Project X Marketing of Rush City, Minnesota knows what it takes to support families in need during the holidays. Thats why they have agreed to team up with the Holiday Horsepower Drive to help make the holidays better for children of the greater Omaha area.

Between now and December 21st, anyone donating $50 or more to the Holiday Horsepower Drive will recieve 50% off on any Project X Marketing packages(excluding deluxe due to cost). “We feel that it is important that the future generations see what its like to experience a warm, safe, and happy holiday season and we felt this was a good way to give back,” owner Chris Kolstad said.

Project X Marketing is a motorsports marketing, advertising and promotions firm devoted to helping motorsports teams across the country succeed by helping them find and maintain sponsor relationships. For information on Project X Marketing and its programs you can visit them online at http://www.projectxmarketing.net  or call Chris at (763)742-6205.

By: beckie7475 Subscribe  Channel: News  Location: Hastings, Ne  Wednesday, Jun 23 , 10 at 10:13 AM       

My daughter, Hannah is the poster child for 2009 Holiday Horsepower Drive. Recently I have had some issues with van losing alot of antifreeze. Buddy Ray Jones and fellow members of Dirtdrivers.com have come together with an overwhelming response to my daughters needs. I feel so blessed to have so many people open their hearts to us!