Racers For Walt’ On-Line Auction Benefiting Late Official Walter Burson Now Up-And-Running

CONCORD, NC – An on-line auction to benefit the family of late World of Outlaws Late Model Series technical inspector Walter Burson is now up-and-running.

Organized by Arizona Sport Shirts and GottaRace.com, the ‘Racers For Walt’ auction is stocked with an ever-growing list of intriguing dirt Late Model-related items. Supporters of the well-known and respected official can log on to www.racersforwalt.com to check out the available items and place bids.

Bidding will continue through the dedicated Web site until at least mid-January and all auction proceeds will be forwarded to the family of Burson, who passed away on Dec. 26 at the age of 66 following a year-long battle with cancer. Burson’s friends decided to launch the fund-raising effort to help the family of the ‘Big Guy’ pay some of the excess medical expenses resulting from his treatment.

Current items up for bid at www.racersforwalt.com include:

• The No. 14 door of the dirt Late Model that NASCAR star Tony Stewart drove in the 2009 Prelude to the Dream event at Eldora Speedway.

• A door from the Rocket Chassis No. 1 house car driven by 2009 WoO LMS champion Josh Richards.

• A dirt Late Model wrap courtesy of the Indiana Decal Company.

• An order of 144 custom t-shirts from Arizona Sport Shirts.

• Four new Genesis Racing Shocks.

• Pairs of tickets to the 2010 Firecracker 100, World of Outlaws World Finals, Dirt Track World Championship and Hillbilly 100 events.

• Four pit passes and two nights of lodging for the 2010 Dirt Track World Championship and a firesuit worn by Scott Bloomquist, both courtesy of Arizona Sport Shirts EVP of Operations Gerald Newton.

In addition, supporters can purchase ‘In Memory of Big Walt’ inspection stickers and/or make a donation to Burson’s family by visiting www.racersforwalt.com.

Our original story about Walt can be found here.