Graham Rahal, a 19-year-old driver forNewman/Haas/Lanigan Racing, wore the helmet during an IndyCar Series race on July 20 at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course.
Proceeds will go toward the new Flying Horse Farms camp in Ohio, part of Newman's Hole In The Wall camps for sick children.
"Paul Newman set such a tremendous example of the impact that can be made by giving back and doing what you can for others," Rahal said.
Newman died Sept. 26 at the age of 83.
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BACK TOGETHER: Former IndyCar driver Jim Guthrie and Louis "Butch" Meyer III, his one-time engine builder, have formed Guthrie Meyer Racing, a four-car team that will compete full time in the Firestone Indy Lights series beginning in 2009.
Guthrie, the 1997 IndyCar rookie of the year, retired in 2001. He created Guthrie Racing in 2004 and began fielding cars in Indy Lights in 2006. Meyer has spent the last six seasons as technical director for the second-tier open-wheel series.
"My faith in Butch's knowledge and experience spurred my desire to partner with him, and it is that knowledge that will make us capable of winning every race we enter," Guthrie said.
Meyer is the grandson of three-time Indianapolis 500 winner Louis Meyer and son of Louis "Sonny" Meyer Jr., an IndyCar engine builder whose engines powered numerous Indy winners in a 50-year career.
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INMAN HONORED: Longtime Petty Enterprises crew chief Dale Inman is the latest winner of the Smokey Yunick Award, acknowledging outstanding achievement in the world of motorsports.
Inman, who retired in 1998, won eight championships. All seven of Richard Petty's titles and 198 of his record 200 wins came under Inman, who won his eighth and final championship with Terry Labonte in 1984.
"I was able to work with a lot of smart and competitive people during my career, not the least of which was Richard," Inman said. "In all my years I never came across a more determined person behind the wheel of a race car."
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NASCAR GIVING: The NASCAR Foundation has raised $450,000 for the Victory Junction Gang Camp. The camp, founded by Kyle and Pattie Petty, serves children with chronic medical conditions or serious illnesses.
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