Four-time NASCAR Cup Series champion Jimmie Johnson, 2018 Cup Series Most Popular Driver Chase Elliott, William Byron and Alex Bowman will wear shoes designed by patients of Children's Healthcare of Atlanta in Sunday's Folds of Honor QuikTrip 500 at Atlanta Motor Speedway. The program, called "Desi9n to Drive" program, noting Elliott's #9 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet, is in its third year and is an effort by the Chase Elliott Foundation.
"My teammates and I always look forward to wearing these ‘Desi9n to Drive' racing shoes, as we know how much it means to the patients and their families at Children's," Elliott said. "The fun part is picking the designs and then meeting with the patient later and hearing what inspired their design.”
After the race, the shoes will be autographed by the four Hendrick drivers and auctioned online at the NASCAR Foundation's auction website. In the previous two years of the program, $70,000 was raised for Children's summer camp program.
Artwork on this year's shoes were chosen by the driver. Winning artwork was created by 13-year-old Ethan Daniels, nine-year-old Caroline Lehman, 16-year-old Michael Rhone and eight-year-old Alivia Calvert. The theme for 2019 was "Big Dreams."
Elliott is a Georgia native from Dawsonville, so Atlanta Motor Speedway is his home track.
