Special Olympics Torch Run at Infineon Raceway

John Cardinale
Dawn Lillington

Infineon Raceway
Special Olympics North Bay

(707) 938-8448, ext. 107
(415) 457-0767

 

 

***MEDIA OPPORTUNITY***


Law Enforcement Officers Take Over Infineon Raceway


For Special Olympics Torch Run, June 3 


 

SONOMA, Calif. (IMMEDIATE RELEASE) - Roaring racecars and dragsters will
give way to the soft sound of racing footsteps on Tuesday, June 3, as
Infineon Raceway will host the final leg of the Special Olympics Northern
California Torch Run.

 

 The symbolic torch will be passed from Petaluma, Rohnert Park and Cotati
police departments (Sonoma County) to officers from Marin County.  The
Sonoma County officers will complete the leg with a symbolic run around a
shortened version of the 12-turn, 2.52-mile road course at Infineon Raceway
beginning at noon. The officers will be joined by Special Olympics
competitors. This marks the third consecutive year Infineon Raceway has been
used for the run.

 

In all, more than 3,000 Northern California law enforcement personnel will
participate in the 2003 run, which will culminate at the Opening Ceremonies
of the Summer Games in Stockton on June 6.  The Law Enforcement Torch Run
takes place in all 50 states and in more than 30 countries, generating more
than $3.5 million annually. It is the largest grass-roots fundraising
program benefiting Special Olympics.

 

Before it reaches Infineon Raceway, the Northern California Torch Run will
begin at the Mendocino County line on Monday, June 2, where it will be run
through the streets of northern Sonoma to the Santa Rosa County Complex.  On
Tuesday morning, law enforcement participants from Petaluma, Rohnert Park
and Cotati will leave from Courthouse Square as they run with the torch
through southern Sonoma County to Infineon Raceway.

 

Special Olympics is a year-round program of sports training and competition
for individuals with development disabilities.  One million athletes in
nearly 150 countries train and compete in 24 summer and winter sports.
Founded in 1968 by Eunice Kennedy Shriver, Special Olympics gives people
with a development disability continual opportunities to develop fitness,
demonstrate courage, experience joy and participate in the sharing of gifts,
skills and friendship with their families.

 

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John Cardinale

VP of Media/Community Relations

Infineon Raceway

Highways 37 &121, Sonoma, CA 95476

wk: 707-933-3907

cell: 707-334-9805