Albany TV Sportscaster Dan Murphy Races
24 Continuous Hours To Benefit Children's Hospital
12:45pm, Friday, May 12th, 2001
Dan Murphy kicked
off the event at 12:30pm when 7 challengers filled the cars, driving
for dollars and for the chance to beat the sports anchor live on
local TV. Dan showed up early well-stocked with bottles of water and
snacks to keep him awake and energized for the 24-hour fund
raiser.
Dan interviewed Jay Goldstein, General Manager of the
Crossgates Racing Center, live on ABC before the event began. ABC
will be shooting live footage for all their news programs today and
will to a recap tomorrow after the 24-hr. challenge is finished.
Race #2 has just begun, and there are plenty of fans to cheer them
on.
5:45pm, Friday
elapsed time: 5 hours, 15
minutes
5 hours into the 24-hour race-a-thon and Dan
Murphy is still all smiles. He'll be on the camera at 5:30pm, and
6pm for ABC news updates. He started out in Tony Stewart's Home
Depot car, turned a few laps in the Havoline #28, and is now racing
the #20 car again. Dan's racing on the Atlanta Motor Speedway for
the entire time. Many people have heard about this racing adventure
and are coming by just to say hello and cheer him on.
Our NASCAR Silicon Motor Speedway staff is helping the
Albany Children's Hospital representatives in their efforts to raise
dollars for the cause. Here's some of the crew.
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