During the event, SCC Atlanta and Atlanta Motor Speedway presented the Erik Jones Foundation with a $3,000 donation to keep the vending machine stocked with a collection of fun and engaging books for the upcoming school year.
During the event, SCC Atlanta and Atlanta Motor Speedway presented the Erik Jones Foundation with a $3,000 donation to keep the vending machine stocked with a collection of fun and engaging books for the upcoming school year.
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NASCAR driver Erik Jones answers questions from students during his visit to Rocky Creek Elementary School.
NASCAR driver Erik Jones and Rocky Creek Elementary School students with the new book vending machine.
HAMPTON — With the July race weekend coming up July 7 to 9, NASCAR Cup Series driver Erik Jones made a stop just minutes from Atlanta Motor Speedway to visit Rocky Creek Elementary School and present the students and staff with a book vending machine on behalf of the Erik Jones Foundation.
“I really just hope the book vending machine inspires in some way. That’s the ultimate goal,” said Jones. “I hope it inspires them to not only want to obviously go and read, but just inspire them in general areas to go out and perform and exceed and be the best they can be at anything in life, really.”
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