Shriners Hospitals for Children National Patient Ambassador, Brendon Wiseley and NASCAR driver, Shriner and Love to the rescue Ambassador, David Ragan Photo – Shriners Hospital website

As the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series tours the United States, Front Row Motorsports driver David Ragan makes a point of visiting nearby Shriners Hospitals for Children, whose logo he carries on his No. 38 Ford.

Ragan’s pre-Sonoma weekend visit to the Shriners Hospital in Sacramento, which specializes in both orthopedics and burn treatment, was no exception.

“Every time you get there, you think you’ve heard the good stories, and you’ve heard the success stories over the years, and you don’t really think that you’re going to hear something new, but I always leave with a good heartwarming story that I didn’t expect,” Ragan told the NASCAR Wire Service.

“With me having kids now, it definitely puts things in perspective when you see that three or four-year-old who is missing a leg or missing an arm or who is involved in an accident and is severely burned all around. The Shriners have world-class medical care and they do a lot of research to try to prevent some of the accidents from happening and genetic research to prevent some of these issues that these young kids are born with.”