More stuff to win...

Items keep coming in for raffle and acution at the Outlaw Chili Cookoff Sunday afternoon at Chili Willi's in Huntington.

It is an opportunity to help those Huntington neighbors formerly residing in the two Emmons apartment buildings. A fire on Jan. 13 killed nine people and displaced more than 100 residents of both apartment buildings.

For all you NASCAR fans, there are some additional items up for grabs to the highest bidderor lucky ticket holder, and you can have your photo taken with Mark Martin and Dale Earnhardt Jr. standups.

All the money raised will go to the Emmons Benefit Fund at Guaranty Bank in Huntington.

New items include NASCAR books for raffle along with a Junior standup, a Budweiser display hood, and two Junior twill Jackets, in a size Kid’s Large and Woman’s Medium / Man’s Small.

And there's more coming in all the time.

Nancy Ryder at Roush Racing has sent a package containing an official Die Cast Car, a Roush Racing T-shirt, a Roush Key Chain and a Credentials Holder to be included in the raffle at the Chili Willi's Outlaw Chili cookoff.

“You just have to stand up and applaud the generosity of the NASCAR family,” said Dr. David Mallory of Marshall University. Mallory is one of the chili chefs participating in the event.

The local chapter of the Official NASCAR Members Club has donated a track bag filled with goodies to be auctioned.

Among those items to be auctioned or raffled off is a Press Pass card of Dale Earnhardt Jr., signed by Junior himself. It is enclosed in cellophane for preservation.

Other items inside the bag are unopened trading cards, Hero Cards (one autographed by Chocolate Myers of Richard Childress Racing) an ONMC hooded sweatshirt valued at $50; a Dale Jarrett #88 UPS hat valued at $22; a #3 cell phone holder valued at $30; a used lugnut from a Hendrick Motor Sports Nextel Cup car; a Lowe’s Motor Speedway schedule and information packet; key chains, a Junior “do not disturb” sign, candy helmet; a Jimmie Johnson car flag valued at $24; a NASCAR Fairy Tales book signed by the author; and the bag itself, a $30 value.

Bidding on the bag with the autographed card starts at $150, and you can put those bids in now at Chili Willi’s by calling the restaurant’s proprietor, Ron Smith, at (304) 529-4857.

“The giving these people have in their hearts amazes me,” said Chili Wili’s owner Ron Smith said of the NASCAR organization and it’s fans.

Other items for raffle include Joe Gibbs’ autographed biography, things from DEI and Hendrick Motor Sports, 20 tickets plus shirts and hats from Ona Speedway and a raced Goodyear tire. There are also a baker’s dozen (13) pack of Appalachian CD’s, dinners from several local restaurants including the Blackhawk Grille in Barboursville, and bottles of wine.

Dr. Chuck Somerville, the Chairman of Biological Sciences at Marshall will be bringing his guitar and vocal chords for some live entertainment during the cookoff.

Get out those checkbooks and start your writing instrument engines. It’s going to be a great ride!

Oh, yea.

3 days to Daytona! Woo-Hoo!