18 November 2016
Racers to Bring Special Guest for 2016’s “Operation Appreciation” Troop Visit
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Once a year since 2011, Operation Appreciation has brought a taste of home to American troops stationed overseas. Sponsored by Summit Racing and Armed Forces Entertainment, Operation Appreciation sends some of motorsports’ best drivers to talk racing and cars with our servicemen and women.
This year, Operation Appreciation returns to Kuwait to visit the troops during the last week of November. After a full racing season, Summit Racing NHRA Pro Stock drivers Greg Anderson and Jason Line; Summit Racing/BIGFOOT monster truck racers Dan Runte and Larry Swim; and Harley-Davidson® NHRA Pro Stock Motorcycle racers Andrew Hines and Eddie Krawiec look forward to the trip and the chance to visit our troops.
There is a special guest on this year’s trip—the Summit Racing BIGFOOT monster truck wearing a special Operation Appreciation camo wrap. It may not have the firepower of an MRAP or an Apache attack helicopter, but BIGFOOT is really good at crushing stuff, as Dan Runte and Larry Swim will demonstrate during two exhibition shows.
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