The Kyle Petty Charity Ride Across America (KPCRAA ) has raised a record $2.7 million dollars after completing its cross-country 30th-anniversary ride. Over 250 participants traveled 3,400 miles through nine states in 11 days via motorcycle to raise these funds.
The record-breaking fundraiser benefits Victory Junction, a camp in Randleman, North Carolina that enables children with complex physical and medical conditions to experience the joys of camp in a safe environment. Victory Junction was founded in 2004 to honor Kyle’s late son, Adam, and has served over 100,000 camp experiences to children all across America.
Petty, an eight-time NASCAR Cup Series winner, led the journey from Sonoma, California to Charlotte, North Carolina. Several other names from the NASCAR world embarked on the ride, such as NASCAR champions Richard Petty and Matt Kenseth, fellow NCS winners Clint Bowyer, David Ragan, and Ken Schrader, former NASCAR driver Kenny Wallace, former NBC play-by-play commentator Rick Allen, and NASCAR Vice Chairman Mike Helton.
The journey had the same start and endpoint as the initial journey in 1996, but had several stops along the way. These stops included Highway 50, ‘The Loneliest Road in America,’ the original Route 66, the original Bass Pro Shops in Springfield, Missouri, Elvis Presley’s home and museum Graceland in Memphis, Tennessee, the Coker Museum in Chattanooga, Tennessee, the famous 318-curve and 11-mile Dragon through the Appalachian Mountains, the Wheels Through Time Motorcycle Museum in Maggie Valley, North Carolina, and was of course capped off with a trip to Victory Junction.
A live auction hosted by KPCRAA during the Final Ride dinner singlehandedly brought in $400,000. The auction included several exclusive items, including a one-of-one 2026 Harley-Davidson Street Glide built and ridden on the KPCRAA by Harley-Davidson Motor Co. VP & Global Brand Ambassador Bill Davidson, a Charlie One Horse cowboy hat designed and worn by Richard Petty, a painted guitar signed by each of the celebrity riders, motorcycle helmets painted by Sturgis Motorcycle Museum Hall of Famer Jody Perewitz, and three sets of one-of-a-kind 30th Anniversary KPCRAA ride jerseys worn by Kyle Petty and his sons, Overton, Cotten, and Davant.
In all, the funds raised by the auction will send 160 kids to Victory Junction at no cost to their families.
“This year’s Ride was huge for us as we celebrated our 30th Anniversary and shared memories along the way, but to know that we collectively raised $2.7 million for Victory Junction is absolutely incredible,” said Petty. “Everything we do on the Charity Ride is to send kids to Camp. Thanks to our riders, the fans along the way, and our generous partners, so many kids will be able to attend Camp and have their lives forever changed. What just started in 1995 as a bunch of friends wanting to ride motorcycles across the country has turned into something I only ever dreamed of.”
