Georgia: Cleveland, Babyland Is Expecting More NASCAR Babies. 
If your family vacation includes Georgia you may want to add a stop just for fun because there is excitement at BabyLand General® Hospital. May brought the arrival of the first NASCAR Kid - Dale Earnhardt Jr. NASCAR’s most popular driver, and Jeff Gordon’s NASCAR Kid due date is fall of 2009.
Here's the deal. We all need to lighten up a little and BabyLand General® Hospital is once place where smiling comes easy. I mean really, who wouldn't love to stand by a magic crystal tree or go eye-to-eye with a stork? So the combination of cabbages and race cars is not that much of a leap. Known as the birthplace of the "hand-stitched" original Cabbage Patch Kids, BabyLand General Hospital in Georgia’s mountain region is a very real place open to visitors of all ages almost every day of the year. The Georgia mountains is also referred to as the unofficial birthplace and training ground for top competitors in the first NASCAR races in the late ‘40s. The NASCAR and Cabbage Patch Kids have joined forces to create a win-win for families who love NASCAR. The new adoptable dolls known as NASCAR ‘Kids™, are in likenesses celebrating NASCAR’s top drivers.
The first NASCAR Kid to speed to the checkered flag is Dale Earnhardt Jr. NASCAR’s most popular driver. His baby look-a-like debuted on QVC in May. The next NASCAR Kid to hit the road will be NASCAR legend Jeff Gordon, whose look-a-like is scheduled to make his appearance in Fall ‘09.
Need to know: NASCAR Kids will have the signature birthmark of Xavier Roberts and an authentic birth certificate showing the driver’s actual birth date. The Adoption Fee (SRP) is $45.12.
Adoption background. Dale Earnhardt Jr., born Oct. 10, 1974, in Kannapolis, North Carolina, is a third-generation NASCAR driver, following his legendary father and grandfather. The 2009 season is Dale Jr.’s 10th in NASCAR Sprint Cup Series competition. He has 18 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series victories, including the 2004 Daytona 500 and eight Coors Light pole position awards. Dale Jr. drives for Hendrick Motorsports in the #88 AMP Energy™/National Guard™ Chevrolet. As a race team owner of a NASCAR Nationwide Series team and businessman, Dale Jr. understands the meaning of dedication, perseverance and hard work.
Adoption background. Jeff Gordon, born Aug. 4, 1971, in Vallejo, California, is a four-time NASCAR Cup series Champion, three-time Daytona 500 winner, four-time Brickyard 400 winner, three-time champion of the NASCAR Sprint All-Star challenge, fourth on the all-time Coors Light pole award winner’s list and sixth on the all-time NASCAR Sprint Cup Series win list. Jeff started racing at the age of five, moving to quarter midgets, sprint cars, and then on to stock cars. Gordon drives the No. 24 Dupont Chevrolet. Jeff Gordon has combined much determination, hard work and decades of experience to achieve an unparalleled roster of victories.
About Original Appalachian Artworks. Founded in 1978 by Cabbage Patch Kids® creator Xavier Roberts, Original Appalachian Artworks is a privately held corporation located in Cleveland, Georgia. Owners of the world famous Cabbage Patch Kids brand and home to BabyLand General® Hospital, one of Georgia’s top tourist attractions, OAA also manages a wide range of other projects while continuing to deliver hand-stitched one-of-a-kind, soft-sculpture Cabbage Patch Kids. A new “home place” is being built for the ‘Kids™ waiting to be adopted. Slated to open in 2009, Babyland will be able to accommodate a reunion for “Adoptive Parents” and their families. Bonus points: During visits to the hospital everyone is encouraged to listen for words, “Doctor please report to delivery, we have a mother cabbage in labor”. That is the definitive clue to move directly to the Magic Crystal Tree to witness a delivery. Cabbage Patch Kids 73 Underwood Street, Cleveland, Georgia 30528. (706) 865-2171 or
www.CabbagePatchKids.com
About NASCAR. The National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing, Inc. (NASCAR), celebrated 60 years in 2008, and is the sanctioning body for one of North America's premier sports. NASCAR remains the No. 1 spectator sport -- holding 17 of the top 20 highest-attended sporting events in the U.S., and is the No. 2-rated regular season sport on television. NASCAR races are broadcast in more than 150 countries and in more than 30 languages. NASCAR fans are the most brand-loyal in all of sports, and as a result more Fortune 500 companies participate in NASCAR than any other sport. NASCAR consists of three national series (the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, NASCAR Nationwide Series, and NASCAR (CHANGE "CRAFTSMAN" TO Camping World Truck Series), four regional series, and one local grassroots series, as well as two international series.
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