Meet Jaiden.  He’s 5.  He was diagnosed with Stage 4 Neuroblastoma Cancer almost 3 years ago.

Jaiden has endured more than his share of treatments due to his cancer, often leaving him too sick to play, and just wanting to sleep.

But one thing can perk Jaiden up, even on his worst days of chemotherapy reactions, and that is NASCAR.  Read and see more of the event ...

If you tell Jaiden that NASCAR is on the television, as sick as he may be, he gets excited to watch his favorite racer, Jeff Gordon speed around the track at ridiculous miles per hour.  Many times when Jaiden was hospitalized due to his treatments, he would watch Jeff Gordon from his hospital bed, cheering him on loudly as he completed lap after lap on the track.

Jaiden recently was cleared for having clean scans and his cancer looked to be by all accounts gone from the intense treatments he endured for over 2 years.  Unfortunately, Jaiden went in for scans recently and his cancer has returned.  This relapse has devastated his family, and Jaiden is gearing up to fight his cancer yet again, as he has been doing for most of his life.

Below is a quick recap of Jaiden’s Front Row NASCAR Experience!  Thank you to all the supporters and donors, especially the We Promise Foundation and Marquis Limousine for making this event possible!

The day started out on a high note when he saw his amazing limo which was taking him to the race. Jaiden said enthusiastically as he got into the limo "Whoaaaa .....look at this thing!"

Dave Smith, Jaiden's driver, took incredible care of everyone on their ride from VA Beach to the Richmond Racetrack. On the way to the race, everyone was going to stop at the rest stop, but Jaiden said, "I don’t want to stop to rest, this isn’t the racetrack and Jeff Gordon is not here!"

Jaiden showing off his amazing seats located on the coolest turn of the track!

This is a picture Jaiden drew for his hero Jeff Gordon!

Jaiden meeting with Jeff at his motor coach. Jeff was incredibly cool with Jaiden. He's a first class guy.

Everyone was wearing "Team Jaiden" t-shirts - so cool!

Jaiden's up front view of the track. The cars are so loud, Jaiden needed to wear ear plugs! Now that’s close to the action!

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