Magnum Entertainment Group, co-founded by Washington lobbyist Jeffrey Kimbell, is sponsoring the first Annual Lobbyists for Speed Drag Race Series for Charity to be held June 20 at the Capitol Raceway in Crofton, Maryland.

"What better way to hash out your political views than on a race track?" says Ian Weston, Magnum Entertainment's CFO and director of government affairs at Jeffrey J. Kimbell & Associates. "We're aiming for a Democrat on one side of the raceway and a Republican on the other side."

The cost: $200 per racecar for lobbyists; $150 for federal government and military employees; $125 for Capital Club members; and $10 for spectators. Each driver will race for a particular charity with all money going to the race winner's charity.

The event comes on the heels of the group's lobbyists-versus-lawmakers' hockey game that raised approximately $25,000 for the Fort Dupont Ice Hockey Club, a program for underprivileged kids in the District.

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                                                                                                               -- Eliza Krigman