Newsletter
Just recently, several professional racers have made Quick Tips on Winning in Life presentations to children and teens on behalf of Racers Who Care
Aloha, Oregon's Cindi Lux, who races with Team Mopar's Dodge Viper Competition Coupe on the Sports Car Club of America (SCCA) SPEED World Challenge GT Series, visited with Oakwood, Georgia, High School Students while in the area to compete in the SCCA's competition in Road Atlanta’s 11th Annual Petit LeMans.
Chris Rado, a premier racer in several different types of motorsports endeavors, shared his secrets on winning with young Burbank Boys & Girls Club members. Rado, whose primary sponsor is family-owned/operated WORLD Electronics, is chiefly noted for his participation in import drag racing and time attack in the United States. Chris currently drives an 1800 hp factory-backed Scion tC in the Pro FWD category in the Battle of the Imports series.
Nathan Swartzbaugh’s visit with International Elementary School earlier in the year was so popular with students, the IMSA Grand Am GT3 Champion, and American LeMans Series competitor returned to share more personalized Quick Tips on Winning in Life. The students participanted in the YMCA Downtown Community Development Branch’s after school program in the Long Beach, CA, area.
RWC LAUNCHES MYSPACE SITE
Please visit our new MySpace site at: www.MySpace.com/racerswhocare!
If you have a MySpace site, please send us a friend request, we would be honored to be your friend! Just keep in mind that we are an organization for kids, and your photos and content should be child-friendly!
RWC’S STRAWN BECOMES DIRECTOR/NEWSLETTER EDITOR FOR SCOTTISH CLAN STRACHAN
Judy Strawn with the co-founders of the modern Clan Strachan society:
Jim Strachan and Dennis Strawhun
RWC’s President, Judy Strawn, who maintains an active interest in her family’s historical background, has recently accepted the positions of member of the Board of Directors, and Newsletter Editor for the Scottish Clan Strachan.
“This is a great honor,” she says enthusiastically, “my branch of the Strachan Clan came to the U.S. with William Penn under the name Straughan. They were Quakers. In the L.A. Library, there is a Quaker geneology that traces our line down to my father and uncles. Some Straughan descendents are still Quakers.
“In the early 1800’s, our Jacob Strawn was a great landowner and cattle baron in the Illinois area, and quite a wealthy powerhouse. According to family legend, he was the major supporter of Abraham Lincoln. He also spent considerable time on cattle drives, and apparently invented the concept. He was also apparently quite a character, and someday if/when I have the time, I hope to write a book and/or screenplay about him. I personally believe he is an American legend who has been forgotten by history,” Strawn continues.
“I am also descended from the Scottish Clan Irwin on my grandmother’s side,” Strawn emphasizes. “She was an Irwin from a family who migrated from Scotland to Northern Ireland , then to the U.S. in time to fight in the Revolutionary War.
“I am also part Native American on three sides of my ancestry. My great grandmother on my mother’s side was Cherokee, and both of my father’s parents are part Native American, but we haven’t traced back their origins yet. I enjoy attending powwows,” Strawn exclaims.
“My mother’s grandmother was pregnant with her father when they arrived in the U.S. from County Kerry , Ireland ,” Strawn continues to explain. “and my father also has some Irish ancestry through both parents. And, I have been known to spend St. Patrick’s Day at Molly Malone’s here in L.A. !
“Celebrating my ancestry is one of my favorite hobbies and I thoroughly enjoy attending Scottish Games, Native American Powwows and honoring St. Patrick’s Day!” Strawn enthuses.
NEW: FASTEST WOMAN ON A MOTORCYCLE........231 m.p.h.!
Leslie Porterfield ran a 231 m.p.h., one mile, speed at the famed Bonneville Salt Flats last week. She rode a 400 horsepower turbo charged Suzuki Hayabusa, built by Scott Horner of Heads Up Performance, located in La Verne, California.
Her run makes Porterfield the fastest woman running a motorcycle, and surpasses the exactly 30 year-old (Sept. '78) 229 m.p.h. record held by Marcia Holley on the Don Vesco streamlined motorcycle.
She also accomplished a 209 m.p.h. "naked" record during Speed Week to earn her entry into the Bonneville 200 m.p.h. Club.
Porterfield hails from Dallas, Texas where she owns the High Five Cycles motorcycle dealership. Horner is Chair of Racers Who Care’s Board of Directors.
With both of these runs she is20now the fastest woman on two wheels faired & unfaired.
ANNA REPP
Artist, Anna Repp, is presently creating illustrations for RWC’s National Child’s Day Celebration-related educational materials.
Centered on the first year’s Celebration theme, Timescope: The Early Eons, featuring the human development of art/music/dance and horsepower/transportation during the Antiquities, her work will illustrate coloring books and workbooks.
Born in Russia, Anna Repp moved to the United States in 1993. She graduated from Pratt institute in Brooklyn, NY, with a BFA Degree in Illustration.
Anna is an illustrator of fantasy and children’s stories; her work has appeared in various periodicals including Amdromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine (Australia), Jim Baen’s Universe, PanGaia Magazine, New York Amsterdam News, and other publications.
Anna’s first illustrated book is scheduled for release October 2008.
In addition, Anna has exhibited as a photographer in New York, New Jersey and London, UK.
Repp is also a contributing illustrator to the youth media organization, Children's PressLine's weekly column published in New York Amsterdam News, and to Stories for Children e-zine.
Anna calls herself a New Yorker, but currently lives in a Chicago suburb with her three-year-old daughter, Dasha Sonora.
Her website is:http://www.annarepp.com
DEBRA MITTLER
Debra Mittler is the author of the best selling book on overcoming eating disorders: “Free Yourself from Anorexia and Bulemia.”
She has joined RWC as a volunteer Community Liaison. She represents RWC and the National Child’s Day Celebration as a member of the Santa Monica Chamber of Commerce’s Education Committee, at various Chamber Networking and Mixer events, and at other professional association meetings and seminars.
Debra is an inspiring Hypnotherapist, speaker and life coach. She is certified by The International Hypnosis Federation, and a graduate of Hypnosis Motivation Institute the nation’s first federally sanctioned college of Hypnotherapy . She is a member of the International Hypnosis Federation and The American Hypnosis Association.
Her success oriented approach includes traditional hypnosis suggestions, guided imagery, regression, neurolinguistic programming (NLP), and guided visualization.
Debra works with individual clients in all areas of self improvement, and teaches self hypnosis classes. She works with her clients in the area of unblocking sub-conscious interference by changing limiting beliefs, thoughts, behaviors and perceptions.
Mittler has a deep sense of compassion and understanding for others, and a strong commitment to assisting her clients in attaining their goals and bringing into reality what their hearts truly desire.
She is an accomplished public speaker on the crucial subjects of anorexia and bulimia, in which she shares her personal journey, steps she took to overcome this illness in her own life, and what she learned through the process. She is the author of the recently-released “Free Yourself from Anorexia and Bulemia.”
Debra’s website is: http://www.hypnosisisfreedom.com
LUCKY PRODUCES QUICK TIP RADIO PSAs
Drag racer and RWC spokesracer, Lucky Hudson, is producing radio Public Service Announcements featuring RWC’s “Be Flexible with Your Dreams and Goals” Quick Tip on Winning in Life.
Sponsored by Currie Racing Rearends, M and H tires, and NitroPlate coatings, Hudson competes on the National Hot Rod Association Series, and hosts a weekly on-line telecast “SpeedScene Live.” He was the NHRA’s Sport Compact National Event Announcer in 2007.
The 30-second and 60-second PSAs are the first of a series of radio announcements to be produced featuring Quick Tips on Winning in Life. They will be released to greater Los Angeles area radio stations, to selected outlets near where RWC’s spokesracers will be racing and making Quick Tips on Winning in Life presentations, and to a variety of websites.
Lucky Hudson ’s website is: www.speedsceneracing.com
RWC ON RADIO DISNEY
National Hot Rod Association drag racer, Lucky Hudson, represented Racers Who Care, Inc. in a recent Radio Disney interview.
Interviewed by Radio Disney's LaFern Watkins, Lucky discussed Racers Who Care's popular Quick Tips on Winning in Life racer presentations to children and teens, and RWC's proposed National Child's Day Celebration.
In addition to racing and being a member of RWC Los Angeles Presentation Team, Lucky is host of an international weekly on-line telecast, SpeedScene Live.
NATHAN FILMS PSA
American LeMans Series competitor, Nathan Swartzbaugh, recently filmed a television Public Service Announcement for Racers Who Care.
Featuring RWC's "Learn the Art of Teamwork" Quick Tip on Winning in Life, the PSA was written by Emmy Award Winner Robin Gee, who is President of P.I.R.A.T.E.S. (Print Interactive Radio & Television Educational Society), and was filmed at the City of Santa Monica, California's CityTV, where P.I.R.A.T.E.S. is headquartered.
The PSA production team included: Robin Gee, Producer; Gail Choice, Director; Jesse Johnson, Editor; Wade Wallace, Camera Operator; Robert Muhammed, Teleprompter Operator; and, Cory Callahan, Production Assistant.
Produced under the auspices of an annual PSA Workshop for Nonprofits jointly held by P.I.R.A.T.E.S. and the Southern California Broadcasting Association, Swartzbaugh's PSA release to television stations and websites is projected for November 2008.
Racers Who Care is a member of both P.I.R.A.T.E.S. and the SCBA. P.I.R.A.T.E.S. is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization dedicated to bringing nonprofits and the media together for the greater good of the community. The Southern California Broadcasting Association represents greater Los Angeles radio and television stations, in assisting nonprofits with preparation of materials for distribution to media outlets.
RWC'S CHAIR GIVES LAND SPEED RECORD BOOSTS TO TWO RACERS
Bonneville Salt Flats, Wendover Utah
August 21, 2008
Two world land speed record motorcycle competitors, Leslie Porterfield and Shane San Miguel, recently entered Bonneville’s prestigious 200 MPH Club, via motorcycles built by Racers Who Care, Inc. Board Chair, and Quick Tips on Winning in Life presenter, Scott Horner, of Heads Up Performance.
Leslie Porterfield of Dallas Texas set a motorcycle land speed record with a two way average of 206.75 mph at the 60th annual Southern California Timing Association (SCTA) Speedweek event held August 18-24.
This record earned Leslie inclusion into the prestigious Bonneville 200 MPH Club. Leslie became the first woman to enter the 200 MPH Club on a conventional motorcycle in the 60 plus year history of Bonneville land speed racing.
“I like the fact that there aren't women's classes, and I'm going after the same records as everyone else. My goals are to set some more records over 200 m.p.h.,” she exclaimed.
Even more impressive, Leslie ran a motorcycle with no fairings or aerodynamic aid in front of the rider. It is what is called riding "naked".
The challenges and hurdles overcome in the process of obtaining Porterfield’s record at Speedweek were documented for a Discovery Channel show, “Motor Mania: Bonneville,” set to air in early 2009. The Discovery Channel crew filmed in HD and followed the High Five Cycles team for the entire week.
Leslie rode a 400 horsepower turbo charged Suzuki Hayabusa, built by Scott Horner of Heads Up Performance, in La Verne California. Leslie had expressed her desire to set land speed records to others in the motorcycle performance industry and was directed to Horner, a Suzuki specialist and member of three 200 MPH Clubs. Horner built the bike tailored to Leslie and her goals.
“The best part of Leslie’s accomplishment is that this was not a rent-a-ride, “Horner explained. “Leslie worked her way up in speed through her licensing runs. The fastest speed she ran is as fast as the bike has been. This is not a proven bike, and we are constantly enhancing it,” continued Horner.
Additional assistance came from Rhys Griffith. He supplied his tuning expertise on APEX Speed Technology ECU, providing Leslie a great running bike for her record attempts.
Leslie is the owner of High Five Cycles, a used motorcycle dealership in downtown Dallas, Texas. She has been riding and racing motorcycles for half of her 32 years.
For Leslie, setting the record at Bonneville was a dream come true.
Shane San Miguel riding a 2008 Suzuki Hayabusa in the Production class also built by Scott Horner of Heads Up Performance, broke the Production 1350 cc record of 201.708 m.p.h. that had stood since 1999!
A top speed of 206.642 MPH was posted by Shane with a two way average of 205.193.
Shane is one of the few motorcyclists to earn inclusion into the elite Bonneville 200 MPH Club with a naturally aspirated powerplant (no turbo or nitrous).
RACERS WHO CARE, INC.:
Racers Who Care, Inc. is a Los Angeles, California-based 501c3 charitable corporation, founded in 1993, that works with auto, boat, motorcycle and truck racers dedicated to making a positive difference for our next generation, through a program called Quick Tips on Winning in Life.
In Southern California, and throughout the U.S. in communities surrounding their tracks, RWC’s racers have unforgettably impacted kids with exciting observations on how to succeed, presented by people who have -- very publicly, and in a field perceived as ruthless, tough and unforgiving.
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NHRA RACER SCOTT “LUCKY” HUDSON JOINS RWC PRESENTATION TEAM
Within weeks of joining RWC, Lucky had done an ESPN radio interview, a Radio Disney interview, advised RWC on a television Public Service Announcement, and made initial steps on writing, producing and starring in radio Public Service Announcements featuring RWC’s Quick Tips!
Below are Lucky’s career stats:
Hometown: Yorba Linda
Host of Speed Scene Live TV, at SpeedSceneRacing.com
Race team Sponsored by Currie Racing Rearends
Also supported by M and H tires, and NitroPlate coatings
Two-time track champion at Los Angeles County Raceway
MVP of the year at Los Angeles County Raceway
Goodguys and Super Chevy Show Championship runner-up and multiple race wins!
NHRA Sport Compact National Event Announcer 2007
Licensed in 7 different categories of NHRA racing
Regular Columnist in Super Chevy Show Autostar Magazine
One of RWC’s spokesracers, Ryan "The Rocket" Regalado, recently announced his retirement from racing.
In an amazing life-changing turnabout, he has decided to go to the Philippines , where he has family ties, to work on anti-poverty projects!
Regalado began his motorcycle racing career in 2006 with impressive wins in two novice championships in the western region with the WERA [Western Eastern Roadracing Association]. He secured the 2007 WERA regional championship.
He says of racing, “I learned great life skills and confidence to get any job done and achieve any goal I set my mind to. I've learned to ask the right questions to the right people.”
A recent graduate of Los Angeles’ prestigious Otis Art Institute and founder/owner of a blossoming online marketing and website design venture, Design48, Ryan was routinely winning road races with custom-built Honda CBR 600RR and Yamaha R6 motorcycles across the WERA West, t he Willow Springs Motorcycle Club, the American Federation of Motorcyclists, and the American Motorcyclist Association racing series.
“I visited the Philippines two months ago,” he explains “and got moved by the articles I read everyday in the paper about the poor in the country and the corruption in the government. I got moved by the experiences I had of how the poor and serving class were viewed. I got moved by the poverty stricken families and children that roamed around everywhere, looking for food and shelter in the rain.”
To prepare for his new role, Regalado has visited Los Angeles ’ Union Rescue Mission and other similar organizations, to learn how they are managed and operated.
Regalado thanked RWC “for both the opportunity [of making Quick Tips on Winning in Life presentations] and showing me how our compassion for children in our community can contribute in possibly changing their lives and making a positive impact for them.”
RWC will post occasional updates on Ryan’s experiences in the Philippines on its websites.
MEDIA ALERT
Another 200 MPH Club for La Verne CA native Scott Horner.
Horner made history with a single run on a Suzuki Hayabusa motorcycle at an East Coast Timing Association (ECTA) sanctioned event June 28 in Laurinburg N.C. The event was held on an abandoned military runway from the 1940’s called Maxton, where competitors race from a standing start to a distance of one mile. The location is known as the Monster Mile.
After a low speed pass required to familiarize himself with the course Horner unleashed a run of 220.480 MPH crushing the previous record of 206 MPH. The Suzuki was run with no fairings, that is, no aerodynamic aid in front of the rider. “We call it running “naked” Horner added, just letting it all hang out in the breeze”. He also became the fastest “Naked” bike rider to enter the ECTA 200 MPH Club. Horner was extremely grateful for the generosity of Bill Warner of Wimauma Florida who owned the bike he piloted.
The record run netted Horner his third 200 MPH Club entry, the other two are Bonneville and El Mirage Clubs. Horner’s “Hat Trick” earned him the distinction of being the first in 60+ years of Land Speed Racing history to enter all three clubs on a “Naked” motorcycle. To enter a 200 MPH Club a competitor must exceed an existing record and set a new record in excess of 200 MPH.
220.480 MPH Record run time slip
Maxton's Monster Mile 200 MPH Club hat presentation. Bill Warner presented Scott the hat
Scott and his 200 Club hat collection and bike owner Bill Warner displaying Scott’s new shirt
The last few moments of calm before the fastest 20 seconds of Scott’s life!
The "Naked" bike with the Maxton Mile icon, an old Northwest 747
RWC REVS UP MYSPACE SITE
Racers Who Care just recently began a MySpace site: MySpace.com/racerswhocare.
The site is divided between RWC’s two main projects, it’s National Child’s Day Celebration and it’s racer Quick Tips on Winning in Life presentations.
Slideshows feature photos from actual racer presentations, as well as photos of artifacts, musical instruments and chariots representing the human development of horsepower/transportation, music/dance and arts/crafts during the Antiquities!
There are also videos and audio demonstrations of ancient music and musical instruments and dances, as well as Steve Johnson’s drag bike on a winning run at a recent National Hot Rod Association Event.
No one has EVER accused Racers Who Care of being limited in scope!
RWC PARTICIPATES IN SANTA MONICA CHAMBER’S NONPROFIT FESTIVAL
RWC Board Chair, Scott Horner, his record-setting “Naked Bike,” Rhys, a friend of Scott’s, who recently moved to Southern California from England, Pam Sivula, who works in Paramount Studios’ Finance Department, and RWC President, Judy Strawn, manned RWC’s exhibit at the recent 2008 Nonprofit Festival on Santa Monica’s Third Street Promenade.
Approximately 20,000 people attended the event. Many attendees, of all ages, were drawn by the naked bike. Scott Horner had a wonderful time throughout the day, proudly recounting his bike’s recent record-setting run at the Bonneville Salt Flats - over 217 mph! Scott built the bike himself, and builds competition motorcycles for others.
RWC’s exhibit announced T-shirts and other promotional items depicting the popular Quick Tips on Winning in Life cartoons that will soon be for sale on RWC’s website, as well as depicting a number of photos of Racers making Quick Tips presentations to children and teens throughout the U.S.
It was a wonderful opportunity to meet community attendees and promote the 2009 National Child’s Day Celebration, proposed to be held in the same location, as well as the Celebration’s community outreach – racer Quick Tips on Winning in Life presentations taking place throughout Southern California .
RWC’s exhibit reflected the Celebration’s Timescope theme of the development of music/dance, arts and crafts, and horsepower/transportation during the Antiquities. Included in the exhibit were petroglyphs, a pan flute, a depiction of an Egyptian Pharaoh and his Queen out boating, rattles and shakers and a number of other related items that magnetically drew the attention of many children.
The Nonprofit Festival, organized and hosted by the Santa Monica Chamber of Commerce, of which RWC is a member, gives area nonprofit organizations an opportunity to introduce their services to the broader community. It also afforded valuable opportunities for RWC’s representatives to network with other nonprofits and explore partnership possibilities.
QUICK TIPS SOUVENIRS TO BE AVAILABLE FOR PURCHASE SOON!
RWC’S POPULAR QUICK TIPS CARTOONS WILL BE AVAILBLE FOR PURCHASE ON T-SHIRTS, MUGS, KEYCHAINS, MOUSE PADS AND OTHER SOUVENIRS, SOON!
WATCH THIS WEBSITE FOR MORE DETAILS.. .
SWARTZBAUGH TEAMS UP WITH RWC
2008 American LeMans Series competitor, Nathan Swartzbaugh, is teaming up with Racers Who Care’s National Child’s Day Celebration SoCal community outreach program.
He will be making Quick Tips on Winning in Life presentations in greater Los Angeles throughout 2008 and 2009, and possibly as he travels about competing in American LeMans Series races.
Swartzbaugh began his career at the age of 14, by winning the NASA Pro-Truck Tour. In 2006, just 21 years old, he won the IMSA Grand Am GT3 presented by Michilen Series Championship for Porsche.
People who visit Swartzbaugh’s website first encounter this sum up of his winning attitude:
“The man who makes a success of an important venture never wails for the crowd. He strikes out for himself. It takes nerve, it takes a great lot of grit; but the man that succeeds has both. Anyone can fail. The public admires the man who has enough confidence in himself to take a chance. These chances are the main things after all. The man who tries to succeed must expect to be criticized. Nothing important was ever done but the greater number consulted previously doubted the possibility. Success is the accomplishment of that which most people think can't be done.”
C. V. White
Nathan also looks to family and friends for guidance and support:
Nathan has been very successful in racing because of the people who surround him. Coming from a very supportive family and making friends with other Pro drivers like Craig Stanton, Patrick Long, Ross Thompson, Wolf Henzler, and Dominic Farnbacher have given him the right tools to make a successful career in auto racing. “Everyday I look to my mentors for guidance in racing, finances, and life in general. I believe that I am the luckiest guy on earth to have the friends and Family that I have to support me,” he reports.
RWC PRESIDENT, JUDY STRAWN, NAMED IN 2008-2009 MARQUIS WHO'S WHO IN BUSINESS AND FINANCE
RYAN "THE ROCKET" REGALADO JOINS L.A. PRESENTATION TEAM
Ryan "The Rocket" Regalado is a motorcycle road racer in Southern California participating in the WERA West (#148) and WSMC (#648) motorcycle clubs. He began his racing career in 2006 with impressive wins in two novice championships in the western region with the WERA road racing organization. Ryan won his road races with a custom-built 2007 Honda CBR 600RR motorcycle across the _WERA West_ (http://www.wera.com/) , _WSMC_ (http://www.wsmcracing.com/) and _AFM_ (http://www.afmracing.org/) organizations. He recently secured a regional championship in 2007 in WERA and is racing a Yamaha R6 in 2008. Visit:
RWC'S BOARD CHAIR MOVES TO SOCAL
Scott Horner, Chair of RWC's Board of Directors, recently relocated from Las Vegas to Southern California, and will be actively involved in making racer presentations in the area.
Horner, who is retired from the U.S. Air Force, where he was a desert warfare instructor, also moved his business, HeadsUp PerformanceTurbos, to Southern California. As part of HeadsUp Performance Turbos, he has just put finishing touches on a competition motorcycle he built for Leslie Porterfield, who he estimates has great promise of setting a world land speed record in women's competition with it at the Bonneville Salt Flats.
Located adjacent to the Pomona, California Los Angeles County Fairgrounds (site of National Hot Rod Association championship races), Horner has years of experience producing stout, reliable powerplants for vehicles that utilize the big Japanese in-line four motorcycle engines, Sandrails, Mini Sprints, and Dwarf Cars.
He has distinguished himself by manufacturing and installing turbo systems on late model motorcycles and motorcycle powered Sandrails. His specialty is Suzuki Hayabusa turbos for Sandrails and street driven motorcycles and turbo systems for fuel injected ATV’s such as the Yamaha Raptor 700.
Scott himself is a world land speed record holder in naked bike competition at Bonneville. He entered, and is a lifetime member of the prestigious Bonneville 200 MPH Club, with an initial record speed of 205.589, then beating his own record at 217.850 MPH, scored on a Suzuki Hayabusa he built himself. He has also set a new world speed record in naked bike competition at the El Mirage dry lake bed (206.761), and has vaulted into the El Mirage 200 MPH Club, where he is now a lifetime member.
Bonneville competition was a childhood dream realized.
Horner's next goal is 250 MPH!
He joined RWC in 1994, and immediately began making presentations in the Las Vegas area. He has also assisted with RWC exhibits at Las Vegas Speedway and in SEMA auto aftermarket products trade shows in Vegas.
In 1991, Horner founded the American Motorsports Safety Association, focused on youth education. He initiated and sponsored a high school drag racing program in Las Vegas. In 1998, RWC's Board of Directors voted him its Chair, a position he still holds.
Visit: http://www.headsupturbos.com
Scott Horner (on left)
RWC PRESIDENT, JUDY STRAWN, BECOMES PIRATE
On behalf of Racers Who Car, Inc., its President, Judy Strawn, recently joined PIRATES (Print Interactive Radio & Television Educational Society). PIRATES is a Santa Monica, California-based organization dedicated to helping nonprofits to more effectively work with the media. It is the only L.A. area association that offers regular opportunities for nonprofits, the media, and other communications professionals to network.
Founded in 1955, PIRATES is a nonprofit 501(c) 3 organization and membership is open to media public affairs professionals, nonprofit organizations, government agencies, and communications firms and individuals. PIRATES' volunteer Board of Directors includes representatives from each of these areas.
The organization and its members benefit from a close, ongoing relationship with the Southern California Broadcasters Association (SCBA). PIRATES’ monthly events, renowned media mixers, and joint events with SCBA are designed to give members the tools and contacts they need to succeed
In addition to monthly events, members receive an informative monthly newsletter, are listed in a directory that is distributed to the media, and can participate in Public Service Announcements workshops and public affairs programs.
RWC BECOMES IFEA MEMBER
RWC recently joined the International Festivals and Events Association (IFEA), the Premiere Association Supporting and Enabling Festival & Event Professionals Worldwide. In partnership with global affiliates under the umbrellas of IFEA Africa, IFEA Asia, IFEA Australia, IFEA Europe, IFEA Latin America, IFEA Middle East, and IFEA North America the organization's common vision is for "A Globally United Industry that Touches Lives in a Positive Way through Celebration".
With a target audience that includes all those who produce and support quality celebrations for the benefit of their respective "communities", the IFEA's primary focus is identifying and providing access to the professional resources and networks that will, as stated in our mission, inspire and enable those in our industry to realize their dreams, build community and sustain success through celebration.
“The IFEA exists to serve the needs of our entire industry,” according to an IFEA representative,” all those who share our core values of excellence & quality; the sharing of experience, knowledge, creativity and best practices; and the importance of "community" building both locally and globally. Our success lies in the success of those we serve through professional education, programming, products and resources, networking and representation.”
The IFEA enjoys the active support of over 2,000 Premiere Members, a group of industry leading professionals and organizations, who set and raise the bar for themselves and everyone in the events industry with regard to creativity, quality, professionalism, experience, and success. These members, while representing only a part of the festivals and events industry as a whole, have learned the value of active and continued involvement with professional peers at the highest levels and have set themselves apart from the pack.
The IFEA is headquartered in Boise, Idaho, in the northwestern United States and in 2005 celebrated its 50th Anniversary.
9/23/07 ESPN RADIO INTERVIEW - BROTHERHOOD RACEWAY & RWC
RACERS WHO CARE, JOINED BY BROTHERHOOD RACEWAY PARK, WAS INTERVIEWED BY SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA BROADCASTERS ASSOCIATION, ON KSPN, RADIO 710, FOR A PROGRAM TO BE AIRED ON SEPTEMBER 23, 2007 AT 5:20 A.M.
INTERVIEWERS WERE LAFERN WATKINS, DIRECTOR OF COMMUNITY AFFAIRS, AND DESIREE VANDERWAL, OF THE SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA BROADCASTERS ASSOCIATION.
A LIVELY DISCUSSION ENSUED COVERING A RANGE OF TOPICS FROM RWC'S UPCOMING NATIONAL CHILD'S DAY CELBRATION, TO BROTHERHOOD RACEWAY PARK'S UPCOMING RE-OPENING, TO THE TWO ENTITIES' JOINT COMMUNITY OUTREACH IN THE FORM OF RACER QUICK TIPS ON WINNING IN LIFE PRESENTATIONS, SET TO BEGIN IN THE SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA AREA THIS IN NOVEMBER.
LED BY MS. WATKINS' AND MS. VANDRWAL'S EXPERT QUESTIONING, PAUL NORWOOD, BRP EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENCT, FABIAN AURORA, BRP VICE PRESIDENT, BROUGHT OUT THAT WHEN BRP IS OPEN AND OPERATING, NEGATIVE GANGLAND ACTIVITY THROUGHOUT THE LOS ANGELES AREA DECREASES BY 60%, AND ILLEGAL STREET RACING THROUGHOUT THE AREA STOPS COMPLETELY, BECAUSE EVERYONE IS AT BRP TUNING AND RACING THEIR VEHICLES, OR MOTORCYCLES.
AND JUDY STRAWN, PRESIDENT OF RACERS WHO CARE, EXPLAINED THAT THE RACER QUICK TIPS ON WINNING IN LIFE ARE VERY EFFECTIVE BECAUSE RACERS BASE THEIR COMMENTS ON THEIR OWN EXPERIENCES AND LESSONS THEY HAVE LEARNED IN THE SCHOOL OF HARD KNOCKS COMING UP THROUGH THE RANKS IN THEIR TOUGH SPORT.
PAUL NORWOOD AND FABIAN AURORA, OF BROTHERHOOD RACEWAY PARK, AND JUDY STRAWN, OF RACERS WHO CARE. [PHOTO BY LAFERN WATKINS]
JUDY STRAWN, OF RACERS WHO CARE, FABIAN AURORA AND PAUL NORWOOD, OF BROTHERHOOD RACEWAY PARK. [PHOTO BY LAFERN WATKINS]
CHILD'S DAY CELEBRATION TEAMS WITH BROTHERHOOD RACEWAY PARK
In a recent meeting with BRP's founder, Big Willie Robinson, Racers Who Care, made plans to team up in a joint National Child's Day Celebration/BRP community outreach in the form of numerous racer presentations throughout SoCal.
Brotherhood Raceway Park, which has been closed for some years due to massive construction at its site on L.A's Terminal Island, is set to re-open in October 2007. In the past, the track featured "Run What You Brung" drag racing. In its new metamorphosis, BRP includes a road racing course, a motocross track, a go kart track and a boat drag course. The track is world-renowned for its successful work with L.A. area gangs, as well as for keeping dangerous street racing at a minimum.
Racer presentations, to be made by locally-based BRP racers, as well as prominent racers who compete throughout the U.S., will be set in L.A.-area schools and kids groups.
Racers will present their very popular and effective "Quick Tips On Winning In Life."
RWC JOINS SCBA
Racers Who Care has joined the Southern California Broadcasting Association.
The SCBA is a trade organization that serves advertising agencies, clients, and the community on behalf of radio broadcasters throughout Southern California. The SCBA provides market research and information, sales training, educational programs, community outreach, and EEO employment assistance. Our primary mission is marketing the power and value of radio as an important part of any communications strategy that targets Southern Californians.