Race Team To Host Youth Home Residents At Summit Point

Race Team To Host Youth Home Residents At Summit Point

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From a press release:

One Shot Racing To Host Charity Event For Aunt Hattie’s Place at Summit Point Raceway rescheduled for Nation’s only All African-American Motorcycle Racing Team to support
Baltimore Youth Facility with “Day at the Races”

WHO: One Shot Racing (OSR) and Aunt Hattie’s Place (www.oneshotracing.com)

WHAT: “Day at the Races” tour, instructional and safety demonstrations, photographs on track

WHEN: Sunday, June 13, 2004, from 11:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.

WHERE: Summit Point Raceway, Charles Town, WV (www.summitpoint-raceway.com)

WASHINGTON, D.C. – One Shot Racing (OSR), a pioneering all-African-American Professional Motorcycle Racing team, will host a “Day at the Races” with Aunt Hattie’s Place at Summit Point Raceway in Charles Town, WV on Sunday, June 13, 2004, at 11:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. The original May 2 date was postponed due to weather.

Launched in 1995, Aunt Hattie’s Place is a residential care facility for young boys, ages 9-18, who have special educational needs and are in foster care. Wrap around services reflect a holistic approach to care. Social work intervention is integrated with other services in response to the physical, social, educational, spiritual and emotional needs of the children. The facility is directed by Sarsfield S. Williams.

Activities at the raceway include: Tour of the racing facility, race track and pit areas, introduction to OSR racers and other competing race teams, education on motorcycle safety and the sport, assistance in timing of racers and other team related duties, participation in a “fantasy” race game and photographs of the kids on team race bikes.

“OSR is excited about the chance to provide a new experience for the children of Aunt Hattie’s Place,” said Jeff Coles, OSR’s President and CEO. “Racing is an exciting and rewarding sport that can provide many possible career opportunities. These kids will be able to experience this excitement – up close and personal. I know it will leave a lasting positive impression on their young minds.”

OSR began the 2004 season by receiving the “AFDIM Award” and “Horizon Award” during the 3rd Annual Awards Celebration Honoring Diversity in Motorsports on February 21. The AFDIM Award is presented to groups or organizations that educate African-Americans and other communities about the industry. The Horizon Award is presented to minority competitors showing great promise in motorsports. The Association for Diversity in Motorsports (AFDIM), Winston-Salem State University, Urban Sports Entertainment and NASCAR have partnered to produce this
event.

OSR BACKGROUND:

Based just outside Washington, D.C., in Bowie, MD, these pioneers are currently the first and only African-American owned, staffed and sponsored race team in the American Motorcycle Association (AMA). OSR will look to compete in nearly a dozen races this season, in three different race leagues and travel over 4,000 miles with two fiercely competitive riders poised for success on the track after qualifying for the American Motorcycle Association (AMA) Championship Race Series in 2003.

Business leader of this groundbreaking team is Jeffrey Coles, President and Chief Executive Officer of One Shot Racing. Coles, who earned his BA in Architecture from Howard University and MBA from American University, provides strategic planning for OSR’s future. Completing the visionary business team is Chairman and Chief Operating Officer Rudy Blyden, a television editor and graduate of Morgan State University, who partners with Coles, provided the initial inspiration behind this effort.

The riders on the motorcycles are two Washington, D.C. metropolitan area athletes.

William “Storyteller” Johnson, 31, of Fort Washington, MD, is the former 2001 WERA Heavyweight Twins Champion. A prolific personal writer, thus the nickname, Johnson races two Suzuki GSX-R 600’s and competes in the 600cc Supersport and Formula Extreme classes.

Adrian “Buzzoman” Jones, 26, of Upper Marlboro, MD, made his mark as a rookie 2002 WERA 750cc Superbike Champion. An information technology professional, Jones, races two Suzuki GSX-R 600’s and like his teammate competes in the 600cc Supersport and Formula Extreme classes.

OSR is a private entity launched in 2003 with no corporate backing, an amazing feat in today’s racing market. Sponsorship development is now in full-gear with the original backers coming from the Super Bike industry. “The fact that we made it to the AMA without corporate backing lets those potential sponsors know just how passionate we are about this sport ” Coles said.

SPEED Channel (www.speedtv.com), the leading racing cable channel in the U.S. reaching over 70 million homes, will broadcast all of the races OSR will compete in. Off the track, an important cultural and socio-economic component of OSR is their target approach for style and apparel for the Urban demographic, lead by Miline Leather (www.milineusa.com).


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