From a press release:

Ride for Life IV garners big crowd and bigger fun!

The Fouth Annual Ride for Life concluded its festivities this past Saturday evening, and when the dust had cleared, there were smiles all around for the many participants in this year’s ride.

The Ride for Life is the brainchild of CCS racer and Duke RN Stan Simmerson. Now in its fourth year, the growth of the ride is garnering the attention of many of the area’s newspapers and TV stations.

The ride this year raised over $14,000 for the Duke Children’s Miracle Network, the beneficiary of the ride. Over 130 bikes participated in the ride, and Speed Channel’s Greg White, host of “Greg’s Garage” on Speed Vision’s “Two Wheel Tuesdays” programming was there as honorary Grand Marshall.

“I couldn’t be happier with this year’s results,” said organizer Stan Simmerson, “and it was so great of Greg White to take time out of his busy schedule to help us out, especially since he’s getting married in about 6 weeks or so.”

Greg White and his fiancee Stephanie were on hand to ride with the group, and the entire crowd enjoyed themselves immensely. Big thanks are extended to all that participated in the ride, and to the sponsors and vendors that contributed both monetary support and the prizes that were awarded.

Watch for next year’s Ride for Life V, sure to be the biggest yet! But wait! There’s more!

There are slightly less than 24 hours left to bid on Ride for Life racing memorabilia on ebay, with the proceeds going to Duke Children’s Hospital also. This auction is being held to coincide with this year’s ride, and features a set of Kurtis Robert’s leathers, Aaron Yate’s boots, Rich Oliver’s boots, and Eric Bostrom’s gloves, along with an Arai helmet that has been signed by a multitude of World and AMA Champion road racers. Just go to ebay.com and enter in “ride for life” in their search engine and the items will be displayed!