Good to see more and more people are doing their part to help those in Japan. They really need us at this time and whats better than getting someone in the spot light to help encourage people to donate. I hope other race teams can do the same.
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The world of racing is often only focused on getting to the podium, but at the this weekend’s Grand Am series race at Barber Motorsports Park in Birmingham, Ala., three Mazda race teams will be doing their part to help raise funds for American Red Cross for Japan relief.
The teams in question are Dempsey Racing, Team Sahlen and Speedsource, and they each will be displaying special graphics which would encourage people to donate $10 by texting REDCROSS at 90999.
“The devastation in Japan is so overwhelming and we wanted to help in any way we could,” said Sylvain Tremblay of SpeedSource Inc, who came up with the idea to race with special graphics on the Mazda race cars. “We will be donating all race winnings from Car #70 to the American Red Cross Japan relief efforts.”
Dempsey Racing shares the feeling, saying; “It’s been just three weeks since the tragedy in Japan and already news updates have begun thinning out, while the people of Japan still need so much help,” said Joe Foster of Dempsey Racing and who co-drives car #40 with Hollywood actor Patrick Dempsey. “We are hoping to generate a second round of donations to the Red Cross this weekend by keeping Japan top-of-mind with both the racing community and our fans.”
Team Sahlen will be racing cars #42 and #43. “We are hoping to help make a difference by spotlighting the Red Cross efforts to assist Japan,” said Will Nonnamaker, team driver.
The Mazda Foundation in America has already made a $150,000 donation for the Japan earthquake and tsunami relief and is encouraging its dealers to do the same.
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