AMA Grand National Champion Chris Carr and 1993 500cc World Champion Kevin Schwantz have agreed to serve on the Board of Directors of the Roadracing World Action Fund., Inc. a new non-profit corporation now being established.
The Roadracing World Action Fund’s primary mission will be the acquisition and deployment of Air Fence for motorcycle racing use.
Other Directors will include Roadracing World Editor John Ulrich, Roadracing World Publisher Trudy Ulrich and former racer Bruce Hammer, who became a quadriplegic as the result of hitting a bare steel barrier during an AMA National in 1982.
The Roadracing World Action Fund, Inc. will take over operations of the Roadracing World Air Fence Fund, an informal fund which has collected over $150,000 for the purchase and deployment of Air Fence at road races in the U.S.; a dirt track division of the Air Fence Fund was recently established, with about $9000 collected so far.
Details will be announced as available.
Carr, Schwantz To Join Board of Roadracing World Action Fund, Inc.
Carr, Schwantz To Join Board of Roadracing World Action Fund, Inc.
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