A silent auction of donated products, services and racing memorabilia organized by Fastrack Riders and rides on Chris Ulrich’s Team Roadracingworld.com Suzuki GSX-R1000 two-seat racebike raised $7386 for injured racer Vincent Haskovec and the Roadracing World Action Fund. The event was held during a Fastrack Riders track day event November 25-26 at California Speedway in Fontana, California. Items auctioned off included: an autographed Chad Reed Replica Yamaha TT-R50E mini-bike, a Wayne Rainey-signed framed lithograph, a Yamaha “Factory Race Team” jacket, a framed “Weekend of Champions” poster autographed by all of the Champions, Colin Edwards Laguna Seca T-shirts, a set of Michelin Pilot Power tires, a Nicky Hayden MotoGP T-shirt and Michelin podium hat, a new Mat Mladin Replica KBC VR2 helmet autographed by Mladin, Powerstands bike stands, a rare Nicky Hayden Hypercycle Suzuki race team poster, a new Shoei helmet, a set of Dunlop tires, a woman’s leather jacket and chaps from ICON, a free video from JT Motorsports’ Dan Shaffner and a free CD of action photos from Powersport Photography. The auction raised $5931. Over the course of the two days, Ulrich gave 46 individuals 150-plus-mph, knee-dragging rides around the 2.3-mile, 21-turn road course, raising $1445. Fastrack Riders added to the total, rounding it up to an even $8000 to support Haskovec’s recovery from the paralyzing injuries he sustained when he crashed into an unprotected barrier at Infineon Raceway in 2005 and to support the mission of the Roadracing World Action Fund, which is advocating and promoting the use of soft barriers to prevent racetrack injuries. For more information on Fastrack Riders, go to ~http://www.fastrackriders.com/index.html~ For more information on the Roadracing World Action Fund, go to ~http://actionfund.roadracingworld.com/~ More, from a press release issued by Fastrack Riders: FASTRACK RIDERS SILENT AUCTION UPDATE Fastrack Riders would like to thank all of you that supported our third annual Silent Auction. This year we raised $8,000 for the RoadRacing World Action Fund because of your support. Equally if not more important Fastrack owes a special thank you to every company or individual that contributed items for the auction. Yamaha provided a Chad Reed Replica 50cc mini bike, a weekend of champions framed and signed poster, a signed limited edition Wayne Rainey Lithograph, and lot’s of very nice Yamaha apparel. Dale Keifer from The Racer’s Edge provided a set of Michelin Pilot Power tires. Dennis and Terry from Sport Tire Services provided a set of Dunlop GP208 tires. Shoei for their helmet donation Alessandro Assanti provided a set of Metzler tires. Charlie from PowerStands provided several items, which included their new design of rear stands, custom license plate holders for sportbikes, and camera mounts for sportbikes. Readyramp for their ramp donation Dr. Tom Bryan who provided from Mat Mladin one of Mat’s replica helmets Mat personally signed plus two pair of Mat’s custom made gloves. Dan from JT Powersports and Ed from PowerSports Photography who provided free video and photography disk for the auction. Bill Johnson who donated the Chatterbox Gerhard Lippert for the Nicky Hayden pictures Santiago from SportBike rentals for their free week long bike rental Teri Gorrell for the ICON leathers Last but not least Chris Ulrich from Roadracing World who did Two Up Rides both Saturday and Sunday. As well as Roadracing World for providing the Two UP AMA Superbike for the event. Forty six different riders over two days! AWESOME
Updated Post: Final Figures: Silent Auction, Two-up Rides At California Speedway Raised Over $7000 For Haskovec, Roadracing World Action Fund
Updated Post: Final Figures: Silent Auction, Two-up Rides At California Speedway Raised Over $7000 For Haskovec, Roadracing World Action Fund
© 2006, Roadracing World Publishing, Inc. From a press release issued By Roadracing World Action Fund.