Racers Who Care

RACERS WHO CARE PRESENTATIONS

Racers Who Care is a Los Angeles, California-based group of motorsports professionals dedicated to making a difference for our next generation. Utilizing racers as role models, the program has unforgettably impacted children and teens throughout the U.S. with a variety of excitingly educational presentations centered around major American racing venues.

Using personal observations from their own experiences, racers bring to children and teens a stirring message of positive alternatives to substance abuse and negative behaviors. Presentations center on key universal truths, listed below, applicable to every young person regardless of age, life experience or cultural background.

RWC's racers usually begin their presentations with:

"When I was your age, I REALLY wanted to be a racer when I grew up. I dreamed about it all the time. And now, I'm actually LIVING my dream -- I made it come true!

I'm going to share with you some things I did that helped make my dream to be a racer come true. You may not want to be a racer when you grow up -- you may dream of being a nurse, a scientist or a basketball player or something else exciting, but if you follow some of the suggestions I'm going to make, it should help you make your own dream come true."

Then the racers follow about 8 key concepts:

1. find something to do in life that you REALLY love;

2. study;

3. find a mentor;

4. be flexible with dreams and goals -- there are many ways to be involved in most fields [This one is important because some may really not be able to do what they want to for one reason or another. By being flexible, they can acknowledge that and still find a way to be involved in the field they like -- an aspiring racer may have poor eyesight and not - allowed to compete BUT he or she might make a terrific motorsports journalist or public relations professional; someone who wants to be a surgeon may not have good enough coordination to do the work, but might make a fantastic hospital administrator, etc.];

5. take the long view -- don't get caught up in sadness or anger over misunderstandings or things that happen not quite right; just practice letting these things pass over while you work hard on an interesting project and eventually, they won't seem as important;

6. explore your talent and creativity -- try a lot of different things: take photos, paint pictures, try singing, act in a play, write a story and send it to a magazine, you might surprise yourself and find out you're very talented -- keep interested in many things -- it will make you a more interesting person and will make life more interesting to you;

7. learn the art of teamwork -- racers don't get to winner’s circle without tire changers and mechanics -- having someone to help often makes things easier to do; and

8. avoid the path of least resistance like drug and alcohol abuse.

Each racer individualizes these concepts with anecdotes from his or her own experiences.

QUICK TIPS SOUVENIRS TO BE AVAILABLE FOR PURCHASE SOON!

RWC’S POPULAR QUICK TIPS CARTOONS WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR PURCHASE ON T-SHIRTS, MUGS, KEYCHAINS, MOUSE PADS AND OTHER SOUVENIRS, SOON!

WATCH THIS WEBSITE FOR MORE DETAILS . . .