LeadSSled
08-14-2007, 06:10 PM
Hello. Bill Howell invited me to post our charity drive project on this site. Bill gave us a generous donation in the name of "Musclerides" and we are very grateful for his support. If any of you feel lead to help us with charitable donations, we would surely appreciate your support.
Here is the story: Over a year ago, I learned of an endurance race held in California named "The 24 Hours of LeMons". The name is obviously a parody of the historic "24 Hours of LeMans" race. The rules dictate that your car have a total investment of no more than $500, excluding tires, brakes, and safety equipment - hence the "LeMons" race. I tried to put a team of "Impala Guys" together to participate, but could not find anyone on the west coast that could take the lead. I couldn't do it from TN due to the distance, so I gave up.
A few months ago, I learned that the race organizers added a second race in Detroit. Well hell, that's only a day's drive from here! So I again attempted to put together a team of Impala enthusiasts. I was succesful in recruiting 4 other guys from TN, GA, NJ, and IL that would commit with both their finances and time. The race organizer told me that there are always more entries than available starting spots, so the more we could do to make our team concept interesting, the better change that we had of being accepted in the race. So our team collectively devised "Rubber Biscuit Racing" and I submitted our entry in late April.
Althought we knew that we would not learn if we were accepted or not until after the July 15th entry deadline, I purchased a car for our entry back in May. We've been waiting to start the work on it until we knew of our acceptance. Last month, I recieved notice that our team entry has been accepted - we are IN the race! Rubber Biscuit Racing is alive! Following is the webpage for this event:
24 Hours of Lemons - Detroit (http://www.24hoursoflemons.com/events/detroit/)
We are doing this for charity and are solicting both donations (tax deductible) and sponsorships (both individual and corporate). Our goal is to raise at least $5000 for a charity - "Cure Autism Now". Some of you may know that I have an 18-year old daughter with autism, so this charity hits very close to home.
Terry Kehne
Rubber Biscuit Racing Team Captain
From the flyer:
https://static1.pt-content.com/images/noimg.gif
How YOU Can Participate:
Sponsorships: Put your club logo/business/nick name on the race car. Make checks payable to ISSCA. Any help appreciated but these are the Guidelines:
$10-Trunk Lid $20-Roof $40-Door/Quarter $100-Hood $200-Rear Spoiler
Tax Deductible Donations to Cure Autism Now must be mailed and checks must made out to Cure Autism Now to be tax deductable. If a contribution is made to the PayPal account, it will NOT qualify as a Charitable Tax Deduction. A contribution/sponsorship from a business would be tax deductible as a promotional expense.
Checks can be mailed to: Rubber Biscuit Racing C/O Mark Sulimirski
4402 Brickton Spur, Buford, GA 30518
Following is the "flyer" that we will use to solicit donations and sponsorships. If any of you feel moved to help us, we would greatly appreciate your donation. Thank you for your consideration!
Here is our flyer - click me! (http://www.highperformancetoys.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=3563&stc=1&d=1185453323)
Here is the story: Over a year ago, I learned of an endurance race held in California named "The 24 Hours of LeMons". The name is obviously a parody of the historic "24 Hours of LeMans" race. The rules dictate that your car have a total investment of no more than $500, excluding tires, brakes, and safety equipment - hence the "LeMons" race. I tried to put a team of "Impala Guys" together to participate, but could not find anyone on the west coast that could take the lead. I couldn't do it from TN due to the distance, so I gave up.
A few months ago, I learned that the race organizers added a second race in Detroit. Well hell, that's only a day's drive from here! So I again attempted to put together a team of Impala enthusiasts. I was succesful in recruiting 4 other guys from TN, GA, NJ, and IL that would commit with both their finances and time. The race organizer told me that there are always more entries than available starting spots, so the more we could do to make our team concept interesting, the better change that we had of being accepted in the race. So our team collectively devised "Rubber Biscuit Racing" and I submitted our entry in late April.
Althought we knew that we would not learn if we were accepted or not until after the July 15th entry deadline, I purchased a car for our entry back in May. We've been waiting to start the work on it until we knew of our acceptance. Last month, I recieved notice that our team entry has been accepted - we are IN the race! Rubber Biscuit Racing is alive! Following is the webpage for this event:
24 Hours of Lemons - Detroit (http://www.24hoursoflemons.com/events/detroit/)
We are doing this for charity and are solicting both donations (tax deductible) and sponsorships (both individual and corporate). Our goal is to raise at least $5000 for a charity - "Cure Autism Now". Some of you may know that I have an 18-year old daughter with autism, so this charity hits very close to home.
Terry Kehne
Rubber Biscuit Racing Team Captain
From the flyer:
https://static1.pt-content.com/images/noimg.gif
How YOU Can Participate:
Sponsorships: Put your club logo/business/nick name on the race car. Make checks payable to ISSCA. Any help appreciated but these are the Guidelines:
$10-Trunk Lid $20-Roof $40-Door/Quarter $100-Hood $200-Rear Spoiler
Tax Deductible Donations to Cure Autism Now must be mailed and checks must made out to Cure Autism Now to be tax deductable. If a contribution is made to the PayPal account, it will NOT qualify as a Charitable Tax Deduction. A contribution/sponsorship from a business would be tax deductible as a promotional expense.
Checks can be mailed to: Rubber Biscuit Racing C/O Mark Sulimirski
4402 Brickton Spur, Buford, GA 30518
Following is the "flyer" that we will use to solicit donations and sponsorships. If any of you feel moved to help us, we would greatly appreciate your donation. Thank you for your consideration!
Here is our flyer - click me! (http://www.highperformancetoys.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=3563&stc=1&d=1185453323)