May 9, 2009  - Escrip joins the 1 in 8 Foundation and 1 in 8 Motorsports. Sign up and Shop escrip!

May 9, 2009 - Michael Ramies keeps going and winning!

May 9, 2009 - Our Team was showing thier stuff at One Lap America! Amanda Hennsey showed them how it is done.

May 9, 2009 - A great first race weekend for Amanda Hennessy in the Swiss Clio Cup Series at Dijon, France.
Hennessy had some hard competition the entire weekend, but with great results.
"The car feels great! I'm looking forward to a action-filled season," Amanda stated.
Amanda's next race in the Clio will be July 14-16 at Nurburgring, Germany.

May 9, 2009 - Women racers offering a day at the races for Breast Cancer survivors and supporters
 
Baytown, TX. - Four NHRA Drag Racers are proud to announce 'A Day at the Races' to support breast cancer research, education, screening and treatment.  Top Dragster driver, Tina Stull, Kate and Diana Harker from the Top Alcohol Dragster ranks and Peggy Llewellyn of Pro Stock Motorcycle, will be providing opportunities to various Texas foundations and including the 1 in 8 foundation in order to raise awareness of this life and death issue. 
 
"Breast cancer is a reality for women these days" says Diana "When 1 in 8 women will be effected by breast cancer it is easy to say, 'I won't be the 1' . But then if you say "Do I know 8 women?', You realize this does effect you no matter how you look at it."
 
Betting on the fact that Drag Racing, traditionally a "man's" sport and breast cancer, a predominately womens issue are a surprising partnership. These racers are painting the big picture and hoping that people see, this cancer is highly treatable when detected early and the days of false modesty are behind us.
 
Kate's opinion is strong "let's face it, our culture flaunts breasts on TV, on-line and everywhere else, but then when it comes to breast cancer and detection we shut up.  This is life and death folks!"
 
In Motorsports, all drivers face life and death everytime they get in their car.  But in race they minimize theirs risks through protect measures, helmets, fire proof suits, cages in the cars, and most of all safety restraint systems.
 
 "We don't wear seatbelts because they are comfortable, we wear to save our lives."say Stull  "You don't wait til you crash to put them on. The same is true  with Breast cancer detection, it is a means to save your life, Breast Cancer is survivable if detected early."
 
They will be looking forward to meeting and greeting those who share in their passion to save lives. Main Hospitality pit can be found in the sportman area at Tina Stull's pit. Look for the bright green Young Life - Club Beyond car T/D #404
 
Tickets are available: Cancer survivors and supporters can request tickets for the upcoming Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series event across May 15-17 through www.harkertwins.com

April 4, 2009 - Our own Action Team Member Thomas Ramies son, Micheal Ramies gets  two 1st and two 2nd place wins!!! Fastest lap in all four races!

What a weekend! 38 racers in all!  Michael  had to work hard because one group was the SUPER fast Southern boys that came to Laguna Seca for their series!  The two Southern kids (both have private coaches and sponsors!!!) http://michaeldorrbecker.com/index.html and http://www.dennistrebing.com/  (Skip Barber Karting shootout  scholarship winner!) Michael had about a 20 car length lead over  these racers in the first part of the race.....After two restarts (people crashing) Michael finished 1st! One of the instructors said that it was the most intense race EVER at Skip Barber!  Michael's car even had a bent rim, which made the battle even more difficult!  In the second race Michael beat the Western Series Group by 9 seconds, that is ETERNITY in racing!   In the 3rd race Michael was against the Southern boys once again. Another racer crashed Michael's car in the previous race, so they gave him a new car at the last minute (an untested car with rear tires that looked worn out).  Well, Michael kept it in 1st the whole race with nose cones on the back of his tranny!  Last turn to the checkered flag, Michael's car wiggled enough for Michael Dorrbecker to take the win, Michael placed 2nd by a half of a second!  Fourth race in the Western group. They took Michael's 1st car away because they said it tripped the decibel meter of 85 (Michael was bummed because he said that the car was perfect).  Once again they pulled out another untested race car!  Michael started on the pole and quickly fell back to 5th...NO POWER!  He couldn't even stay in anyone's draft. BUT he was able to work the car hard in the turns and came in a super close second behind Emil Sildos... by get this .098 of a second!!!  Amazing... just Michael, me and my AMEX card against kids with private coaches and sponsors!

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April 4, 2009 - 1 in 8 Motorsports welcomes as a partner Fast Track Racing and High Performance Driving School! Our own staff have experienced the great courses and ture racing feel of this company. See http://www.fasttrackracing.com/

April 4, 2009 - An avid motorsports fan, Tim is a business development professional with experience rooted in the worldwide distribution of high-end performance products. In support of his global expansion strategies, Mr. McSwiney has developed an intimate working knowledge of the many resources afforded by the departments of commerce on both the state and federal levels. By developing and implementing a global support structure which envelopes both of these resources in tandem; Mr. McSwiney has spearheaded partnerships which have brought quantifiable results and favorable attention to the organizations that he has worked with. Tim will be leveraging various connections in corporate America, NASCAR and Offshore Powerboat Racing to develop some initiatives with manufacturers and various tier one aftermarket suppliers. He lives in Raleigh, NC with his wife Lisa where he is a rabid UNC basketball fan.  Tim is very proud to be working with so many talented individuals in the 1 in 8 and is honored to be associated with such a worthy cause.

April 4, 2009 - Jared Branon is the newest member to the 1 in 8 motorsports team. Kissimmee, Florida is his home; however the NASCAR schedule has been his home for the past 9 years, based in the Mooresville/ Charlotte area. Like many of his fellow racing competitors in NASCAR, Jared started racing go-karts with relatives that founded the sport and made it what it is today. He made the Main Event at the Daytona Dirt World Nationals 5 years in a row, beating 3,000 hopefuls. Racing is definitely in his blood.

Jared’s grandfather was a founding member of NASCAR in 1948. Jared has a degree in “Motorsports Management,” earned in 2002. His motto is “Competition, team work, precision, no excuses” and it’s what gets you to the winners circle. He’d also like to thank “Oakley,” his  sponsor.

Say “hey” if you see him moving quickly around the track. Jared is also a huge Florida Gators fan!       

April 4, 2009 - Jamel Lopes-Hurt was born on Long Island New York and relocated with his family to Charlotte, North Carolina before beginning high school. He is currently completing his Bachelors Studies at the University of North Carolina- Wilmington with a concentration in Business Marketing. His passion and enthusiasm for the automotive industry will aid him in helping the 1in8 Motorsports division of the 1in8 Foundation in their goal to fight Breast Cancer through early detection. His love for Cars and motorsport started when he first laid eyes on his uncle’s Datsun 260Z as a child and it was the start of an undying passion. He is an active member on many large automotive forums and continues to keep current with emerging trends in the motorsports and automotive world.

March 1, 2009 - Tom Simon was born and raised in New Jersey, and has recently relocated to the Raleigh/Durham area.  He is new to the 1in 8 team, and will be overseeing opportunities in music to help bring awareness to the foundation and the cause it represents.

Tom has spent the last 8 years of his life working in the music industry at Universal Republic/Universal Motown Records as a international project manager.  His passion to work in music was born when he went to Muhlenberg College (Allentown, PA) in 1997 and signed up to be a DJ at WMUH radio his first day on campus.  He already had a diverse music background, and quickly became music director for the radio station, the first person to obtain the position as a freshmen, which he held for his college career.  This helped develop his love for music and opened up new genres and avenues in an industry that is constantly adapting and struggling to maintain it's importance in today's popular culture.  Two days after graduating with a BA in Communications, he started at Universal, where he started as an assistant for the VP of International and rose through the ranks.  He's worked with such artists at 3 Doors Down, Hinder, Stevie Wonder, Jack Johnson and Nelly, just to name a few.  Along the way, his hard work and creative thinking helped develop these careers in a challenging international music environment.  He's looking forward to bringing music into the foundation as a vehicle to help spread awareness and create new opportunities for the foundation to grow.

March 1, 2009 -  More than thirty years of business management, marketing, merchandising, media relations, and advertising experience has kept Sarasota, Florida resident Thom Williams very busy. Earning a degree in business art in the late 80's from a prestigious Southern California Art School he became one of the first graphic artists to produce visual layouts on the web. His work with an animal welfare non-profit organization resulted in attendance and donations increasing over 40% in less than one year. Over the course of 11 years with Sarasota County Government, he has participated in dozens of innovative green programs and initiatives that led to dozens of service and customer awards and saved thousands of tax dollars.

He has become well known his photojournalism, for his unique touch to portrait photography, and for his cutting edge work with realistic digital paintings. He has a degree in Recording Engineering and is still a composing, multi-instrumental recording artist. Thom was one of the first musicians to lead the way in the early 80's with his own Indie label, producing a solo LP and a music video, which aired on the MTV basement tapes.

Thom has been an Honorary Board Member of 1 in 8 for many years after his mom became a breast cancer survivor, which raised his awareness that he and his two sisters are now potential victims. He has helped 1 in 8 from time to time with certain efforts and is extremely excited to now join 1 in 8 full time to take on the cause for early detection full force.

March 1, 2009 - 1in8 Motorsports welcomes, Steve Sudler, Co-Owner, Team 3G.

Steve Sudler, an 18-year veteran of the motorsports industry and sports marketing, teamed with long-time IndyCar owner Greg Beck to form Team 3G in 2008.

A native of Plainfield, Indiana, and a graduate of Indiana University with a degree in Organizational Communication, Sudler started his motorsports career as a crew member for Arciero Racing and driver Randy Lewis in 1990. While there, Sudler developed a passion for the business side of motorsports, having worked with sponsors such as Oracle, Samsung, Novell, and AMP.

 March 1, 2009 - Rob Rutten was born in Itazuke AFB, Fukuoka Japan. As a child, he moved frequently to many military bases in the US until North Carolina became his home. He majored in Communications at NC State University in Raleigh NC. An avid music buff and marching band fanatic, Rob was a member of the NC State Univ. Marching Band staff for 17 years as Show designer, drill instructor and percussion instructor. He still frequently plays drumset for the Little German Band of Raleigh and a few small jazz groups.

He recently worked for a contemporary furniture company as the GM and Marketing Director. As of March 2009. Rob will launch his own advertising company called the UnderDog Agency. It will help small businesses connect with affordable advertising and marketing companies in the area."Putting the bite back in small business" is the motto, and helping small businesses grow through passionate service and local business connections is the main purpose. A portion of the proceeds from sales from this business will be donated to the 1 in 8 Foundation.

Rob is very passionate about joining the 1 in 8 Foundation. Losing both parents to cancer and with the recent passing of a wonderful friend and true cancer awareness advocate Kay Yow, the legendary coach for NC States Womens basketball team, he now knows he has a calling to help all those in need. He wants everyone he meets to be passionate about raising cancer awareness, and to help raise money through innovative musical fundraisers and out of the box type events for other worthy causes.

March 1, 2009 -  Dean Martin is a native of North Carolina. Born near the Saura Town Mountian and Hanging rock state park. He was raised in the outdoors and enjoys fishing, canoeing, rafting, hiking / camping, horseback riding and pretty much anything outdoors. Dean, Like so many other people who get involved in raising money for a cause, has experienced first hand the effects of breast cancer and many other cancers in his own family. He began in high school where he started the first Relay For Life event in his area and continued this passion of awareness through doing education classes while in high school and college on early detection for breast,skin, and prostate cancer to the school staff and community groups as well as Autism and Tourettes(www.tsa-usa.org). Mr. Martin also enjoys music and has been a part of marching bands in Jr High, High school, college, and also played with Drum and Bugle Corp for a year. Mr. Martin also has a back ground in emergency medicine and working as a fire fighter as well for several years. He will be working with 1 in 8 to organize events with our Hero's Ride and Bikini's Vs. Breast Cancer along with a few other events mixed in.

March 1, 2009 - For Chad Eric Miller, the pursuit of happiness through horsepower started at an early age. One of his earliest memories is of a parade lap he co-piloted at Road Atlanta with his father in a classic car. The grin he had in that moment, has now been bored at least .30 over. He is a graduate of the Illinois Center for Broadcasting, and was once a guest radio host at the Rock'n'Roll Hall of Fame. Art projects, writing, and music, all occupy some of his free time when he isn't using his dynamic creativity in professional realms.

Chad will be the US Marketing Consultant on The Great University Build-Off. He has had hotrod 4x4's, motor swapped imports, a couple of motorbikes, and daydreams in all the possibilities of performance and customization for anything with wheels. Four wheeling, the 1/4 mile, rallycross, autocross, and spending all nighters just to read new motorsport magazines are not uncommon. His father unfortunately was taken by cancer, and Chad will never forget the passion they shared for performance. The 1 in 8 is an awesome foundation for him to honor his father and he looks forward to 2009, it will be an exciting year.

March 1, 2009 - Brian Slater was born and raised in Butler, PA along with his three brothers and one sister. Being the oldest child, Brian has learned the importance of setting a good example for others and hopes to continue this through his work with the 1 in 8 Foundation.

Brian was very active in sports throughout is school years, playing basketball, baseball and football. Although basketball became his passion in high school, he still actively participates in all sports throughout the community. After high school Brian attended Robert Morris University in Pittsburgh, PA. There he studied Marketing and Sports Management, earning a B.S.B.A degree in both.

After graduating, Brian worked in the advertising, marketing and promotional fields in Pittsburgh until he moved to North Carolina with his wife, Angela. Once in North Carolina Brian has worked with a variety of Recreational Sports Facilities in the area, helping children learn and accelerate through sports.

Angela carries with her a diverse background in event planning and implementation.  Alongside corporate events, conferences, and fundraisers, Angela is also experienced in festival and high-end wedding production.  Her event management profile includes contracts with high profile companies such as IBM, GM, State Farm, Home Depot, Anheuser-Busch, and others.  Angela moved to North Carolina from Pennsylvania in 2006.  She received a B.S.B.A. in International Marketing from the University of Pittsburgh.  Angela got her start in event planning during her college years by forming a Pittsburgh-based concert production company and an artist management team. 

Currently, Angela works for Kane Realty Corporation as the Events Manager for North Hills in Raleigh, NC. In her first year at North Hills Angela created a weekly music series that attracted over 40,000 throughout the season. You can learn more about North Hills at www.northhillsraleigh.com.

February 4, 2009 - Welcome the Chicago Blackhawks to the 1in8 team; Join them on Valentine day to support the 1in8!

January 28, 2009 – Dr. David A. Raimes, joins 1 in 8 Advisory Board (please see Advisory Board page for more info.)

January 26, 2009 - Born in the Bay Area and educated in the heart of the Silicon Valley, Jonathan Silva had dreams of greatness from a very young age. He started his first company at 16 and sold it shortly after graduating Santa Clara University. Over the years that he owned the business, Jonathan had amassed 15 small business partners and five larger corporate partners. When the company was sold it was bringing in over a quarter million dollars a year despite only operating part-time while attending university. Jonathan then went on to work for Sirius Satellite Radio where he ran their OEM Automotive Division within Northern CA. After two years, he left Sirius to run the West Coast marketing and sales operation for a green technologies company based in Sunrise, FL. These last few jobs put an ever increasing distance between Jonathan and his passion for motorsports and the automotive aftermarket. Late last year he decided it was time to get back to what he loved. So, he is currently breaking away once again to restart where he left off years ago by reopening his automotive marketing and promotions company. His newly formed operation currently represents two major tuners, a race track, and a very promising young driver whom the world will soon come to know and love. Jon's the newest member of our 1 in 8 Team.

January 25, 2009 - Louise Steinback is a real go-getter and one of the new members of the Action Team. Her interest in Breast Cancer awareness unfortunately came early in her life.  At age 18, she discovered a lump in her right breast.  It was removed and it was benign.  She, of course, was relieved but her doctor advised get to get annual mammograms to prevent missing something important in the future.  Well it did happen, at age 41 she found another lump.  It was a tumor and it was removed on December 19^th.  Everything was contained, and she opted for no further treatment but she does check every week and get a mammogram every 6 months. 

Unfortunately, her husband’s chance of getting breast cancer is even greater than hers.  His mother died of breast cancer 4 years ago and every one of her sisters has battled breast cancer.  She had 5 sisters. 

Louise’s daughter had her first scare at 21 years old.  Louise prays that her scares are over.   Louise  tells her that she must keep on top of it and never ever forget!

Louise is passionate about working for the 1 in 8 organization to help raise awareness and money for the uninsured or under insured.  She likes to take the unconventional route on many things and has recently closed a deal with the Chicago Blackhawks and is very close to closing a deal with the Professional Championship Bull Riders.   She’s hoping to make everyone that she can touch aware of Breast Cancer Early Detection.   If we can have everyone detect their disease early not only will the survival rate skyrocket but the very expensive drag that uninsured or under insured victims of breast cancer will be decreased greatly.  Everyone wins.

January 24, 2009 - Michael Ramies is the newest member of our Honorary Board and was born on February 2, 1991, in Portola Valley, California. rom a very young age Michael had a passion for cars. He loved everything about them, especially the speed, and knew that one day he wanted to be a race car driver.

His driving career was off to a good start when he received a battery operated Porsche for Christmas when he was almost 3. He then moved up to a gas powered go-kart at the age of 4. After that, when he was 12 years old, he participated in his first karting series through the Jim Russell Karting School at Infineon Raceway in Sonoma, California. He participated in this program for the next several years until he felt he was ready to move into open wheel formula racing. In 2006, at the age of 15, Michael participated in his first open wheel racing competition through the Skip Barber Western Regional Race Series at Laguna Seca in Salinas, California. In this series he took the podium five times, placed 11^th overall out of 110 drivers and took the 4^th place title for his sportsman group. Furthering his open wheel racing career, Ramies then entered the 2007 Jim Russell Championship Series in the spring, where he was the youngest driver in the series. No stranger to the podium, Ramies made it there five times and placed 15^th overall out of 100 participants, even with a late start into the series and four races behind. In the fall of 2007 he returned to Skip Barber where was now in the Championship group. The competition was intense, but he walked away with a 4^th place overall finish. Then, again, he returned to Skip Barber in the fall of 2008 where he is currently competing and proving himself to be a true contender as he just beat out last year’s champion for the first place finish in January. Out of his six races so far, he has been on the podium six times and currently holds the overall 2^nd place title in points.

His dream, of course, is to become a professional race car driver. He has been offered a seat with The Racers Group (TRG) to drive a Porsche Carrera 997 in their upcoming 2009 Grand Am Koni Challenge series. Since this price tag is out of reach for his parents they are still searching for potential sponsors. He has also been offered a job to test and develop a Nissan GTR for the Red Line Time Attack series. In the fall of 2008, he was asked to be the new *USF1* poster child and is currently in negotiations to participate in their driver development program. His momentum is certainly building and he looks forward to what the future will bring.

 January 24, 2009 - Anne Orchard lives and works in beautiful south-western England, having moved with her family to her husband’s home county of Dorset. She’s the newest member of the 1 in 8 Action Team and will be overseeing all our UK activity.

Following the death of her mother from cancer in 1991, Anne took an emotional journey to acceptance and peace.  Later, after her mother-in-law’s successful treatment for breast cancer in 2004, Anne felt she wanted to help others in the difficult position of supporting someone they care about through cancer.  She has now written and published her first book ‘Their Cancer – Your Journey : A Traveller’s Guide for Carers, Family and Friends’.  The book provides both practical and emotional support for those going through this challenging journey.  You can purchase ‘Their Cancer – Your Journey’ worldwide through Amazon and many other book-sellers.  Anne also supports friends and family of those with cancer further through her website www.familiesfacingcancer.org.

January 24, 2009 - Donna L. Martin has lived in the Kansas city area her whole life. She moved to Olathe, Ks in 1982, where she resides today. She has two grown sons, Ryan and Bobby. She has been in dentistry for 20 plus years and that is her love. When her best friend, Julie got Breast Cancer, she decided she wanted to work with an organization that could help other Breast Cancer patients. She left Dentistry in June and joined our team in January.

She is such a people person and loves to volunteer. She has worked with the homeless and children without healthcare for Dental needs. She has also volunteered with the seniors in the area. Donna is our newest member of our action team.

January 24, 2009 - La Trelle Metcalf is our newest Action Team member and currently attends St. Ambrose University pursuing a BA in Business Marketing.

He has a daughter have a daughter who was born this year and a cousin who is a survivor of breast cancer but he knows others who were not as fortunate. La Trelle also lost his father to cancer. Once he lost his father, he decided to continue his battle for him and he contacted the 1 in 8 which gave him a chance
to do just that. La Trelle hails from the Heartland of Kansas.

January 13, 2009 - Kate and Diana Harker join the 1 in 8 Board.

The Australian born twins have been competing in the sport of Drag Racing for over thirteen years. Their introduction to the sport came from their legendary father, Steve Harker who competes in the NHRA Top Alcohol Funny Car series. Kate and Diana began their careers in the Junior Dragster class in Australia before progressing into the 180MPH class of Modified Dragster. The twins moved to the United States in 2006 and 2007, with both sisters earning their NHRA Top Alcohol dragster license that sees them cover the quarter mile in less than 5.30 seconds at over 270MPH.

Kate and Diana became the first sisters to qualify for a NHRA Lucas Oil Top Alcohol Category at the World Finals in Pomona, CA in 2007. Diana’s win at the NHRA SuperNationals at Englishtown, NJ in 2008 wrote her into the history books as the First Non-Resident American Women to win an NHRA National Event. Kate has accomplished three National event final round appearances and one divisional event win in her short career. While her sister, Diana has earned a divisional event win and two runner-up appearances for herself and team on top of their International recorded National event win. Kate is currently the quickest Women in the NHRA Lucas Oil Sportsman Series recording an impressive 5.22 seconds pass in Chicago, IL.

Kate and Diana have made a significant impact on the motorsports world both on the track and in the media. As racecar drivers, Kate and Diana have had great accomplishments, while at the same time grabbing the spotlight with significant sponsor promotions, public appearances, and television broadcast. The twins have their eyes set on achieving accomplished careers in the NHRA Professional class of Top Fuel Dragsters, the kings of speed… or the Queens in this family.

www.harkertwins.com

January 12, 2009 - Robert Jessie Liddiard IV, is sure a mouthful but Jesse as he prefers to be called has quite a background. Born in Okinawa, Japan, he moved to California at age 2 and 9 years later found himself back in Japan. Then living in North Carolina since the age of 15, he attended East Carolina University earning a Bachelor of Arts in Communications and Public Relations in 2003. An avid rugby player he became a project coordinator for a large hardware company but was soon restless and moved into a Junior Project Manager’s position for a major architectural firm.

He still plays rugby and played on the national championship team, the Raleigh Vipers in 2007, where he was also a media rep. Jesse’s now switching gears and joining the 1 in 8 Events Team, developing events, nationwide, geared toward the youth market.

January 12, 2009 - Brandon Meldelson, is a 15-year-old graduate student studying American History at the University of Albany, in upstate, New York. He’s also an internationally recognized blogger and media expert who’s created a North American tour of universities in the US and Canada, involving over 180 schools. 

Accompanied by his partner, Amanda, he is determined to bring the message about the importance of early detection to college students coast to coast. If you’d like to have your college, university, community college or trade school included in the tour, please let us know.

January 12, 2009 - 1in * Welcomes Michael S. Zarnock. He is a legend of sorts. Not only is he considered to be the expert on Hot Wheels toys but his vast collection has earned him a place in the Guinness Book of World’s Records twice!

He is an American author and columnist, who write collector guides and has written 7 books and countless articles. Michael was born in Utica, New York and originally grew up with aspirations about working in his dad’s family body shop. When his parents divorced in 1974 plans changed and while his dad moved to Florida, Mike stayed in upstate New York, developing in the process a string work ethic, working 45 hours a week even during high school. Mike is also an avid Motor Cross racer and as an adult he’s build many show cars and dragsters. He written screenplays and is a successful winger and drummer, who’s had 3 albums in as many years. Mike has just joined the 2009 1 in 8 Build Team and he and his friends with be building a vehicle this season that will be auctioned off at the end of the year to raise money to fight breast cancer. 

December 18, 2008 - Lauren Fix Joins 1 in 8 Advisory Board

Lauren Fix, the Car Coach®, is a nationally recognized automotive expert in car care, repair, safety issues, buying and selling new and used cars and trucks, and driving skills.

She has the editor-in-chief for CarZen.com and has written articles and been quoted in USA Today, Good Housekeeping, Redbook, Woman’s World, Esquire, First for Women, InTouch and Self. She is a contributing editor to Motor Trend, Truck Trend, Hot Rod, and Car Craft. In addition, Lauren is the Automotive Editor for YourLifeMagazine.com and author of three books, Driving Ambitions: A Complete Guide to Amateur Auto Racing and The Performance Tire and Wheel Handbook. Look for her third book “Lauren’s Guide To Loving Your Car” with St. Martin Press.

Lauren’s broadcast experience includes Oprah, The View, TODAY, 20/20, The Early Show, CNN, FOX News, MSNBC, Headline News, TBS Makeover and a Movie, Inside Edition, ESPN, TBS, Discovery, Speed, and NPR. Lauren is the host of Talk 2 DIY Automotive, on the Do-It-Yourself Network (DIY), aired 4 seasons and Female Driven on Lifetime TV.

A member of the Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) since 1982, Lauren is an ASE (Automotive Service Excellence) certified technician. She inherited her love of all things automotive from her father who owned a brake remanufacturing business and many cars. Lauren has been fixing, restoring and racing cars since the age of 10.  She has been advising drivers for almost all her life.

Lauren Fix has a high “trust factor” and can connect with viewers everywhere.

November 25, 2008 - The Website, http://www.inspiremetoday.com recently highlight our President, Ken Vrana as one of thier Luminaries. hear his interview at: http://www.inspiremetoday.com/pub/audio/503_d4ffbfe3602bdbce947bb38928481605.mp3

November 25, 2008 - The Website, http://www.inspiremetoday.com recently featured Speedsters creator's Noelle Vrana as one of their Luminaries. Listen to her interview : http://www.inspiremetoday.com/pub/audio/487_4e9a8e56ee49a88abd981692d391c462.mp3

November 7, 2008 – International race drivers Amanda Hennessy and Robert Dubler and 1 in 8 CEO, Ken Vrana relax at Minus 5, in Las Vegas, after a week at SEMA.

November 4 – 7, 2008 - As usual, SEMA was great this year. The annual aftermarket show is the 500 pound gorilla in the industry and 1 in 8 CEO, Ken Vrana took the opportunity to reinforce the position of the 1 in 8, as the fastest growing motorsports charity in the world.

Ken also took the time to hang out with some of his old friends and forge some new relationships. Indycar legend, Johnny Rutherford spent days signing autographs for his many fans. He also had the chance to spend some time with Indy 500 Winner, Dario Franchitti, exchanging stories about PPG/Indycar.

Drag racing legend Tom, “Mongoose” McEwen was there and the dynamic NHRA Top Alcohol Team of Diana and Kate Harker, were greeting their rapidly growing fans.

1 in 8 board member and race driver, Amanda Hennessy, was signing autographs at the GH Wheel booth, and Swiss chocolate maker and race driver, Robert Dubler also made the rounds. James J. Wied, BCS President and CEO and Toby Clement, and Senior VP at BCS International, spent hours creating an exciting new relationship with the 1 in 8 and Ken had the chance to spend some time with Sam Posey.

There were old friends, like 1 in 8 board member  Mario Andretti but Ken also got to make some new friends like Stacey David or GEAZS TV, Vans shoe artist, PNUT, Mopar Legend, Mr. Norm and Motorsports expert, Lauren Fix.

One of the highlights of the week was Ken’s participation in a custom painting clinic hosted by the crew at West Coast Customs.

                 Johnny Rutherford                         Tom "Mongoose" McEwen                 Amanda Hennessy & GH Wheel       Toby Clement, Sr. VP at BCS Intl 

    Mario Andretti, 1in8 Board          PNUT, GEAZS TV, Vans shoe artist           Norm Kraus, Mopar Legend              Lauren Fix, Motorsports Expert

    Dario Franchitti, Indy 500 Winner                  Diane and Kate Harker, Top Fuel Team                             Sam Posey

                   Stacey David                                      Ken at West Coast Customs Painting Class                             West Coast Customs                Robert Dubbler,Race Driver & Chocolate Maker                                 

November 10, 2008 -

We’re proud to welcome Jonathan Ressler to the 1 in 8 Action Team. Prior to forming Big Fat Sports, an agency dedicated to connecting athletes with brands, Ressler served as Chief Marketing Officer to a number of companies in the mobile and social media arenas.  As CMO of Juice Wireless, Ressler was able to grow Juicecaster’s registered user base ten fold and led the rebranding of the award-winning JuiceCaster social media product and played a key role in the refinancing of the company.  Before Juice Wireless, in 1996, Ressler served as CMO of a public company, Oasys Mobile, which is an award winning international mobile application and game developer and marketer.  While at Oasys he closed many deals with some of the largest and most recognized brands in the world, leading them into the mobile space.

November 10, 2008 -

The 1 in 8 Action Team welcomes Sara Nycki. Sara was born and raised in Toronto, Canada.  While studying to become a lawyer, her career path changed and led her to co-owning a business at just 21 years of age.  Through family, friends and business, Sara was always the one to organise the party.  Parties large and small were handled with the every detail in mind. A true entrepreneur, Sara turned her party skills to running her own business in event planning. 

A specific interest in combining events with special causes and fundraising lead her to 1in8 Motorsports Initiatives.  Years ago, Sara felt the impact of cancer with the sudden loss of her grandmother a mere two weeks after being diagnosed. Through intimate loss and affliction and an even stronger desire to prevent this disease from gaining in numbers, ‘going pink’ has become a growing priority in Sara’s life...

With plans to launch several initiatives throughout Canada, I look forward to seeing you at one soon!

November 10, 2008 -

Paige Donahoe is the newest member of our Action Team. Paige is a motorsports marketing professional who lives in Corona, CA. She is married and has two children.   She joins 1 in 8 motorsports with a long history not only in motorsports, but in marketing and event planning as well

Paige has been involved in motorsports since she was a little girl. She started out attending SCCA races with her sister and helping out with timing. She went on to race herself in such races as the world famous Baja 1000, Baja 500 and Vegas to Reno as the co-driver. She has competed on race teams and owned them as well.   Paige’s race teams have enjoyed sponsorships from Ford Motor Company and Toyota Motorsales USA as well as BFG, KC Hilites, and Banks Power. She and her race team have won the Baja 1000 twice and have numerous SCORE Class championships, one of which was won last year.   

Paige received her Bachelors’ degree from California State University, Fullerton. Her degree is in Marketing and Advertising. Upon graduation she quickly put her degree to work and has enjoyed a diverse career in marketing mostly at the director level. She most found herself working for former sponsor and Diesel Power Guru Gale Banks as his Marketing Manager.  Her career has taken her from the shopping center industry to the environmental industry and ultimately to her passion – motorsports industry.

Paige will be heading up many different ventures out on the west coast and will also be focused on building our network in the motorsports industry.

November 10, 2008 -

Diane Creasy comes from Teleflex/Kongsberg, where she was Director of Global Marketing. She also has substantial motorsports industry background and has been in charge of racing sponsorship for CART’s Visteon Racing (Pat Patrick’s Team) and the F-Series Desert Racing Series.

Throughout her 30 year corporate and sponsorship career, she has maintained close relationships with mainstream sponsors. She also holds both an undergraduate and graduate degree in Marketing. Her mother is also a 20 year breast cancer survivor. Diane is Florida based and will be overseeing a lot of what the 1 in 8 does in the South.

 November 10, 2008 - 

Brian Chiou has joined the 1 in 8 Action Team as our internet marketing guru. He will be working on corporate partnerships and with on-line entities like MySpace, Craigslist, Facebook and Twitter. Here’s what Brian had to say about coning on board. “I recently joined the 1 in 8 team. I was lucky enough to meet Ken and his wife through Craigslist about an opportunity in becoming something much larger than my everyday life.

The 1 in 8 symbol of a clock definitely applies to our goals as an organization, and it’s up to us to have everyone understand the reasoning behind it. Viral markets are the way to achieve this goal both quickly and efficiently. I am sure everyone agrees that cancer does not just affect the person who has the illness, but also the people around them. I would consider myself collateral, because I have been that person who has seen cancer ravage a person that meant something to me.”

November 8, 2008 - Fire Bar and Grill, 435 Angela Lane, Crystal Lake, IL -held a 1in8 Foundation/Motorsports Breast Cancer Fundraiser.

October 7, 2008 - 1 in 8 Motorsports Official Specialty Wheel Company, GH is launching a major campaign to promote their new 1 in 8 Wheel. This campaign is beginning with major advertising in upscale automotive publications like Dupont Registry, and will continue with their presence at SEMA, where 1 in 8 board member, Amanda Hennessey will be in there to meet and greet.