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DRAW held its Annual Fall Auction at the Texas Motorplex in Dallas, TX, on September 29. As usual, the staff of the Motorplex was very accommodating. Billy and Debra Meyer, owners of the Texas Motorplex, provide the facility and finger foods for the event. Plus, Billy always seems to bring someone with him that is willing to spend some money. Billy is a man of his word when he told Rosalee prior to the starting of the event; “This is going to be the biggest yet.” It truly was. $96,200 is the most we have raised at a single auction since we left Indy. One of the exciting part of the auction was when John Paul DeJoria, Alexis DeJoria’s Father, stood up and said he wasn’t there to bid he just wanted to donate $5,000 and challenged others to do the same. Rodger Brogdon and Billy Meyer each responded. Billy said Paul Candies would also like to make a donation. Of course, that set the stage for
the evening. The high dollar item was a picture of Ashley Force-Hood that was purchased by her Dad for her Mother. A lot of the pro drivers were in attendance which added a lot of excitement to the evening. Of course, Bob Frey and Alan Reinhart were at the top of their game. Working the crowd and getting top dollar for the items offered up for bidding. An event like this cannot be put on without the volunteers. Thanks to the following volunteers: Vicki Aswege, Linda Bianco, Diane and John Cole, Karen and Rodger Comstock, Hunter Cox, Bob Frey, Judy and Olan Gotcher, Beth Hyatt, Allison and Bill Kuhn, Sarah and William McLemore, Rosalee and Terry Noble, Eric Pearson Beth and Mickey Prestridge, Alan Reinhart, Lance Sissom , Lynn Van Vallis, and Yokie VanVallis and Yvette Williams . Thank you to everyone who donated to the auction; attended the auction; and of course, the bidders.
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During the World Finals in 1984, a card table was set up selling raffles tickets, T-shirts etc to aid Shirley Muldowney after her horrific accident in Canada that year. If money could be raised to help 1 person, why not help all the injured racers! As most of us in this room know, this was the beginning of DRAW.
At the 1985 US Nationals in Indianapolis, DRAW held it’s first BBQ. DRAW Founders: Holly Beadle, Linda McCulloch, Lynn Prudhomme, Laura Earwood, Diane Hedrich, Janie Oswald, Pat Gartlits, Gere Amato, Penny Beck, Etta Glidden thought adding an Auction the following year would be a great idea.
Over the years, as personal/racer and sponsor demands were added to our sport of drag racing, it became increasingly harder to put on the BBQ & Auction at Indy and have good participation. It was decided by the board in 2000 to move the spring auction to the new track being built in Joliet. We fought mother nature for many years there. Rosalee and I never knew if we should order fans or heaters to help keep the attendees comfortable. Then the tornadoes decided to participate and the board knew we had to do something different. It was decided to move the auction to Englishtown! Lori Ann of Castrol was gracious enough to let us use their tent In spite of their generosity, we incurred additional costs that subtracted substantially from the profit. But with these few growing pains, the auction succeeded in bringing in additional aid for injured racers.
As I mentioned there were a few growing pains, and Mike Lewis, VP of Don Schumacher Racing, came to me and said “what exactly do you girls need”. Our needs were pretty simple, He spoke with Don Schumacher who gave the green light, and Will Truit, GM, Kim Kries & Jeff “Gypsy” Mohr of Hospitality informed their troops that DSR would be hosting the Spring DRAW auction. With This new addition of DSR hosting us in one their hospitality facilities, right in the middle of the pits where everyone could easily find us, with lights, fans, tables, chairs, and no additional labor or costs to DRAW, we were able to once again raise funds for injured racers. DRAW had over 100 happy participants to the spring auction in 2012.
This year’s recipient of Company of the Year goes to Don Schumacher Racing!
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This year’s DRAW Person of the Year became a member of the NHRA community a few years ago. Early into his first race season with NHRA, he became involved with DRAW when he helped put DRAW in touch with the family of a sportsman racer who had died in a racing accident. From that time on, he has been a very active supporter and a good friend to DRAW. He publicizes DRAW on his Face Book page and was the driving force behind the helmet, which brought top dollar at last year’s DRAW Auction. This year’s DRAW Person of the Year is Terry McMillan
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DRAW Volunteer of the Year
This year’s DRAW Volunteer of the Year has been an Area Coordinator for 15 years. In addition to her activities as an area coordinator and doing fund raising in her area, she has been the keeper and mailer of WARD Bear. WARD Bear, who is stuffed with love and prayers, is sent to each of the injured racers to keep them company throughout their recovery. Deb Pearson is DRAW’s Volunteer of the Year.
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SIT ON THE COUCH FOR A CAUSE By Bob frey
The great American "Sit on the Couch for a Cause" is now history. Ok, so maybe it wasn't the great "American" Sit-In, but it was big news in the Frey household. After months, make that years of preparation, I finally sat on the couch for a reason (as opposed to sitting on it for no particular reason), and that reason was to raise money for DRAW, the Drag Racing Association of Women, the great group that raises money to help injured racers. Earlier this summer I announced that I was going to raise money for DRAW by doing nothing, and as far as I can see nobody does nothing better than I do. Without going into all of the details let me just say that we raised over $5,000 for DRAW thanks to the contributions of over one hundred people, and the donations ranged from $1 to $750. On behalf of DRAW I would like to thank everyone who contributed and those who supported the cause. Now I have to say that this was a lot of work and I'm still recovering from hours on the couch this past Sunday, so while I don't know if this will become an annual thing I do want to thank everyone for making it a very successful venture this time. Hey, let's face it, where can you raise that kind of money by doing nothing? That raises money to help injured racers.
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The History Lesson By Deb Thompson Draw Historian
Since this is a “history lesson” and I just had a birthday myself, I decided to just start at the beginning, with the birthday of DRAW. Once upon a time, a raffle was held to raise money to help top fuel racer Shirley Muldowney after a drag racing accident. As the saying goes, one thing led to another and DRAW was organized at the WinterNationals in February 1985 with only 10 member ’s total. By April 1985, 2 months after its inception, DRAW had approximately 150 members and was “growing daily” as reported by Holly Beadle, the President of DRAW. Linda McCulloch was Vice-President; Lynn Prudhomme was Treasurer and Laura Earwood, Secretary. Members of the Board of Directors were Diane Hedrich, Janie Oswald, Pat Garlits, Gere Amato, Penny Beck and Etta Glidden. Fundraising projects for 1985 included the sale of DRAW T-Shirts, pins, candy and a drag racing celebrity cookbook. There was a nostalgia booth at the IHRA Winston Spring Nationals. At the US Nationals there was a BBQ with plans for a silent auction. I personally remember signing up to join this worthy cause when I found 2 women with information and membership forms sitting at a card table at a points meet at Lucas Oil Raceway – Indianapolis. How far we have come! Did Holly Beadle and the rest of the Board of Directors back in 1985 ever guess that 27 years later DRAW would be the huge organization it is, touching the lives of those injured racers/families and granting millions of dollars in aid to injured racers? Did they know that the BBQ and plans for a silent auction at the US Nationals in 1985 would grow to be the annual auction that people love to attend? We went from signing up members at a card table to the DRAW merchandise booth at national events with multiple booths across the country selling merchandise on a division level. The only thing that has NOT changed over the 27 years is the fact that DRAW would not be where it is, either back in 1985 or today in 2012, without the good people volunteering and giving of themselves to help others. DRAW is as strong as it is because of the people who support this organization, from the Board of Directors to the people who volunteer time, donate money, become a member or send a card to an injured racer. It all counts to make DRAW work.
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Honoring Bill "Grumpy" Jenkins
To Friends of Bill "Grumpy" Jenkins - per the Jenkins family's request, if you would like to make a donation to DRAW in memory of "Grumpy" you can go to the Donate Page. You may print the form to mail with a check or money order or make a donation on-line.
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Committee and Volunteer Opportunities for 2013
In 2013, DRAW will mark its 28th year of providing "Fast Help for Fast Friends." It takes the time and talent of many people to make our mission a reality. There are many ways you can help make 2013 DRAW's best year ever.
DRAW's lifeblood is dedicated volunteers. You can make a valuable contribution to DRAW by joining one of our committees: Website, Newsletter, Membership, Fundraising, Injured Racer Calling, and others that might arise during the year. If you are interested in volunteering or joining one of DRAW's committees, please submit an application to Tracy Winters, 1808-1826 Baldwin Street, Rockledge, FL 32955, 321-632-6205 x 13, tracyw@racewithjw.com .
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