DWD Racing: DWD Racing Wraps Up Season With VIR Enduro

Danville, Va. (Oct. 26, 2005) – Danville-based DWD Racing has filed an entry for the Nov. 5 Kumho Tires Charge of the Headlight Brigade, a 13-hour endurance race sanctioned by the North Carolina Region of the Sports Car Club of America, at VIRginia International Raceway. The team’s racing effort will be combined with a fund-raising campaign to benefit Breast Cancer Awareness.

Team owner Julie Allen will share the No. 1 DWD Racing Mazda Miata in the 13-hour race, the longest club-racing endurance event in America, with renowned female racer Dr. Audrey Zavodsky in the Spec Miata class. The team will be sponsored by World Wide Racing Fuels (Sunoco), Quality Tire Recycling (QTR), KAB Enterprises, Sleep Inn, Mary’s Diner, Powers Signs, Comfort Inn & Suites and ADI Motorsports.

Dr. Audrey Zavodsky is one of America’s most accomplished female racers, but racing is just one of her areas of expertise. She has raced and won in the Women’s Global GT Series and Panoz Pro Series, she is a multi-time SCCA regional champion, and has most recently competed in the Grand-Am Cup series. She is also the first-ever female driving instructor employed by the famed Bondurant School of High-Performance Driving. When she is not racing, she is employed as the corporate nurse for Ford Motor Company, and is also a motivational speaker.

The DWD Racing entry will display the pink ribbon for Breast Cancer Awareness. In recognition of October as National Breast Cancer Awareness Month, DWD Racing will make a $0.50 donation for each mile that Zavodsky and Allen complete. Fans are welcomed and encouraged to add their own donations before or after the race.

“I’m really looking forward to driving the DWD Racing Miata in the Kumho Tires Charge of the Headlight Brigade,” Zavodsky said. “VIR is one of my favorite tracks, and Julie and I have been looking for a way to go racing together for some time now. To be able to do it with such a fun car on such a great track, and to tie it all together to benefit a great cause, Breast Cancer Awareness, is like a victory before we even take the green flag.

“I am proud that DWD Racing can make a small contribution towards raising the awareness of racing fans about the dangers of breast cancer,” said Allen, “and to help educate them about the preventive measures that can be taken to avoid this deadly disease.”

The Pink Ribbon campaign is a function of the National Breast Cancer Foundation, whose mission is to save lives by increasing awareness of breast cancer through education and by providing mammograms for those in need.

Every two minutes a woman is diagnosed with breast cancer.
This year more than 200,000 new cases of breast cancer are expected in the United States.
One woman in eight who lives to age 85 will develop breast cancer during her lifetime.
Breast cancer is the leading cause of death in women between the ages of 40 and 55.
1,600 men are expected to be diagnosed with breast cancer this year and 400 are predicted to die.
Seventy percent of all breast cancers are found through breast self-exams. Not all lumps are detectable by touch. Regular mammograms and monthly breast self-exams are recommended.
Eight out of ten breast lumps are not cancerous. If you find a lump, don't panic -- call your doctor for an appointment.
Mammography is a low-dose X-ray examination that can detect breast cancer up to two years before it is large enough to be felt.
When breast cancer is found early, the five-year survival rate is 96%. This is good news! Over 2 million breast cancer survivors are alive in America today.

DWD (Damn Woman Driver) Racing, Inc. is a race team, which offers event management services to its sponsors. Julie Allen, owner and driver, has been involved in racing on both the participant and management sides since 1994. During her motorsports career, she has served as Membership/Marketing Director for the Sportscar Vintage Racing Association (SVRA) and Marketing Director for VIRginia International Raceway. She has experienced motorsports from the sanctioning body, race course and race team perspectives. As a driver, Allen first competed in a professional series in 2004 after a few years of vintage racing.

For more information, check the team’s website at www.dwdracing.com or contact Julie Allen at DWD Racing by telephone at (434) 203-1579 or by email at julie@dwdracing.com.