D.R.A.W. 2008 AWARDS
Thu, 2008-10-16 18:35
During the O’Reilly Super Start Batteries NHRA Nationals, the Drag
Racing Association of Women held its annual auction hosted by Billy and
Deborah Meyer and the staff of the Texas Motorplex. During the evening,
members of the DRAW Board of Trustees presented DRAW’s Person of the
Year, Company of the Year, and Volunteer of the Year awards.
The 2008 DRAW Person of the Year award was presented to the NHRA Media Relations Staff, which worked hard to promote DRAW by involving both the drag racing community and the fans in NHRA Softball Classic fund-raising activity. Even though Mother Nature didn’t cooperate and the first ball of the softball game wasn’t even thrown out in Maple Grove. Lachelle Seymour accepted on behalf on the staff. During the O’Reilly Super Start Batteries NHRA Nationals, the Drag Racing Association of Women held its annual auction hosted by Billy and Deborah Meyer and the staff of the Texas Motorplex. During the evening, members of the DRAW Board of Trustees presented DRAW’s Person of the Year, Company of the Year, and Volunteer of the Year awards.
The 2008 DRAW Person of the Year award was presented to the NHRA Media Relations Staff, which worked hard to promote DRAW by involving both the drag racing community and the fans in NHRA Softball Classic fund-raising activity. Even though Mother Nature didn’t cooperate and the first ball of the softball game wasn’t even thrown out in Maple Grove. Lachelle Seymour accepted on behalf on the staff.
The 2008 DRAW Company of the Year award was presented to Mopar. To help make Mopar racers more aware of DRAW’s efforts, Mopar included DRAW in the autograph session held during the Block Party at the Mopar Mile High Nationals in Denver. John Danato accepted on behalf of the company.
This year’s DRAW Volunteer of the Year was John Cole who, with the help of his wife, has raised $80,000 for DRAW in the last 10 years through 50/50 raffles. The raffle in Dallas was the 53rd raffle in which he has participated. He walks an average of 25 miles during an event to sell raffle tickets.
The 2008 DRAW Person of the Year award was presented to the NHRA Media Relations Staff, which worked hard to promote DRAW by involving both the drag racing community and the fans in NHRA Softball Classic fund-raising activity. Even though Mother Nature didn’t cooperate and the first ball of the softball game wasn’t even thrown out in Maple Grove. Lachelle Seymour accepted on behalf on the staff. During the O’Reilly Super Start Batteries NHRA Nationals, the Drag Racing Association of Women held its annual auction hosted by Billy and Deborah Meyer and the staff of the Texas Motorplex. During the evening, members of the DRAW Board of Trustees presented DRAW’s Person of the Year, Company of the Year, and Volunteer of the Year awards.
The 2008 DRAW Person of the Year award was presented to the NHRA Media Relations Staff, which worked hard to promote DRAW by involving both the drag racing community and the fans in NHRA Softball Classic fund-raising activity. Even though Mother Nature didn’t cooperate and the first ball of the softball game wasn’t even thrown out in Maple Grove. Lachelle Seymour accepted on behalf on the staff.
The 2008 DRAW Company of the Year award was presented to Mopar. To help make Mopar racers more aware of DRAW’s efforts, Mopar included DRAW in the autograph session held during the Block Party at the Mopar Mile High Nationals in Denver. John Danato accepted on behalf of the company.
This year’s DRAW Volunteer of the Year was John Cole who, with the help of his wife, has raised $80,000 for DRAW in the last 10 years through 50/50 raffles. The raffle in Dallas was the 53rd raffle in which he has participated. He walks an average of 25 miles during an event to sell raffle tickets.
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