{"id":1625,"date":"1997-09-26T20:30:25","date_gmt":"1997-09-26T20:30:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/manifestclients.com\/teamusa\/?p=1625"},"modified":"2017-05-17T00:24:25","modified_gmt":"2017-05-17T00:24:25","slug":"road-racing-drivers-club-joins-team-usa-scholarship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/teamusascholarship.org\/?p=1625","title":{"rendered":"Road Racing Drivers Club Joins Team USA Scholarship"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Dublin, Ohio<\/strong> — The Valvoline Team USA Scholarship is proud to announce the addition of the Road Racing Drivers Club as a participating sponsor.<\/p>\n

“We are very pleased to have such a historic and important organization join our distinguished list of supporters,” said Team USA Scholarship founder Jeremy Shaw. “Road Racing Drivers Club members have made a lot of history and we feel the youngsters involved in the Team USA Scholarship are doing the same.”<\/p>\n

Road Racing Drivers Club President Brian Redman echoed Shaw’s comments:”The club believes strongly in helping young drivers move up the professional ladder. We are excited to be a part of Team USA because it has the same goal.”<\/p>\n

Redman won the North American Formula 5000 Championship three times in the 1970s and was the 1981 IMSA Camel GT champion. He is currently heavily involved in the historic racing scene.<\/p>\n

The Road Racing Drivers Club, founded in the 1950s by the late Edward “Tobe” Tobin and a group of friends, has played an influential role in improving insurance and safety standards for drivers, crews, workers and fans. Membership in the club is by invitation only to accomplished drivers who have also displayed sportsmanship and gentlemanly behavior. Presently, the club has over 200 members, all of whom have made a substantial contribution to motorsports, including Phil Hill, Rick Mears, Paul Newman, Bobby Rahal and Jackie Stewart.<\/p>\n

The Road Racing Drivers Club currently presents two awards annually. The Mark Donohue Award has been bestowed since 1971 for outstanding performance, sportsmanship and competitiveness in SCCA road racing. The Phil Hill Award is presented at the Rolex 24 Hours at Daytona to recognize career achievement.<\/p>\n

Major support for the Road Racing Drivers Club comes from the Chrysler Corporation. Other sponsors include BBS of America, K&K Insurance, Ford Motor Company, The Gorsline Company, Robert Bosch, Elkhart Lake’s Road America, Ashland Oil Company, Skip Barber Racing School, Inc., Brumos Motor Cars, Inc., Jaguar Cars, Inc., Bob Akin Motorsports Ltd., and SVRA.<\/p>\n

This year’s Valvoline Team USA Scholarship winners, Buddy Rice and Matt Sielsky, will represent the United States in the Formula Opel Nations Cup VIII at Donington Park, England, on October 18-19. The pair of talented young American drivers departed for England on Monday (September 22) and are scheduled to complete at least five days of testing in preparation for the event.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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