FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
February 11, 2008
THE ASSOCIATION FOR DIVERSITY IN MOTORSPORTS
KICK OFF
“DRIVING THE VOTE, BRIDGING THE GAP”
CAMPAIGN
Association For Diversity in Motorsports promotes educating the youth in achieving professional opportunities in Motorsports.
(Greensboro, NC) -- The Association For Diversity In Motorsports (AFDIM) and Infinity Business Affiliates INC., will be traveling throughout the country to various Motorsports and political venues, registering new voters and educating various groups about the business/career opportunities and family entertainment found in motorsports.
This 2008 “Driving The Vote, Bridging The Gap” voter registration drive gives AFDIM, with the assistance of strategic Corporate sponsors, the chance to make NASCAR fans a “voice to be heard” on social issues as well as expands the opportunity to become Professionals in Motorsports, for a more diverse community of youth. In the media, we always hear about the “Soccer mom”. AFDIM and its partners now believe, it’s time for the “Motorsports Mom and Dad” to have a voice.
We will have “Driving The Vote, Bridging The Gap” booths at various NASCAR sponsored races. Also, as we travel across the country, we will have representatives from local/national civic and political groups, celebrities, corporations and media outlets appear in support of our drive. “We will be registering new voters until the registration deadline for the 2008 Presidential election. After the voter registration deadline we will be reminding people to vote in November”, said Wayne Clapp, Executive Director of AFDIM.
The “Driving The Vote, Bridging The Gap” voter registration drive will not stop after the November 2008 Presidential election. This database of new politically active motorsports fans and other individuals that pledge their support will be followed-up with electronically or by mail with our monthly newsletter highlighting racing news and whatever social issues that our readers say are the most important to them. We will then inform the rest of the community on the issues of importance and how, together, we can lend our voice or letters to effect change.
Throughout the year we will be fundraising through concerts and fun entertainment racing events in order to lend a hand to our racing community. Through this effort we hope to bring the existing motorsports family together and bring new motorsports fans into our community; all the while, making sure that every voice is accounted for and heard.
The racing community consists of all types and varieties of individuals and corporations making up the fabric of the United States, yet when it comes to social issues, we are left behind. “It is now time to Bridge the Gap in Motorsports”, said Dave Resendes, President of Infinity Business Affiliates, INC.
