Nicole Lenz Forms
Team13 Foundation for Youth ATV
Deforest, WI (3/22/2018) – In
honor of her late son Kyler Lenz, Nicole Lenz
announced she has formed the Team13 Foundation
to support youth racers in the AMA ATV Motocross
National Championship. The foundation’s goal is
to support young racers and bring more awareness
to safety gear.
After losing their son in a racing incident last
season, Kevin and Nicole Lenz wanted to do something
to honor him. Youth racing is a huge part of the
family’s life, and they wanted to continue that
while giving back to the sport Kyler loved.
“Kyler really enjoyed his time at the track and
he always seemed to have other kids gravitate
toward him, so we wanted to try to continue that
in his honor to help other kids,” said Nicole
Lenz.“We got together with our sponsors: Bell
Helmets, Fly Racing and JSRMotodesigns and raised
money on our own to help kids in the sport. We
will give a free Bell helmet, set of Fly gear,
Team13 shirts and sweatshirts as well as $500
to each rider to help parents defer the costs
of running Nationals.”
The foundation will be helping six riders this
year in honor of Kyler. Nicole said the sense
of inclusion, friendship and kinship is what drew
her son to racing. She wanted to ensure those
experiences could be shared with future youth
racers.
“When he found racing, he was easily accepted
and that meant a lot to us,” said Nicole Lenz.
“The kids he hung out with during the race weekends
made him feel like one of the cool kids. Kids
are not left out at the track; they are all together.
After his accident, we knew we wanted to continue
with the sport. We also wanted to let other kids
experience the kind of inclusion and friendship
that Kyler experienced.”
Look for Team13 at all of this year’s AMA ATV
Motocross National Championship races.
Ben Berger #75 B Class
Nick Vallone #81 C Class
Corey Osborne #19 Schoolboy Sr and Supermini
Hayle Goff #5H Schoolgirl Sr and Youth All Star
Bruce Capen #111 90 Class
Caden Deran #7M 90 Jr Class
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