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Springville, TN (7/25/2007) - What
started out as a friendly "hair for win"
challenge between Team Rockstar/MSR/ProTaper/Suzuki/Yoshimura
and David Screws, the publisher of ATV Racin' Extra,
escalated into a full blown benefit drive during the
WPSA's AMSOIL Wild Cat Open Championship round in
Rossville, IN on July 21st and 22nd.
After raising almost $13,000 to help the family
of Chris Earlywine, who had passed away recently
due to heart complications, at an auction benefit
on Saturday evening, the word spread throughout
the Pro, Amateur and Youth pits about the Suzuki/Screws
wager. Once it was learned that the publisher's
hair was at stake if Suzuki won the SuperQuad Pro
450 feature race, the buzz around Sunday's events
became "I'd pay money to see that."
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With this in mind, the wagering parties went into
negotiation mode and came up with a plan. Screws
would have his head shaved, regardless of whether
Suzuki won or not, if the people could raise at
least $1000 for the 88LiveToRide and Mobile Medical
Unit funds. This offer created a frenzy of donations
and before one could sharpen their clippers, the
deal was sealed.
At high noon, hundreds of racers, families, friends
and fans gathered around the Suzuki rig and watched
as the publisher's hair was sheered. Ryan Cox, mechanic
for Team Suzuki's Chad Wienen, had first shot at
the white locks since he and Wienen were the instigators
of the original friendly challenge. Cox's "BoZo"
the clown cut proved a crowd favorite but quickly
disappeared as Shannon Miller, a WPSA staff member
and race mom, gave Screws a little more respectable
style to his now considerably shortened "hair
do".
When all was said and done, the "Benefit Buzz"
had raised well over $1000 for the 88LiveToRide
and Mobile Medical Unit funds and had sent friends
of the publisher in search of sun screen for his
newly exposed scalp.
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Springville, TN 38256
(731) 644-0534
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