Collete Davis Urges Girls to Rev Up Their Brain Power

 

Keep your words small if you like, but you’ll be talking to someone who is fluent in such things as calculus, linear algebra and differential geometry. Oh and feel free to work in some chit-chat about kinematics, physics, pneumatics and micrometers as well.

Collete Davis, the 21st Woman of pressdog®, has some eyebrow-raising academic bone fides. She skipped sixth grade entirely, graduated from high school two years early and won a $40,000 National Science Foundation scholarship to attend renowned Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University — is all. At age 18, Collete is already a sophomore at Embry-Riddle.

Clearly, this petite blond teenager can deliver a serious and sustained beat down in the science classroom. Not only that, but she’s also urging other girls to plunge full-throttle into math and sciences.

More Estrogen in Engineering

If you think females race car drivers are rare, check out the nearest college of engineering. There are eight male students for every one female student at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, a lopsided ratio that plays out repeatedly at similar universities.

In an effort to address the disparity, Embry-Riddle helped sponsor Collete last season and made her a student ambassador who went to middle schools and urged female students to embrace their brain power.

“The biggest thing is kids having the whole ‘you’re a nerd’ perception or ‘Oh my gosh. You like math? You’re so smart. That’s not cool,’ ” said Collete. “So I was letting them know it’s OK. You’re not weird. A ‘look-at-me’ type thing, and that really helps them.”

Collete says there are a lot of similarities between the “women can’t race cars” and “women can’t be scientists” stereotypes. And since so much of racing is science and engineering, her combination of science brain and racing passion gives Collete an opportunity to blow up two stereotypes at once.

“I spoke to middle school girls obviously about my racing, but also how that ties in to engineering” she said. “I think the biggest thing is that there are always misconceptions about engineering. When you think of an engineer — at least for me when I was younger — the first thing that came to my mind was a guy in a white lab coat sitting at a computer. Just boring, or ‘nerds,’ basically. The biggest thing for me is breaking that mental image and being like, ‘look, no, it’s not true.’ What I love about engineering is you can make it what you want it to be. If you want to sit at home and look at a computer and design a car part, that’s fine. But if you want to be at the race track and working on a car, engineering applies there too.

“There’s engineering in every aspect of life. Showing them that it’s OK to be smart and to like math and science as a female, I think that’s important. A lot of girls would come up to me afterwards and say ‘Wow I didn’t know girls could like this’ and they were so cute. Most people don’t realize it’s an issue, but it really is.”

Collete’s version of engineering has been very hands-on so far. Credit her natural curiosity and high school vocational technology teacher.

“I was a weird child,” she said with a laugh. “I wanted to know how they (engines) worked so I took a vo-tech (vocational technology) class where they taught us about cars and basic maintenance on cars (she was the only female student). They told us that a lawn mower engine is pretty much a replica of a car engine but with just with one piston. So I started taking apart a lawn mower engine and rebuilding it and eventually moved on to car engines.”

Karting, the Gateway Racing Drug

At age 13 while living with her grandmother and grandfather, Susan and Shannon Davis, in Colorado Springs, Collete discovered karting. Soon they had a acquired a kart with Shannon serving as crew chief.

“Even in go-karting nobody wants to tell you their secrets,” she said, “so it was just me and my grandpa trying to work on my kart and learning everything right out of the box. But it was a really good time.”

Races wins and a championship followed and the hook was set. As Collete’s passion for racing hit the rev limiter, she dramatically accelerated her academic career.

“During my last year of high school, I went to school (at Fountain-Fort Carson High School) half a day, and then my school actually paid for me to take credits for my associates degree in automotive service technology (at nearby Pikes Peak Community College). So I would leave high school at noon and go the local community college and work on cars for four hours straight Monday through Thursday. It was fantastic,” Collete said.

Collete said she was driven to graduate from high school early primary by a passion to get on with her racing career, which started with a same-place-at-the-same-time brush with the most famous woman in racing.

“I didn’t see the point of having another year of high school when I could get a head start on my degree and move to a state where my racing career could grow,” she said. “Colorado was great for karting, but I wanted to take steps towards car racing and knew my chances of success were much greater if I moved to Florida. In order to do that, I needed to graduate from high school.

“My grandpa showed me Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University in Daytona Beach that had a degree for Mechanical Engineering on High Performance Vehicles. I visited the campus February 2010, the weekend another Woman of pressdog, Danica Patrick, made her debut in ARCA at Daytona Speedway. I went to the races, visited campus and knew I had to go here. Not to mention the campus is right next to the speedway. Racing motivated me and has inspired so many choices and decisions in my life. I wouldn’t have it any other way. I love what I do and have the passion and tenacity to keep pursuing it in full force.”

Pro Debut and Woman of pressdog Bonding

Davis continued to work her racing career with a savvy array of marketing tools while taking her brain-bending load of engineering classes at Embry-Riddle. Eventually she got noticed by Glass Hammer Racing, which sponsored Collete in her professional debut with USF2000 at Sebring and then St. Petersburg on March 24.

Collete worked her way to P5 in the National class in the first race at St. Pete before getting punted by a faster Championship class car. A rookie mistake under yellow during her second led to a DNF.

At St. Pete, Collete also got an assist from another Woman of pressdog, Pippa Mann, who offered advice and support throughout the weekend.

“Pippa helped out so much. I absolutely loved working with her,” said Collete. “Everything just clicked and it was just awesome. It was both on and off track. On the first day, when we first met, I was flying around like crazy. I had to do all these interviews and she could just tell that I was unorganized. She made me sit down and was like ‘No, before you do anything you come here and sit down and we’re going to write out a time management sheet.’ I said, ‘Oh my gosh, I love you right now.’ It was just what I needed.”

Pippa said she saw both improvement and potential during the weekend.

“St Pete was actually my first time coaching another driver,” said Pippa. “Collete listened, worked hard, and made sizable gains out on track. Her braking improved in the areas I could see, and she improved when around the championship class traffic dramatically. Seeing the times come down on the watch, and literally, visually seeing her improving lap after lap in front of me was extremely rewarding.

“Right now I would love go see Collete get some more testing and seat time. Trying to get enough track time on a race weekend to really learn a car, on new tracks and under that much pressure is incredibly difficult. I would love to see her really get the chance to dig into her potential, and come back out fighting for more races later this year.”

Collete says her strengths are being able to be “aggressive and smart at the same time.”

“The biggest thing that hit home for me with what Pippa told me was that while I’m learning a new car I need to not so much focus on trusting the car, but trusting myself,” said Collete. “Mainly trusting myself to be able to push the car and test my own limits. Especially in racing, you have to be able to continuously test yourself both mentally and physically.”

Finding The Next Ride

So far acing mental tests hasn’t been an issue for Collete Davis, nor has a lack of tenacity in chasing her goals. So what’s next?

“That is always the golden question isn’t it? I’m trying to put together what the rest of my schedule looks like now.” Collete said she’s exploring various options in the USF2000-level cars. “It really could go any direction right now. I’m trying to figure that out myself.”

Until then she’ll continue working at racing and engineering while being walking stereotype destroyer.

“At first (when people hear she’s a race car driver) people give me a weird look and they are like ‘ohhhh no, no,’” said Davis. “But I get the same reaction when people hear I go to school for engineering. I think it’s cool that if you looked at me or met me, it probably wouldn’t be the first thing you thought of. But once they realize how much of my life revolves round racing — which is like 110% — then they are like ‘OK, I can see it now.’”

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Collete thanks Glass Hammer Racing (BeatByAGirl.org) and Tom Keiser from Global Emergency Products for their support, as well as the One Formula Racing team — Steve Stadel, Dennis, Bryan, and Kevin — and Pippa Mann for “her time, advice, motivation as a driver coach, mentor, and ‘official big sister.’”

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St. Petersburg, FL (April 4th, 2012) Collete Davis competed in her first street race last week at the Honda Grand Prix of St. Petersburg in the 2012 Cooper Tires Presents USF2000 National Championship Powered by Mazda. She was racing the #77 Global Emergency Products-BeatByAGirl.org Formula Enterprise car in the National Class of a 34 car field.

Collete worked her way to P5 in class in the first race at St. Pete before getting punted in a high speed corner by a Championship class car.
“I felt fantastic in Race 1 and we were running with the Top 5 guys my second weekend in the car. We were catching 4th place when I got punted by a Championship class car and got sent into the wall. It was extremely disappointing to have our race end early with only 2 laps to go having passed 10 cars and working our way up the field, but that’s racing. Just have to stay positive and take it as a learning experience.”

Coached and mentored by her team, One Formula Racing, and IndyCar driver, Pippa Mann, Davis took in multiple lessons not only learning her first street racing course, but also adjusting to the new car.

“St Pete was actually my first time coaching another driver,” said Pippa. “Collete listened, worked hard, and made sizable gains out on track. Her braking improved in the areas I could see, and she improved when around the championship class traffic dramatically. Seeing the times come down on the watch, and literally, visually seeing her improving lap after lap in front of me was extremely rewarding.

The only female driver competing in the National class of the USF2000 National Championship Series, Collete continued to improve her lap times every session as she adjusted to the new car, series and track. Her fastest lap of the weekend came under racing conditions during Race 1 in heavy traffic.

“Right now I would love go see Collete get some more testing and seat time,” says mentor Pippa Mann, “Trying to get enough track time on a race weekend to really learn a car, on new tracks and under that much pressure is incredibly difficult. I would love to see her really get the chance to dig into her potential, and come back out fighting for more races later this year.”

“The biggest thing that hit home for me with what Pippa told me was that while I’m learning a new car I need to not so much focus on trusting the car, but trusting myself,” said Collete. “Mainly trusting myself to be able to push the car and test my own limits. Especially in racing, you have to be able to continuously test yourself both mentally and physically. I’m focused on working hard on getting back in a car for the rest of the 2012 season and beyond.“

Acknowledgement to Davis’ Sponsors – Global Emergency Products, Temco, Glass Hammer Racing, BeatByAGirl.org for their support is propelling Collete to new heights in the Mazda Road to Indy.

“Racing on the Streets of St. Petersburg was literally a dream come true, as I came to the race last year as a spectator. This would not have been possible without the  amazing support from my partners: Global Emergency Products, BeatByAGirl.org, Temco Machinery Inc. and One Formula Racing. I can’t thank them enough for coming together and making my first professional street race possible. “

Sanctioned by IndyCar, the 2012 Cooper Tires presents USF2000 National Championship powered by Mazda, is one of three series of IndyCar’s “Mazda Road to Indy” ladder system and the MazdaSpeed Motorsports Development driver program for the future stars of the sport.

Global Emergency Products
In today’s fire and emergency market, all departments need a supplier on which they can depend. Whether your apparatus requirements call for a Pumper, Aerial, Squad or Command Vehicle, Pierce Manufacturing, Inc. is the leading supplier to the fire service! Global Emergency Products, the authorized Pierce dealer for Illinois and Indiana, operates three world-class service facilities, Chicagoland metro, Peoria metro, and the newest 30,000 s.f. facility in the Indianapolis metro area. Global Emergency Products is dedicated to providing quality products at competitive prices. Thanks for the opportunity to be of service, and they are looking forward to supplying your apparatus needs. For more information, please visit http://www.gep3.com/global.aspx

Glass Hammer Racing
Founded in May 2010, just a mile-and-a-half from the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Glass Hammer Racing conducts introductory racing experiences geared to just young women, exposes young women to role models in all areas of motorsports and supports the advancement of young women in their motorsports careers through scholarships and sponsorships. GHR is delighted that the first three female racers who have been drivers or instructors for GHR have all advanced to full-time professional racing careers for the 2012 season. For more information, please visit Glass Hammer Racing at http://www.beatbyagirl.org, or follow on Twitterhttp://twitter.com/glasshamrracing or Facebook http://facebook.com/glasshammerracing

Temco Machinery Inc. is the Authorized Dealer for the Oshkosh Corporation’s Airport Products Group, providing snow removal, rescue and firefighting equipment to airports in the Illinois, Indiana and Kentucky markets. Building on Oshkosh Corporation’s well established reputation, Temco Machinery Inc. is known to be a supplier that customers can depend on for their emergency and snow fighting equipment needs. For “world class” product support, Temco offers their customers three fully equipped, state of the art service centers, strategically located in Aurora, Ill., Washington, Ill., and Whitestown, Ind. From supplying their customers with the highest quality Oshkosh Corporation trucks, to maintenance and repair service; Temco Machinery Inc. is a full service supplier and a committed partner to the customers that they serve.

ST. PETERSBURG, FLA. (March 21, 2012) – Collete Davis, the 18 year-old sophomore Mechanical Engineering student from Daytona Beach, Fla., who just completed her first pro race weekend, has announced the addition of a primary sponsorship by Global Emergency Products, a Temco Machinery Inc. Company, for Rounds Three & Four of the 2012 Cooper Tires USF2000 Championship Powered by Mazda this coming week on the Streets of St. Petersburg in support of the IZOD IndyCar Series’ Honda Grand Prix of St. Petersburg.

As the second stop on the USF2000 Championship 2012 schedule, this will also be Davis’s first street race and only second race weekend in the car.

“I’m incredibly happy to announce the addition of a primary sponsor for this month’s Honda Grand Prix of St. Petersburg. I have to thank Tom Keiser from Global Emergency Products and Steve Stadel from One Formula Racing for putting this deal together and for their continued support. I attended the race last year as a spectator, and it’s a dream come true to be apart of the action this year racing in the No. 77 Global Emergency Products-BeatByAGirl.org Formula Enterprise race car. It will be my first street race and it means a lot to me personally to be running the number 77, which is the number I started kart racing in, over Dan Wheldon Way in memory of such an inspiring person who had such an impact in our sport.”

After a successful pro debut this past week as the only female competing in the National Class of the 2012 Cooper Tires USF2000 Championship record-setting field of 36 cars for Rounds One and Two at Sebring International Raceway, Davis looks to continue her learning curve in St. Petersburg.

Collete will be on track Thursday, March 22nd at 5:35 p.m. EDT for official practice for the Honda Grand Prix of St. Pete. Follow live Timing & Scoring at USF2000.com

For more information visit http://www.ColleteDavisRacing.com , http://www.Facebook.com/ColleteDavisRacing , http://www.YouTube.com/ColleteDavisRacing ,http://www.Twitter.com/ColleteDavis

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In today’s fire and emergency market, all departments need a supplier on which they can depend. Whether your apparatus requirements call for a Pumper, Aerial, Squad or Command Vehicle, Pierce Manufacturing, Inc. is the leading supplier to the fire service! Global Emergency Products, the authorized Pierce dealer for Illinois and Indiana, operates three world-class service facilities, Chicagoland metro, Peoria metro, and the newest 30,000 s.f. facility in the Indianapolis metro area. Global Emergency Products is dedicated to providing quality products at competitive prices. Thanks for the opportunity to be of service, and they are looking forward to supplying your apparatus needs. For more information, please visit http://www.gep3.com/global.aspx

Temco Machinery Inc. is the Authorized Dealer for the Oshkosh Corporation’s Airport Products Group, providing snow removal, rescue and firefighting equipment to airports in the Illinois, Indiana and Kentucky markets. Building on Oshkosh Corporation’s well established reputation, Temco Machinery Inc. is known to be a supplier that customers can depend on for their emergency and snow fighting equipment needs. For “world class” product support, Temco offers their customers three fully equipped, state of the art service centers, strategically located in Aurora, Ill., Washington, Ill., and Whitestown, Ind. From supplying their customers with the highest quality Oshkosh Corporation trucks, to maintenance and repair service; Temco Machinery Inc. is a full service supplier and a committed partner to the customers that they serve.

Founded in May 2010, just a mile-and-a-half from the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Glass Hammer Racing conducts introductory racing experiences geared to just young women, exposes young women to role models in all areas of motorsports and supports the advancement of young women in their motorsports careers through scholarships and sponsorships. GHR is delighted that the first three female racers who have been drivers or instructors for GHR have all advanced to full-time professional racing careers for the 2012 season. For more information, please visit Glass Hammer Racing at http://www.beatbyagirl.org, or follow on Twitterhttp://twitter.com/glasshamrracing or Facebook http://facebook.com/glasshammerracing

The Mazda Road to Indy is INDYCAR’s official developmental system consisting of the IZOD IndyCar Series, Firestone Indy Lights, Star Mazda Championship presented by Goodyear and the Cooper Tires USF2000 Championship Powered by Mazda. Launched in December 2009, it is a defined path for career-minded race drivers who want to compete in the IZOD IndyCar Series and Indianapolis 500. For more information, please visit http://www.IndyCar.com

DAVIS HAS SUCCESSFUL USF2000 SEBRING PRO DEBUT

Sebring, FL (March 17,2012)  18 year old rookie, Collete Davis, made her pro debut in motorsports this week competing in the National Class in the 2012 Cooper Tires Presents the USF2000 National Championship Powered by Mazda record-setting field of 36 cars for rounds 1 and 2 at Sebring International Raceway in support of the 60th Annual Mobile 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring.

“I had a really good experience in my first race weekend with the USF2000 National Championship Series. I can’t thank BeatByAGirl.org enough for giving me the opportunity to race at the professional level for the first time. Going into the weekend I knew I had a lot to learn—this being my first FE race weekend and only second time in the car coming from racing a Pro Challenge Mustang last year. I had to adapt and fast. The One Formula Racing team did an awesome job working with me and helping me learn about the car and it’s handling and characteristics. We had a fuel system issue early on in the week but the team did an amazing job getting the #77 BeatByAGirl.org-Global Emergency Products Formula Enterprise back on track.”

 

Davis qualified the #77 BeatByAGirl.org-Global Emergency Products Formula Enterprise car P12 in class after a spring broke in the shifter. She managed to secure a Top 10 in her first pro race, working her way up to P7 (P6 of FE cars) in the caution-filled Race 1 with only 4 green laps.

In Race 2 Davis managed to finish P11 and P9 out of the FE cars.

 

 

“I felt great in Race 2 and was faster than I had been all week. I made a couple passes in T17 and was feeling a lot better in the car and was racing mid-pack when I fell behind after a spin at the bump in T17. I was able to keep the car off the wall but wasn’t able to restart it on track, putting me 2 laps down. After getting the car restarted in the pits, I was able to get back on track and finish my 1st pro race weekend with the car in one-piece. Unfortunately, there wasn’t anymore green flag racing for the remainder of race 2 and I finished up P11 and P9 out of the FE cars.”

Davis ran mid-pack in both of her first pro races in the highly competitive USF2000 field. She will continue her learning curve in Rounds 3 & 4 of the 2012 Cooper Tires Presents the USF2000 National Championship Powered by Mazda this coming week in St. Petersburg, FL, in support of the IZOD IndyCar Series’ Honda Grand Prix of St. Petersburg.

“Using data it’s clear that the speed is there to compete up front—it’s just a matter of putting it all together now. I’ve learned so much in my first weekend of racing the car and cannot wait until the Honda Grand Prix of St. Petersburg! I have to thank my sponsors BeatByAGirl.org, Global Emergency Products, and Temco Machinery Inc. for their support! Without their support this weekend would not have been possible! I also have to thank my team-Steve, Dennis, and Bryan-for all of their hard work, Chase Navarre from Alex Job Racing, Ed Zabinski from Level 5 Motorsports and Gerardo Bonilla from USF2000, for their help and advice over the course of the weekend and of course my family for their continued support!”

Collete will be on track Thursday, March 22nd at 5:35 p.m. EDT for official practice for the Honda Grand Prix of St. Petersburg. Follow live Timing & Scoring at USF2000.com.

 

For more information:

VISIT: www.ColleteDavisRacing.com

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About Glass Hammer Racing, LLC

Founded in May 2010, just a mile-and-a-half from the Indianapolis Motor Speedway during Indianapolis 500 practice, Glass Hammer Racing conducts introductory racing experiences geared to just young women, exposes young women to role models in all areas of motorsports and supports the advancement of young women in their motorsports careers through scholarships and sponsorships. GHR is delighted that the first three female racers who have been drivers or instructors for GHR have all advanced to full-time professional racing careers for the 2012 season. For more information, please visit Glass Hammer Racing on the World Wide Web, http://www.beatbyagirl.org, or follow us in Twitter http://twitter.com/glasshamrracing or Facebook http://facebook.com/glasshammerracing

About Global Emergency Products, A Temco Company

In today’s fire and emergency market, all departments need a supplier on which they can depend. Whether your apparatus requirements call for a Pumper, Aerial, Squad or Command Vehicle, Pierce Manufacturing, Inc. is the leading supplier to the fire service! Global Emergency Products, the authorized Pierce dealer for Illinois and Indiana, operates three (3) World-Class Service Facilities, Chicagoland metro, Peoria metro, and our newest 30,000 s.f. facility in the Indianapolis metro area. All of us at Global are dedicated to providing quality products at competitive prices. We thank you for the opportunity to be of service and look forward to supplying your apparatus needs. For more information, please visit http://www.gep3.com/global.aspx

About Temco Machinery Inc.

Temco Machinery Inc. is the Authorized Dealer for the Oshkosh Corporation’s Airport Products Group, providing snow removal, rescue and firefighting equipment to airports in the Illinois, Indiana and Kentucky markets.  Building on Oshkosh Corporation’s well established reputation, Temco Machinery Inc. is known to be a supplier that our customers can depend on for their emergency and snow fighting equipment needs. For “world class” product support, Temco offers their customers three (3) fully equipped, state of the art service centers, strategically located in Aurora, IL, Washington, IL and Whitestown, IN.  From supplying their customers with the highest quality Oshkosh Corporation trucks to maintenance and repair service; Temco Machinery Inc. is a full service supplier and a committed partner to the customers that they serve.

About Mazda Road to Indy

The Mazda Road to Indy is INDYCAR’s official developmental system consisting of the IZOD IndyCar Series, Firestone Indy Lights, Star Mazda Championship presented by Goodyear and the Cooper Tires presents the USF2000 National Championship powered by Mazda. Launched in December 2009, it is a defined path for career-minded race drivers who want to compete in the IZOD IndyCar Series and Indianapolis 500. For more information, please visit www.IndyCar.com.

The Mazda Road to Indy is INDYCAR’s official developmental system consisting of the IZOD IndyCar Series, Firestone Indy Lights, Star Mazda Championship presented by Goodyear and the Cooper Tires presents the USF2000 National Championship powered by Mazda. Launched in December 2009, it is a defined path for career-minded race drivers who want to compete in the IZOD IndyCar Series and Indianapolis 500. For more information, please visit www.IndyCar.com.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

DAVIS FINDS SUCCESS AT HOMESTEAD-MIAMI SPEEDWAY IN FIRST NATIONAL RACE

Daytona Beach, FL (Jan. 17^th, 2012) – Davis competed in not only her first National race this past weekend, but also her first race in an F2000 racecar. By the end of the 3-day race weekend, Davis was in competitive top 3 times and secured a top 5 finish in her class in a field of over 30 cars.

“Going into not only my first National race, but also my first time ever in an F2000 race car on a big track, I knew there was a lot to learn and little time to get myself up to speed and familiar with the characteristics of the car.” said Davis, “ ZSports Midwest did an awesome job working with me and getting me comfortable with the new car, new track, and new levels of competition. We had a battle going for 3^rd when we lost some ground in traffic and had to settle for a top 5. The fact that we were in the position to fight for a podium finish my first time in the car shows the progress we had over the course of the weekend and I’m really happy with our results. I’m incredibly grateful for the opportunity I was given and had a blast racing the #41 ZSports Midwest Maddox Construction-BeatByAGirl.org F2000 race car.”

 

Although, no plans have yet been announced on what the future looks like for this 18 year old up-and-coming race car driver, one can surely tell her future in racing is a bright one.

Collete Davis is currently competing in Champion Auto Parts “Search for A Champion” contest where she could win a 50k sponsorship from Champion to help advance her career on the road to racing in the IZOD IndyCar Series. To vote for her entry video, go to www.AlwaysAChampion.com and search for “Collete Davis”.

To keep up with all the action become a fan on the official Collete Davis Racing Facebook page by going to www.Facebook.com/ColleteDavisRacing or go to www.ColleteDavisRacing.com.

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About:

MADDOX CONSTRUCTION: Maddox Construction Company was founded in 2006 by Jeff Maddox. Maddox bases his business on the attitude, “With hard work and smart work, comes success.”  Within the first year of business, Maddox Construction Company successfully beat out many other construction firms in Southwest Florida, being chosen in 2007 & 2008 for the prestigious Sand Dollar Award for Best Commercial Business Remodel Under $250,000.

GLASS HAMMER RACING: Founded in May 2010, just a mile-and-a-half from the Indianapolis Motor Speedway during Indianapolis 500 practice, Glass Hammer Racing conducts introductory racing experiences geared to just young women, exposes young women to role models in all areas of motorsports and supports the advancement of young women in their motorsports careers through scholarships and sponsorships. GHR is delighted that the first three female racers who have been drivers or instructors for GHR have all advanced to full-time professional racing careers for the 2012 season. For more information, please visit Glass Hammer Racing on the World Wide Web, http://www.beatbyagirl.org, or follow us in Twitter http://twitter.com/glasshamrracing or Facebook http://facebook.com/glasshammerracing

ZSPORT MIDWEST: Driven by a passion for racing, partners Steve Thomson and Ron Boltik formed Minneapolis-based ZSports Midwest, LLC to offer professional engineering and preparation to the developing driver. After working together for 5 years, in the winter of 2008 they formed ZSports Midwest with the goal of providing top level services and engineering at reasonable prices to both the junior and experienced racer.

COLLETE DAVIS: Collete Davis is currently a Sophomore Mechanical Engineering student at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University in Daytona Beach, FL while also pursuing a professional career in motor sports. Ever since she was younger, she’s had gasoline pumping through her veins, working on engines and motors as early as age 11. She’s been going full throttle ever since she sat in her first racing go-kart and as accumulated numerous wins over her career. At Embry-Riddle, she is actively involved with organizations on campus by being a Sister in the Sorority, Theta Phi Alpha, as well as an Engineer and Business/Outreach correspondent on her school’s national EcoCAR 2 team.

DAVIS TO RACE PALM TREE WINTER NATIONAL AT HOMESTEAD-MIAMI SPEEDWAY JAN. 13-15

DAYTONA BEACH (Jan. 10th, 2012) 18 year old up-and-coming race car driver and current Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University Mechanical Engineering student will find herself back in the seat of a race car this weekend at Homestead-Miami Speedway during the Palm Tree Winter Double National events. Davis will be racing an F2000 Van Diemen Zetec powered car with ZSport Midwest.

“I’m incredibly grateful to be given this amazing opportunity to race the double National at Homestead-Miami Speedway with the ZSport Midwest team. This would not have been possible without the support from my sponsors; I have to thank Jim Derhaag from Derhaag Motorsports, Jeff Maddox and Bill Azevedo from Maddox Construction, Greg Gaich from Glass Hammer Racing, Steve Thomson from ZSport Midwest and Simon Gregg for coming together and making my dream a reality. I plan on making the most of this coming weekend and can’t wait to get into an F2000 race car.”

Davis, Glass Hammer Racing instructor and driver, is currently a Sophomore Mechanical Engineering student at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University in Daytona Beach, FL while also pursuing a professional career in motor sports. Ever since she was younger, she’s had gasoline pumping through her veins, working on engines and motors as early as age 11. She’s been going full throttle ever since she sat in her first racing go-kart and as accumulated numerous wins over her career. At Embry-Riddle, she is actively involved with organizations on campus by being a Sister in the Sorority, Theta Phi Alpha, as well as an Engineer and Business/Outreach correspondent on her school’s national EcoCAR 2 team.

Collete Davis is currently competing in Champion Auto Parts “Search for A Champion” contest where she could win a 50k sponsorship from Champion. To vote for her entry video, go to AlwaysAChampion.com.

To keep up with all the action become a fan on the official Collete Davis Racing Facebook page by going to www.Facebook.com/ColleteDavisRacing or go to www.ColleteDavisRacing.com

 

 

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About:

MADDOX CONSTRUCTION: Maddox Construction Company was founded in 2006 by Jeff Maddox. Maddox bases his business on the attitude, “With hard work and smart work, comes success.”  Within the first year of business, Maddox Construction Company successfully beat out many other construction firms in Southwest Florida, being chosen in 2007 & 2008 for the prestigious Sand Dollar Award for Best Commercial Business Remodel Under $250,000. To find out more go to http://www.maddoxconstructioncompany.com/.

 

GLASS HAMMER RACING: Founded in May 2010, just a mile-and-a-half from the Indianapolis Motor Speedway during Indianapolis 500 practice, Glass Hammer Racing conducts introductory racing experiences geared to just young women, exposes young women to role models in all areas of motorsports and supports the advancement of young women in their motorsports careers through scholarships and sponsorships. To find out more go to http://www.BeatByAGirl.org/.

 

ZSPORT MIDWEST: Driven by a passion for racing, partners Steve Thomson and Ron Boltik formed Minneapolis-based ZSports Midwest, LLC to offer professional engineering and preparation to the developing driver. After working together for 5 years, in the winter of 2008 they formed ZSports Midwest with the goal of providing top level services and engineering at reasonable prices to both the junior and experienced racer. To find out more go to http://www.zsportsmidwest.com/.

Trinity Lutheran Church and School Wahiawa, Hawaii
Posted June 15, 2011 by trinityhawaii

Standing 5’3” tall and weighing a little over one hundred pounds, 17-year-old Collete Davis has never let her petite size dictate the scope or size of her dreams. Her dreams are big and she is on the fast track to finding them. A double win at Sebring International Raceway last weekend brings Collete Davis one-step closer to embracing those dreams of pursuing a professional career in motorsports.

Davis has always been on the fast track, whether racing cars and karts or pursuing educational accomplishments. She graduated from high school at the age of sixteen (having skipped sixth grade entirely) with a full sixteen credits of college courses under her belt. Currently, at the tender age of seventeen, Davis is a sophomore at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, studying mechanical engineering on high performance vehicles. Her college education is paid for in part by a $40,000 S-STEM scholarship from the National Science Foundation.

Though racing karts and understanding the mechanics of fast motors has and is Davis’s greatest passion, she has participated and excelled in competitive sports since she was seven years old (basketball, soccer, softball, volleyball, cross country and even competitive cheerleading). She won her class Championship at IMI Motorsports complex at Dacono, Colorado at age 15, earning the title of World Formula Champion.

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