Tara Llanes Benefit Race – Orange Y raises $3,750!
News from the ben Nov 18 benefit race in honor of Tara Llanes at Orange Y BMX. What an amazing day, and a whole lot of amazing people who showed up to raise $3,575.00!. We had raffles and silent auctions, and the local Pros showed up to race in “Tara Llanes Road to Recovery†shirts to show their support.
So much love and generosity was shown by all. Friends and family of Tara showed up to support, and the BMX family at Orange Y absolutely gave from their hearts to make sure the day was a success. Thanks to all of the riders and parents who came out to race and bought many raffle tickets, t-shirts and also bid on the products donated for the silent auction.
So many thanks to the sponsors and pros:
• Robby Miranda (X-Games Gold Medalist) donated his bike and a jersey to the raffle.
• Christian Becerine donated his hole shot award winnings to Tara. He also donated a jersey and purchased a handful of raffle tickets only to win Javier Columbo’s jersey that was also donated. Of course he threw it back in and a lucky young rider at Orange Y took the jersey and Javier’s autograph home with him!
• Derek Betcher also donated a jersey and bought a t-shirt.
• Chris Fox was unable to race, but donated the $40.00 that he would have paid for sign-up.
• Danny Caluag won the race, followed by Mikey Brabant and Javier Columbo, all who donated their winnings back to Tara.
• Also on the Pro gate were “Wild Willy†Suarez (So-Cal’s newest A Pro), Damian Lopez, Kyle Cushman and Tyler Brown.
Thanks to the many sponsors who donated items for the silent auction and raffles:
• S & M Bikes • Intense • Free Agent
• Shimano • Fly • Profile
• Tangent • Sun • Sharp
• SINZ • SE Racing • THE
• Bombshell • Greg Hill Products
We also don’t want to forget Vince Calvillo from Free Agent who showed up with lots of help, a tent and chairs, and many goodies from Free Agent! Kassie Groves worked with us all day, Jason from Orange Y BMX was there from start to finish, and lastly, the two men who made this possible: Ruben Sanchez and AA Pro, Tyler Brown. Ruben donated the track, a portion of sign-ups, and he also worked with Tyler to coordinate donations. Tyler had the idea for this race and spent the past several weeks calling sponsors, making and passing out fliers, setting up the auctions, raffles and all of the t-shirt sales. Thank you to all who made this day possible. Barry Nilson even showed up to support, he raced and ended up with a great set of wheels from the silent auction. Thank you Orange Y riders, parents, Pros and supporters, you ROCK!!
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