UYRS Partnership with JLOWE Racing kicks off at the 47th GRAND AM ROLEX 24 this weekend in Daytona Beach
Friday, January 23rd, 2009JLowe Racing Partners With UYRS
Three Students to intern during Rolex 24 as first step in partnership between race team, Philadelphia-based school
PHILADELPHIA ( Jan, 23, 2009)- JLowe principal Dr. Jim Lowe announced a partnership with the Urban Youth Racing School that will begin with this weekend’s running of the Rolexs 24 at Daytona.
Three students from the Philadelphia-based school Kyle Baker a senior at Philadelphia Technology High School, Jeremy Ortiz senior at George Washington Carver High School of Engineering and Science and Chris Lawrence A Maustbaum High School graduate will join the team for the Grand-am Rolex Sports Car Series presented by the Crown Royal Cask No. 16 season-opening race at Daytona International Speedway, getting a first-hand look at the No. 64 JLowe Racing Porscfe GT# driven by Lowe, Jim Pace, Johanne Van Overbeek and Tim Sugden.
“Our Plan is to evolve into team partnership where in Urban Youth Racing School students will be mentored and educated ‘on the job,’ occupying exturn and eventually fulltime positions within the team,” Lowe said. “This will include positions insuch as mechanics, engineers, computer/software technicians, marketing, hospitality and management team members.”
The Urban Youth racing School was founded in 1998 by motorsports enthiust Anthony Martin, who was looking to provide inner city youth oppurtunities for a brighter future while using motorsports as a vechicle to increase students’ exposure to self-directed learning The school uses “STEM” Program (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics.) To date, more than 2,000 studnets have gone through the program with a high percentage moving onto higher education.
“Our success is measured by the success of our students in college, work and life,” Anthony Said.
While Lowe and Martin played against each other on the football feld while in high school, the two did not meet until a chance to encounter tow years ago. Through their mutual passion for motorsports a friendship developd that fostered a unique partnership to make a difference in the lives of inner city kids, many of whom are underprivileged
“Racing is a performance lab for the STEM progra, because it embraces each of the four areas,” Lowe said. this is our first experice working with the students from the Urban Youth Racing School, and it is going to grow as we use motorsports to enhance understanding of STEM oppurtunities.”
Lowe is an established neurosurgeon at AtlantiCare Regional Mediacl Center in Atlantic City, N.J., and Previously served as Chief of Neurosurgery, and Medical Director of the Spine Institute and Chairman of the Spinal Trauma program at ARMC. As a graduate of Temple Med School and a Harvard Undergraduate, Dr. Lowe recognizes the importance and value of a good education and oppurtunities it can provide. With passion for racing and an innate desire to excel, Dr. Lowe is making quite a name for himself in Grand-Am where the racing community has coined him the “Worlds Fastest Nuerosurgeon,” a distinction which garners alot of media attention. Now, wit his teams partnership with the UYRS, Lowe plans on leveraging that notoriety to raise awareness to help the students realize their dreams and find the road to a better way of life.
