PRESS RELEASE - JLowe Parners With Urban Youth Racing School
January 19, 2008
Three Students to intern during Rolex 24 as first step in partnership between race team, Philadelphia-based school.
PHILADELPHIA (Jan. 19, 2008) – JLowe Racing principal Dr. Jim Lowe announced a partnership with the Urban Youth Racing School that will begin with next weekend’s running of the Rolex 24 At Daytona.
Three students from the Philadelphia-based school will join the team for the Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series presented by Crown Royal Cask No. 16 season-opening race at Daytona International Speedway, getting a first-hand look at the No. 64 JLowe Racing Porsche GT3 driven by Lowe, Jim Pace, Johannes van Overbeek and Tim Sugden.
“Our plan is to evolve into a team partnership wherein the Urban Youth Racing School students will be mentored and educated ‘on the job,’ occupying extern and eventually full-time positions within the team,” Lowe said. “This will include positions such as mechanics, engineers, computer/software technicians, marketing, hospitality and management team members.”
The Urban Youth Racing School was founded in 1998 by motorsports enthusiast Anthony Martin, who was looking to provide inner city youth opportunities for a brighter future while using motorsports as a vehicle to increase students’ exposure to self-directed learning. The school uses the “STEM” Program (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathmatics). To date, more than 2,000 students 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 field while in high school, the two did not meet until a chance encounter two years ago. Through their mutual passion for motorsports a friendship developed 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 program, because it embraces each of the four areas,” Lowe said. “This is our first experience 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 opportunities.”
Lowe is an established neurosurgeon at AtlantiCare Regional Medical 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 opportunities it can provide. With a 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 Neurosurgeon,” a distinction which garners a lot of media attention. Now, with his team’s partnership with the Urban Youth Racing School, Lowe plans on leveraging that notoriety to raise awareness to help the students realize their dreams and find the roada to a better way of life.
January 19, 2008
Three Students to intern during Rolex 24 as first step in partnership between race team, Philadelphia-based school.
PHILADELPHIA (Jan. 19, 2008) – JLowe Racing principal Dr. Jim Lowe announced a partnership with the Urban Youth Racing School that will begin with next weekend’s running of the Rolex 24 At Daytona.
Three students from the Philadelphia-based school will join the team for the Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series presented by Crown Royal Cask No. 16 season-opening race at Daytona International Speedway, getting a first-hand look at the No. 64 JLowe Racing Porsche GT3 driven by Lowe, Jim Pace, Johannes van Overbeek and Tim Sugden.
“Our plan is to evolve into a team partnership wherein the Urban Youth Racing School students will be mentored and educated ‘on the job,’ occupying extern and eventually full-time positions within the team,” Lowe said. “This will include positions such as mechanics, engineers, computer/software technicians, marketing, hospitality and management team members.”
The Urban Youth Racing School was founded in 1998 by motorsports enthusiast Anthony Martin, who was looking to provide inner city youth opportunities for a brighter future while using motorsports as a vehicle to increase students’ exposure to self-directed learning. The school uses the “STEM” Program (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathmatics). To date, more than 2,000 students 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 field while in high school, the two did not meet until a chance encounter two years ago. Through their mutual passion for motorsports a friendship developed 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 program, because it embraces each of the four areas,” Lowe said. “This is our first experience 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 opportunities.”
Lowe is an established neurosurgeon at AtlantiCare Regional Medical 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 opportunities it can provide. With a 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 Neurosurgeon,” a distinction which garners a lot of media attention. Now, with his team’s partnership with the Urban Youth Racing School, Lowe plans on leveraging that notoriety to raise awareness to help the students realize their dreams and find the roada to a better way of life.
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