RACE 101 Scholarship Student, Derek Robbie making exceptional strides in managing and writing own Press Releases

One of the key elements that we teach on the marketing/PR side of our yearly program for our students is learning how to write and distribute thier own professional looking press releases. One of our scholarship students, 15 year old modified racer Derek Robbie of Bellingham, MA has made major improvements in this area and recently submitted this press release to us. We are posting it here to share because we feel Derek has done an outstanding job! Read Below:


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Derek Robbie excited for Monadnock Speedway debut
15-year-old phenom looking for solid race

June 19, BELLINGHAM, MA- Derek Robbie will make his Monadnock Speedway debut Saturday when the family-owned team travels to, Winchester, New Hampshire. Saturday will be his Third Pro Four Modified of New England Series race. The 15-year-old from Bellingham, Massachusetts, pilots the DDR Motorsports #27 Limited Pro Four Modified.

This weekend's race is important to Robbie for two reasons. He hopes to log laps to get the handle of the car, and show more improvement from the steady progress he's shown to date. He also gets to race in the victor Johnson Memorial Day race who is a close friend to Derek. "I'm glad they named this race weekend after victor who is a car owner, driver, friend to most of us and a dad" stated Derek.

This season is Derek's 8th year racing with DDR-Motorsports. He raced Quarter midgets and a 270 sprint car before getting behind the wheel of the modified.
"I am very excited to make my debut at Monadnock Speedway," said the Bellingham High School freshman. "I am anxious, but at the same time I'm confident entering this weekend's race."
Robbie's Debut at Seekonk Speedway in Seekonk, Massachusetts, was a great day. He started the day off with 20 good practice laps. Derek says that any time he spends in a race car is all ways good. Then he moved on to the heat race where he started 12 and was up to 6 place in 2 laps when he then was unable to finish the race due to the air cleaner coming off.

In the 25 lap feature he started last in 21st position. Derek started the race off making some laps in the back to keeping the car in one piece. At a lap 9 restarts Derek started moving up when he went from 15th to 10th where he stayed for a few laps before picking off 2 more positions to put him in 8th place. With 5 laps to go Derek had a scary moment, by spinning the car out. Derek got control of the car to not lose any positions. Then he continued to bring the car home in one piece and grab his first top 10 of the season with an 8 place finish. After the race a top 5 finisher got dqed and Derek moved up to 7.

With that start he became 6 points back in the rookie driver points in the pro four modified race series of New England. Derek Robbie has several sponsors on board this year helping him. They are Thredz Unlimited, Andrews Towing, Robert Rund, Fleet Safety, and West Street Auto Body. To learn more about Derek Robbie you can visit DerekRobbie.com or contact Derek at Derek@derekrobbie.com.

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RACE 101 scholarship student, and 15 year old modified racer, Derek Robbie has made amazing strides in managing his own media and PR through what he has learned and been applying through our program.