Workhorse RV Donation to Motor Racing Outreach Allows Ministry to Expand Programs for Drivers and Fans

    CHICAGO, May 4 In the rough and tumble world of motor
sports racing, ministers travel in a motor home from track to track helping
racers, their families and fans by providing religious services, counseling,
bible study classes, child day care, fitness and rehabilitation equipment and
a community spirit to a lifestyle that is nomadic and inherently dangerous.
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    Workhorse Custom Chassis, the nation's leading chassis manufacturer for
motor homes, and General Motors, maker of the Vortec engine, have provided a
motor home to Concord, N.C.-based Motor Racing Outreach, the non-profit
organization that, since 1988, has provided ministry services to the motor-
sports community at racing events including automobiles, trucks, motorcycles
and powerboats.
    "Motor Racing Outreach is helping the sport.  Some participants refer to
MRO as the glue that holds the racing community together," says Chaplain Ron
Pegram, director of MRO's ministry operations.  "The RV is the workhorse of
our ministry.  With the RV, chaplains can live at the track with the
participants and families, which helps to relieve the stress and provide a
community spirit."
    Perhaps one of the most valuable services offered by MRO is in trauma
support.  On Feb. 18, when racing icon Dale Earnhardt died in a crash during
the last lap of the Daytona 500, the Winston Cup chaplain was on hand to
comfort Earnhardt's family and friends.
    "Workhorse has deep respect for Motor Racing Outreach, and we are pleased
to provide them with our biggest and most powerful motor home to help them
with their mission," says Tony Monda, director of motor home marketing,
Workhorse Custom Chassis."
    The Class A motor home will be at the chaplains' service throughout the
2001 racing season ending in November.  The coach will provide transportation
and a headquarters for chaplains at tracks across the country that host NASCAR
Winston Cup, supercross, superbike, motorcross and hydro prop boat racing
events.

    Workhorse Custom Chassis, A New Breed(TM), is the leading chassis
manufacturer for motor homes.  For more information, contact Workhorse at
877-294-6773 or http://www.workhorsecc.com .

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