Wednesday
Zach Veach Releases Latest Racer Magazine Diary; Giving Away Free iPad Courtesy Of Sponsor Zakosi
Press Release
In Veach’s second exclusive Diary with RACER Magazine, he joins the lineup of bloggers that include NASCAR’s AJ Allmendinger, Penske Racing’s Tim Cindric, and IZOD IndyCar Series drivers, Graham Rahal and Paul Tracy. He shares the message of his first trip across the finish line in the USF2000 National Championship Series, where he went on to capture the USF2000 Winterfest Points Championship earlier this year.
One lucky fan will be reading Veach’s March RACER Magazine diary on a new Apple iPad, named by Popular Science magazine as the Top Gadget of 2010. Veach’s sponsor of his #7 Andretti Autosport Mazda, Zakosi Data Backup, announced they would be awarding a free iPad to one of Veach’s Twitter followers or Facebook fans to commemorate the release of his new book, 99 THINGS TEENS WISH THEY KNEW BEFORE TURNING 16. Zakosi will award the iPad, also named one of the 50 “Best Inventions” of 2010 by TIME Magazine, on the book’s release date, March 2.
For those hoping to win the Apple iPad, which will come loaded with an electronic copy of Veach’s book, an Andretti Autosport team hat, and a Zach Veach Official T-Shirt, should become a fan of Veach on Facebook or a follower of his Twitter account @ZachVeach by Mar. 2.
Veach is set to release his first book, 99 THINGS TEENS WISH THEY KNEW BEFORE TURNING 16, on March 2 with the foreword provided by Veach’s team owner, Michael Andretti.
For more information, please visit www.Racer.com, www.Twitter.com/ZachVeach or www.Facebook.com/ZachVeach.
About Zach Veach
Zach “Ziggy” Veach is a 16-year-old autoracing driver who competes in INDYCAR’s ‘Mazda Road to Indy’ USF2000 National Championship Series for Andretti Autosport. In 2010, Veach was signed by Andretti Autosport, named one of CNN’s “Intriguing People” and was a semi-finalist for Sports Illustrated “Sports Kid of the Year” award. Veach began his racing career at age 12 in go-karts. It was in 2007, where Veach caught the eye of Dave Fisher, father of IZOD IndyCar Series team owner, Sarah Fisher. For the next two years Fisher [Dave] coached and developed Veach’s talent, as he progressed through karting and then to Formula BMW.
In addition to his racing, Veach is an advocate for safer driving in conjunction with Oprah Winfrey’s “No Phone Zone” and is the national spokesperson for FocusDriven, an advocacy group for victims of motor vehicle crashes involving drivers using their cell phones. In 2010, Veach released his first published Droid application, urTXT, in the Marketplace for Droid, to help consumers avoid dangerous text messaging while driving.
Veach has been a guest or profiled on a variety of national platforms such as, CNN’s Headline News, Oprah Radio’s The Gayle King Show, The Los Angeles Times and AOL, to name a few. The son of a national truck and tractor-pulling champion, Veach entered his sophomore year of high school this past fall and plans to release his first book, 99 THINGS TEENS WISH THEY KNEW BEFORE TURNING 16, this March 2011. For more information, please visit www.zachveach.com.
About Zakosi Data Backup
Zakosi Data Backup is a national online backup company which offers fast, affordable, secure, managed and unmanaged online data backup to small to medium-sized businesses. Zakosi Online Backup restorations are three times faster than other solutions, according to independent testing laboratories. For more information, please visit www.zakosi.com.
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Article Tags: Dave Fisher, Graham Rahal, IZOD IndyCar® Series, Michael Andretti, Paul Tracy, Penske Racing, RACER Magazine, Sarah Fisher, Tim Cindric, USF2000 Winterfest Points Championship, Zach Veach, Zach Veach Racing, Zakosi Data Backup
