Tia Norfleet To Headline Safety Event

May 3, 2012 - PRLog -- Tia, the daughter of former NASCAR Legend Bobby Norfleet, will teach a program that focuses on precision driving skills that can help teens and adults avoid car crashes.
More than 70 police, fire and EMS professionals are expected to participate.
General admission for the event is $25, which includes admission for an adult and a teen.
Tickets for this event are on sale now and can be purchased online using the Tia02 code at www.safeamericadrivers.org/ams.
In its seventh year at the Atlanta Motor Speedway, the SafeTeen Georgia Driving Academy has become metro Atlanta’s premier teen driving safety event. The day-long program consistently averages over 1,000 attendees. It allows parents and teens 14 and older to learn the basics of safe driving through interactive “Pit Stop” classrooms and demonstrations taught by the Safe America Foundation training staff, law enforcement, fire fighters, political leaders, emergency medical personnel and juvenile traffic court judges.

“We’re overjoyed that Tia Norfleet has signed on as a spokesperson for the 2012 SafeTeen Georgia Driving Academy,” said Safe America President and CEO Len Pagano. “She speaks with great authority on the role practice plays in becoming a good driver and we believe that

she has the potential to be a fantastic representative to serve as the face of safe driving here in the metro region.”

“As a young person, at 24 years of age, I’ve already had good friends lose both family members and/or classmates due to unsafe driving and I don’t want to see their losses repeated,” noted Tia Norfleet. “It’s important that the next generation get it right, and one of the things we are not doing enough of is taking a peer-to-peer approach on driving safety and that is why I’ve signed on to become the spokesperson for the 2012 SafeTeen Georgia Driving Academy.”

In 2010, Tia Norfleet became the first female African American licensed by NASCAR. The daughter of former NASCAR driver Bobby Norfleet, Tia began following in her father’s footsteps at an early age racing first on go-carts before moving up to the Bandoleros and then on to Drag Racing. She is currently in the process of debuting in her first sanctioned NASCAR race. To learn more about Tia, please visit: www.tianorfleet34.com.

The SafeTeen Georgia Driving Academy has educated over 10,000 teens and parents on a wide variety of safe driving topics over the years. It is hoped this partnership between Tia Norfleet and the Safe America Foundation will expand the program’s reach into all communities within the metro area and generate the largest attendance in the event’s history. To register or get more information on the SafeTeen Georgia Driving Academy, please visit: www.safeamericadrivers.org.


About the Safe America Foundation

The Safe America Foundation is a 501(c)(3) non-profit licensed by the state of Georgia. Chartered in 1994, the Marietta, Georgia based foundation partners with corporate, governmental, public and private sector organizations, and other nonprofits to improve the safety awareness and preparedness of Americans nationwide.


About Bobby Norfleet Racing, Inc.

Bobby Norfleet Racing, Inc. is a dynamic motorsports holding company dedicated to advancing the sport of American auto racing and promoting auto racing as a way of life. BNR is founded on ethics, integrity, hard work and a commitment to build the best professional auto racing team in the United States. The company is distinguished by experienced management and the highest caliber racing talent and it is dedicated to building a winning community of drivers, sponsors and auto racing enthusiasts.


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