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▲ HARLEY DAVIDSON HOOKS UP WITH JOYNER
Syndicated radio and TV personality Tom Joyner (center) accepts a
SI 0 000 donation from Harley Davidson Motor Co on behalf of the Tom
Joyner Foundation and its efforts to support educational programs at
Historically Black Colleges and Universities The donation was made
during a live radio broadcast of Joyner's Sky Show in Raleigh, N C
Bill Lester piloted the
No. 23 Nextcl Cup entry
for Bill Davis Racing at
Atlanta, making him the
first African-American
driver to attempt to qualify
for a Cup Series race in 20
years.
TTie last African-
American to start a Cup
event was Willy 'I". Rihbs at
Michigan in 1986. Before
that, George Wiltshire and
Randy Bethea each had a
run at a Cup race in 1975.
Lester was the first
Black driver to compete
in a Busch Scries event
in 1999, the first to start
a Craftsman Truck Scries
race in 2000, the first to
win a pole for a modem-
era NASCAR race in 2003,
the first to win $1 mil­
lion in NASCAR and the
first to lead a top-division
NASCAR race in more
than two decades.
TOP CAR DESIGNER
GILLES PROMOTED
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SERVICES/NNPA FOUNDATION ENTREPRENEURS AWARD were
announced during the National Newspaper Publishers Association
Foundation's annual banquet Pictured from left to right are: Matthew
Scott, personal linance editor. Black Enterprise magazine and part ol
the selection comhiittee; Inez McCullough, The County News, honor­
able mention winner Mason McCullough, publisher. The County News,
Statesville. N C , Brian Townsend, executive director, NNPA Foundation.
selection committee member Stdphan Koller, senior manager, corpo
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rate communications and public relations. DaimlerChrysler financial^
services; grand prize winner Raymond H Boone, senior publisher.
Bichmonri Free Press Jean Boone, Richmond Free Press; selection com
mittee member Vincent Barnes, executive director. Rebirth of Englewood
Community Development Corporation, and selection committee member
W illiam Reed, editor. Black Press International
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Ralph Gilles has
been promoted to vice
president, Jeep/Truck and
Component, Chrysler
Group, replacing retiring
Ricardo Anciros. Gilles has
held several roles of increas­
ing responsibility since join­
ing the automaker in 1992.
“Ralph has emerged as
a tme talent not only in
our organization hut in the
automotive design com­
munity," said Trevor Creed,
the Chrysler Group's senior
vice president of design.
Gilles, most popu­
larly known for his role
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in managing the design of
the Chrysler 300C sedan,
has a bachelor of science
degree in transportation
design from the Center
for Creative Studies, and
a master’s degree in busi­
ness administration from
Michigan State University.
TOYOTA HELPS MENTOR
YOUNG BLACKS
If you've ever had a
mentor, you know they can
play a pivotal role in career
development anti goal set­
ting.
Amber Ewell gradu­
ated from Toyota's Young
Black Scholars mentor­
ing program in 2002 and
now works for Lexus in
Torrance, Calif. It was
her former mentor who
exposed Ewell to corporate
life at Toyota and served as
a source of inspiration.
“She was living prixif
that if you set your mind to
something, it can happen,"
said Ewell, who graduated in
three years with honors from
San Diego State University.
"Tier example and words
of encouragement planted
seeds of confidence anti