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Race info and registration at www.ridetoliverace.com

The Barber Motorsports Park will host the second Ride to Live Road Race on March 22, 2008. More races than last year on one of the top road race courses in the world.

Proceeds from the races will be donated to the

UAB Comprehensive Cancer Center and

the Lance Armstrong Foundation.

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This years races are held in honor of Birmingham cancer survivor Joe Lent. Joe has continued to have an amazing attitude throughout his battle with cancer and embodies the ideals of LiveStrong! Joe's story can be read on his blog at http://joelent.blogspot.com/

Please follow the link below to make a donation in Joe's honor, or in honor or memory of someone you know. Thank you for your support!

Thanks to our sponsors that make it possible

for us to race and contribute to the fight against cancer.

Wideawake uses Music to Fight Cancer

In spite of some bad luck on the road (equipment trailer broke down) Wideawake rolled into Birmingham on time to shake up the crowd at Workplay. Rock bands may be a dime a dozen but these guys give something more than just great music to their crowd. They help in the fight against cancer. Lead singer Scott Leger penned Maybe Tonight, Maybe Tomorrow, when a friend was diagnosed with cancer. The Austin based group reached out with this song by contacting the Lance Armstrong Foundation and donating the proceeds from the song when it is downloaded from itunes. Although this was the third time I've heard them play in the last two weeks, tonight held a special meaning for me. As I talked with Scott before they started their set, he mentioned that he had been playing together with another member of the group for ten years. That was a bit ironic for me because it was exactly ten years earlier that I stood my my fathers bed and held his hand when he died of cancer. So as I enjoyed the music, when Scott belted out Maybe Tonight, Maybe Tomorrow, I raised my glass to toast my dad and also to celebrate life as a cancer survivor, myself.

The next night I followed the band to Nashville, where they played the Nashville Scene Music Festival. I ran a booth for the Lance Armstrong Foundation in the frigid temps for the evening. I was setup next to some of the LAF partners in the fight against cancer, The Minnie Pearl Cancer Foundation. We chatted and they shared their hot chocolate with me as the temps dropped into the high thirties. When Wideawake took the stage, Scott wasted little time in directing people back to the LiveStrong tent. As they closed their set with Maybe Tonight, Maybe Tomorrow, I saluted the band with a raised LiveStrong clad first from the back, which Scott responded to with the same clinched fist. Unity is indeed strength. We ended the evening with hugs and goodbyes, not knowing when we'd see each other again, only that we would!

Help in the fight against cancer by downloading the hottest song on itunes, Maybe Tonight, Maybe Tomorrow.

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