every morning and they rollerblade together on a regular basis; they also enjoy doing 5K and
10K runs wherever they happen
to be. They are also avid uphill
bikers: on a trip to Sonoma recently, while the others in their
group went to the wine tasting,
Doug and Beth took part in the
local mountain biking event.
Keep in mind that Beth won the
World Championship as a novice
jet ski racer, and later competed
in the professional ranks for five
years.
She and Doug both go wake
boarding, and they’ve gone skiing in Vail with the kids. Needless to say, they are in great
shape - neither one needs medication for any reason. And lest
you think this stuff is easy for
Beth to fit into her life, keep in
mind that a surgical procedure
for scoliosis put two rods and 18
screws in her back. Feel like a
wimp yet?
provide financial backing. If you
can break in, and prove yourself,
then you may get hired by a major team and hopefully get paid.
No guarantees!
When asked about their desire
to travel, they readily admit that
most, if not all of their trips are
related in some way to racing.
While Conor was driving in the
GP3 series in Monaco last year,
he was involved in a violent
crash. Luckily he was uninjured,
but after watching the video of
the accident from home, Beth
decided to fly to Spain to be with
him for his next race. The couple
then took their son Carter on
a week-long trip to Abu Dhabi
and Dubai, where Conor was
involved in the GP2 racing – not
your typical vacation for the average eleven-year old!
They are regularly involved
in philanthropic activities: both
serve on the Indy Car Ministry
Board, where Doug is the Director of Media Relations; they are
also involved in fundraising for
the Juvenile Diabetes Foundation, and Beth coaches the Heritage Christian Girls Lacrosse
team in her spare time… pro
bono.
Beth has noticed that the
generations who were born after
Boomers are heavily influenced
by technology and electronic
gadgets, and are not spending
as much time engaged in physical activity as we were. Doug
agrees, and adds that because
younger people have access to
many sources of information, it’s
important that they learn how
to make sense of it, and use it to
make better educated decisions.
He declares that it is our responsibility to teach them what it
means to live in the US, to stay
informed, and to exercise their
voting rights.
Doug says that each day is
better than the last, and he
doesn’t ever dream about going back in time, or think that
things were better before – for
him, life gets better all the time.
Beth agrees wholeheartedly- and
that kind of positive thinking is
one of the keys to their amazing
and satisfying life!
By Donna Einhorn, Editor
Of auto racing in general,
Beth explains that most people
don’t realize what a true money
sport it has become. Talent is
definitely a pre-requisite, but
to gain entry to the big leagues,
you need to have deep pockets,
or the support of those who can
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