Lea Martinez Foundation » drag racer https://leamartinezfoundation.org Fighting to the end Sun, 01 Mar 2015 06:51:05 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.1.1 Motorcycle Drag Racer, Motivational Speaker, Cancer Survivor https://leamartinezfoundation.org/2015/02/27/motorcycle-drag-racer-motivational-speaker-cancer-survivor/ https://leamartinezfoundation.org/2015/02/27/motorcycle-drag-racer-motivational-speaker-cancer-survivor/#comments Fri, 27 Feb 2015 05:29:28 +0000 http://leamartinezfoundation.org/?p=204 Read more

]]> Browse Google for “female motorcycle drag racers” and the top article is a scanned newspaper article from 1969. Deduction: There aren’t a lot of them. After all, who’s crazy enough to launch themselves down a concrete runway at 165 mph, right next to another lunatic crazy enough to do the same thing? Oh yeah – Lea Martinez.

“I’ve made it my mission to raise money and awareness for those out there dealing with the same or similar issues. I just want to be able to help, it may not be much but the little things sometimes mean the most, become a partner today.”

First glance will tell you that Lea is crazy. Pink blouse, pink shoes, pink & chrome chain link earrings accented with a matching pink and chrome chain link bracelet. The girl is crazy about pink, crazy about drag racing, and crazy about educating the world about her fight against breast cancer. But after spending an hour or two with Lea, you realize that there is nothing crazy about her. She’s actually calculatingly passionate. Read more…

- FREEDOMCYCLEONLINE.COM
]]> https://leamartinezfoundation.org/2015/02/27/motorcycle-drag-racer-motivational-speaker-cancer-survivor/feed/ 0 Lea “Dream Catcher” Martinez | A true fighter on and off the track https://leamartinezfoundation.org/2015/02/27/lea-dream-catcher-martinez-a-true-fighter-on-and-off-the-track/ https://leamartinezfoundation.org/2015/02/27/lea-dream-catcher-martinez-a-true-fighter-on-and-off-the-track/#comments Fri, 27 Feb 2015 04:28:56 +0000 http://leamartinezfoundation.org/?p=193 Read more

]]> Racing is in Lea’s blood. Her father used to race pro stock cars and her brother and my step sister raced motorcycles. So it was only natural to catch the fever for racing. Her goal is to turn pro with pink ribbons a’blazing. Not only is she a drag racer, she is a SURVIVOR!

Unlike others in the industry, Lea didn’t begin riding until she was 37. However, she quickly up made for lost time and within a mere six months she was learning how to drag race.That was five years ago. In 2009 she was diagnosed with ductal carcinomaI (the most common type of breast cancer) ending her reconstructive surgeries in September of 2010. She along with her 2007 Suzuki Hayabusa have been racing, fighting and raising awareness steadfastly ever since.  Check out the interview…

- THROTTLELIFE.COM
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I want to take the time to Thank all my supporters for sharing my amazing journey.

- Lea

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