Friday, April 8, 2022

Miami Gardens Students Get Formula 1 Tickets

Miami Gardens Students Get Formula 1 Tickets

Students are Enrolled F1 in Schools Program

 

South Florida Motorsports (SFM), Miami Dolphins, and the City of Miami Gardens gifted fifty (50) students with tickets to the Formula 1® Miami Grand Prix happening next month. The students were surprised by Miami Gardens’ Mayor, Rodney Harris.

 

 

The event was for students, who are currently enrolled in the F1 in Schools program, which is dedicated to introducing students to design, engineering, project management, branding, marketing, and teamwork using the excitement and appeal of Formula 1®. Students also got a chance to meet, speak with and race cars (that they built in a workshop), with William T. Ribbs Jr.,* the first African-American man to have tested a Formula One car and to compete in the Indianapolis 500.

 

F1 in Schools is one of the largest global educational programs that raise awareness of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) among students and school children.

 

The event took place at the City of Miami Gardens’ Bunche Park Alternative Sports and Fitness Center and was administered through Seeking Education Empowers Knowledge (S.E.E.K). All S.E.E.K. staff were given two (2) tickets to see Maluma at Hard Rock Stadium as well.

 

The first ever F1 Miami Grand Prix will be held on May 6-8, 2022.

 

 

* William T. Ribbs Jr., ran three cup races in 1986. In 2001, Ribbs joined the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series with the support of the Dodge Corporation, which initiated a motorsports diversity program to provide opportunities for minorities to race. This made Ribbs the first African American in the modern era to compete full time in a major NASCAR division. He finished sixteenth in the point standings.

 

 

Photo Gallery

Cars Created by F1 in School Students

Cars Created by F1 in School Students

F1 in School Students

F1 in School Students

F1 in School Students

F1 in School Students

William T. Ribbs Jr., the first African-American man to have tested a Formula One car and to compete in the Indianapolis 500.

William T. Ribbs Jr., the first African-American man to have

tested a Formula One car and to compete in the Indianapolis 500.

William T. Ribbs Jr., the first African-American man to have tested a Formula One car and to compete in the Indianapolis 500
William T. Ribbs Jr., the first African-American man to have
tested a Formula One car and to compete in the Indianapolis 500
Mayor, Miami Gardens, Rodney Harris

Mayor, Miami Gardens, Rodney Harris

Formula 1

Formula 1

F1 in School Students

F1 in School Students

 

source: Lamont Johnson
The Art Department, LLC

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