USF2000 driver Zach Veach has brought together his team, Andretti Autosport, The Michael Andretti Foundation and Racing for Kids to partner with FocusDriven to bring awareness and support to a family who was tragically affected by a distracted driving incident.
The Andretti Autosport fleet is carrying special car decals at the Milwaukee Mile to spread awareness and help raise funds for the family of Xzavier Davis-Bilbo. Six-year-old Xzavier was paralyzed in October 2010 when a driver, who was texting while driving, struck him while he and his sister crossed the street.
Fans can help Zach ( Twitter @ZachVeach ) and Andretti Autosport (Twitter @FollowAndretti ) raise awareness too. Click here to download an image of the same decal on Zach’s car and share with your family and friends on Facebook and Twitter using hashtag #DriveForFans.
Comment below to leave your messages of support for Zach’s efforts to stop distracted driving and you could win a USF2000 tire autographed by Andretti Autosport drivers. Zach will share your words of support with Xzavier’s family and help select the best comment in support of stopping distracted driving to win this very cool prize.
Very classy act Zach.
Distracted driving is just as bad if not worse than drunk driving. If you need to look at your cell phone while driving pull over to a safe area and finish what needs to be done.
We need only look at Sam Schmidt to see that despite adversity, Xzavier will be able to accomplish whatever he sets his mind to. Good luck in the future, and best wishes from Indianapolis.
Thank you for this Zach.
Happy to see that the fight to bring awareness to this issue is gaining ground. Thanks Zach for you’re efforts and best of luck to Xzavier and the many others affected by distracted drivers. Stay the course and anything is possible.
Zach, I have heard you talk about this on WZPL (Indy). Elevating this cause is SO important. Kids think they are invincible so having someone your age step up to promote this for Xzavier and other families affected by this is so valuable. Xzavier’s family has a long road ahead of them. We all need to take a look at our own actions and the direct effect is has on others…. for many years. Keep up the great work and the awesome cause, Zach! Pedal to the Medal!
So glad to see someone doing this. Distracted driving is a problem and it needs to be stopped.
Long live Zach.
Zach I must say you are an asset to IndyCar can’t wait to see you at 500!
Great job. Should be more people like you in racing.
Great job…. Needs to be more like you in the racing world.
texting and driving is just not worth it. pull over or wait, nothing is as important as human life/health. Good cause Zach!
Texting and talking on the phone and other distractions like eating and looking for something while driving are bad habits that need to be broken. I took the Oprah pledge against them (available on http://www.oprah.com), and move over to the side of the road when someone is doing that especially when they are tailgating-lethal. I have a pain-filled back since 1986 since I was rear-ended on the Verrazano Bridge in NYC by a young guy looking on the floor for something. It still hurts every day. Keep working at this!
Great cause and great to see you make a difference at such a young age. Gonna be fun to follow your career and see all the good you do
Any chance to show awareness for texting and driving is a great thing. This needs to be something that is addressed more often and more publicly than it currently is. And I hope that with people like Zach taking steps of their own, the awareness is raised. I applaud anyone who helps push this cause. I plan on forwarding this to everyone I know and doing whatever I can to spread the word and prevent any more families from losing loved ones to such an act of carelessness.
Thank you, Zach and God Speed
David Lopez
My cousin was hit head on in her car and has been in ICU since the beginning of April. So sad…
NOTHING is that important that you have to mess with your phone while you drive. Please wait until you get to your destination so you can keep others and yourself safe.
A wonderful cause. We lose so many good young people to distracted driving. We wouldn’t let our daughters transport other teens in the car when they first learned to drive for that very reason. Keep up the good work.
NOTHING is as important as life. Use your phone when you stop in a safe location so you can keep others and yourself alive and healthy.
The next time you are driving and your phone goes off, before you pick it up to read the text think about if it’s really worth it. One second of distracted driving can lead to a lifetime of recovery. Don’t do it.
As a mother of a young man who will be driving soon, I have shared Xaviers story with him , and he actually shared it with his friends also. All of which have decided to turn off their phone while in the cars, passengers and drivers alike. Hopefully we can keep this trend going. God bless you and yours.
Way to bring awareness to an important topic Zach
Jay