webfact Posted January 23, 2015 Share Posted January 23, 2015 Pattaya Orphanage-Sponsored car qualifies for Rolex 24 hours of Daytona 2015PATTAYA: -- A car, partly sponsored by the Pattaya Orphanage will feature in the Rolex 24 hours of Daytona 2015, following a successful qualification race in Florida, USA, in the early hours of Friday.The qualification race for the BMW-Riley Daytona Prototype with the BMW Power Riley DP engine, took place at the Daytona International Speedway. The driver was Thai-Born, Tor Graves and he came 8th out of 53 cars, ensuring his team, Starworks Motorsport, will compete in the 24 hour-long endurance race which takes place between 02.10am on 24th January and 02.10am on 25th January.Full story: http://www.pattayaone.net/pattaya-news/166802/pattaya-orphanage-sponsored-car-qualifies-for-rolex-24-hours-of-daytona-2015/-- Pattaya One 2015-01-24 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post pedro01 Posted January 24, 2015 Popular Post Share Posted January 24, 2015 I've made donations to this orphanage. I thought they'd be spent on the kids, not on a racing car. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Bea Posted January 24, 2015 Popular Post Share Posted January 24, 2015 Bad headline as I am sure Tor Graves is supporting the Pattaya Orphanage by having a sticker in his racing car and not the other way around 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bkkjames Posted January 24, 2015 Share Posted January 24, 2015 I've made donations to this orphanage. I thought they'd be spent on the kids, not on a racing car. i believe the term you might be searching for is called raising awareness? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
petercool Posted January 24, 2015 Share Posted January 24, 2015 I would imagine that the Orphanage, like other charities, uses some donation funding to promote themselves to get even more funding within a marketing program. They have competitors in this like most enterprises and, for all we know, a sponsor put up funding for this specific promotion. Or, as was mentioned above, it is a case of the car being used for promotion at no cost to the Orphanage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EyesWideOpen Posted January 24, 2015 Share Posted January 24, 2015 (edited) " A car, partly sponsored by the Pattaya Orphanage will feature in the Rolex 24 hours of Daytona 2015...." What the bleep ??? This truly is amazing Thailand. No donations from me in the future. What is next , race horses ? Whoever thought up this idea has rocks in their head. Edited January 24, 2015 by petercool adjusted type fonts Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post ATF Posted January 24, 2015 Popular Post Share Posted January 24, 2015 Pattaya Orphanage needs to clarify who is paying and how much has been paid or if it is a free promotion. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anthony5 Posted January 24, 2015 Share Posted January 24, 2015 I would imagine that the Orphanage, like other charities, uses some donation funding to promote themselves to get even more funding within a marketing program. They have competitors in this like most enterprises and, for all we know, a sponsor put up funding for this specific promotion. Or, as was mentioned above, it is a case of the car being used for promotion at no cost to the Orphanage. As another poster said already, the orphanage should urgently clarify this, and I doubt the will receive much donations from Florida. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Torphong Posted January 24, 2015 Popular Post Share Posted January 24, 2015 Hello, I'm Torphong from Thailand. Im a PR of Tor Graves, a Thai Racing Driver. I would like to let you all know that it's misunderstand about the news. The Pattaya Orphanage doesn't sponsers Tor Graves but, Tor has supported the Pattaya Orphanage for more than 20 years by donation and putting the logo on his car FOR FREE. And on the Rolex 24 hr of Daytona too. Best regards, PS. Sorry for my poor English I'm now bussy 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nemesis7 Posted January 24, 2015 Share Posted January 24, 2015 How can an orphanage sponsor for such event of racing car and for what ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
petercool Posted January 24, 2015 Share Posted January 24, 2015 How can an orphanage sponsor for such event of racing car and for what ? Please read the post above yours ..... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soihok Posted January 24, 2015 Share Posted January 24, 2015 Hello, I'm Torphong from Thailand. Im a PR of Tor Graves, a Thai Racing Driver. I would like to let you all know that it's misunderstand about the news. The Pattaya Orphanage doesn't sponsers Tor Graves but, Tor has supported the Pattaya Orphanage for more than 20 years by donation and putting the logo on his car FOR FREE. And on the Rolex 24 hr of Daytona too. Best regards, PS. Sorry for my poor English I'm now bussy Thank you Sir. Hats off to Tor Graves - well done Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisinth Posted January 24, 2015 Share Posted January 24, 2015 <script type='text/javascript'>window.mod_pagespeed_start = Number(new Date());</script> Hello, I'm Torphong from Thailand. Im a PR of Tor Graves, a Thai Racing Driver. I would like to let you all know that it's misunderstand about the news. The Pattaya Orphanage doesn't sponsers Tor Graves but, Tor has supported the Pattaya Orphanage for more than 20 years by donation and putting the logo on his car FOR FREE. And on the Rolex 24 hr of Daytona too. Best regards, PS. Sorry for my poor English I'm now bussy Thank you Sir. Hats off to Tor Graves - well done alt=thumbsup.gif> +1 on that, well said soihok..................... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Torphong Posted January 24, 2015 Share Posted January 24, 2015 (edited) Hello, I'm Torphong from Thailand. Im a PR of Tor Graves, a Thai Racing Driver. I would like to let you all know that it's misunderstanding about the news. The Pattaya Orphanage doesn't sponsor Tor Graves but, Tor has been supporting the Pattaya Orphanage for more than 20 years by donation and putting the logo on his car FOR FREE. And on the Rolex 24 hr of Daytona too. Best regards, PS. Sorry for my poor English I'm now busy no time to correct the grammar and spelling. ตอบประโยคนี้ตอนขับรถไปุธระที่ต่างจังหวัด เครียดเลยพิมพ์ผิดพิมพ์ถูก แต่หวังว่าจะตอบได้ตรงคำถามนะ Edited January 24, 2015 by Torphong Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ulic Posted January 25, 2015 Share Posted January 25, 2015 A truly horrible headline that needs to be re done " Thai Driver Seeks to Raise Awareness of His Favourite Charity at the Rolex 24hrs of Daytona" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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