DISABLED STUDENTS GET 'OFF-ROAD' THRILL RACER TY GODDE TAKES TEENS FOR SPIN AT CAMPUS.Byline: Karen Maeshiro Staff Writer PALMDALE - Disabled and handicapped students at Palmdale High School div style="float:right; margin: 0 0 1em 2em; width: 20em; text-align: right; font-size: 0.86em; font-family: lucida grande, sans-serif; line-height: normal;"> '''Palmdale High School were treated Wednesday to rides around the parking lot in off-road racer racer, name for several related swift, slender snakes, especially those of the genus Coluber. All of the racers are nonpoisonous, nonconstricting, day-active snakes. The black racer, C. Ty Godde's sleek and roaring race car. It was the second visit to the campus for Godde, who represents the fourth generation of a pioneering Antelope Valley This article is about the Los Angeles County region. For the census-designated place in Wyoming, see Antelope Valley-Crestview, Wyoming. The Antelope Valley family and who has been off-road racing Off-road racing is a format of racing where various classes of specially modified vehicles (including cars, trucks, motorcycles, and buggies) compete in races through off-road environments. North America Off-road racing began in the early 20th century. since he was about 14. ``When I first started racing, I wanted to do something. I thought it was a great way to give back,'' said Godde, 35. ``I know God gave me the opportunity to race. A lot of these kids won't have the same chance. I'm very thankful I get to do this.'' Godde first came to the campus in June to give a ride to student Sam Gonzalez Sam Gonzalez is the name of:
prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. his teacher Gary Cothran, who works with severely developmentally delayed students. ``He knows all of the drivers,'' Cothran said of Gonzalez, who uses a wheelchair. Cothran and Godde, who belong to the Lancaster West Rotary Club, talked about arranging a ride for Gonzalez. Godde came out Wednesday to give rides to more special-education students. Godde, a Quartz Hill resident who owns a mortgage company and a landscaping firm, plans to return to the school in advance of races he enters. This weekend, Godde will be competing in the Primm 300 in Primm, Nev., put on by SCORE, the biggest and oldest sanctioning body for off-road racing. He competes in about six races a year. ``It's to have more kids do it. A lot of students want to do it. Ty said he was willing to come back each time there's a race. It means something to him,'' Cothran said. Students climbed into the black vehicle through the top of the roll-cage bars and has an aluminum hatch door for a roof. ``It's a tube chassis race car, Volkswagen-powered with 130 horsepower horsepower, unit of power in the English system of units. It is equal to 33,000 foot-pounds per minute or 550 foot-pounds per second or approximately 746 watts. ,'' said Godde's father, Bob. ``It goes up to 101 mph, which is pretty fast in the dirt.'' Student Latural Norris said he enjoyed the ride down the eastern end of the high school parking lot, especially when Godde honked the horn. ``It was fun. It was cool. It was all right,'' said Norris, 18. Gonzalez was lifted into the car and rode again. ``Sam is a veteran in this race car,'' Ty Godde remarked. Karen Maeshiro, (661) 267-5744 karen.maeshiro(at)dailynews.com CAPTION(S): 3 photos Photo: (1 -- color) Student Latural Norris, 18, gets a ride in Ty Godde's off-road racing car in the parking lot at Palmdale High. ``It was fun. It was cool. It was all right,'' Norris said. (2) Student Jeremiah Pacheco, 15, gets ready to board Ty Godde's off-road car Thursday through the top of the roll-cage bars. (3) Ty Godde makes his second visit to Palmdale High on Wednesday in his off-road racer. Jeff Goldwater/Staff Photographer |
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