Ashley Gives Away $250,000, Then Goes Racing
Mike Ashley Gives Missouri Family $250,000
Ashley to Drive in Funny Car, Pro Mod at St. Louis
St. Louis April 30 Friday won't be a typical day for Mike Ashley or Amanda and Wesley Michno of St. Clair, Mo.
Ashley, Chief Business Strategist/Executive Vice President of Lend America, a nationally direct mortgage lender, will present the Michnos with the $250,000 top prize in Lend America's "Homefree Mortgage Giveaway" in the their home at 8 a.m. The event will be featured exclusively on television's "Inside Edition" on Monday.
Ashley, an NHRA Funny Car and Pro Modified driver, then heads for Madison, Ill., site of this weekend's O'Reilly Midwest Nationals at Gateway International Raceway. He will be competing in his second Funny Car race of the season.
"What gratifies me the most," said Ashley, "is that, in addition to helping Amanda and Wesley, we've taught them how to manage their debt for the future and now they can pay off their 80/20 balloon mortgage and stay in their home."
Ashley and Roger Burgess (co-owner of ProCare Rx) are the co-owners of Gotham City Racing, a two-car Funny Car team that features Melanie Troxel and Ashley - at least for the next five NHRA POWERade Series events.
Troxel won the Midwest Nationals Top Fuel title a year ago in Top Fuel and is making the transition from Top Fuel to Funny Car this year at the same time the ProCare Rx Dodge Charger R/T team is adapting to an extra 100 pounds mandated by new NHRA safety rules.
When announcing his decision to get back into Funny Car, Ashley said he was doing so because he wanted to take advantage of their two-car team.
"It's important the way our team has progressed that we have two cars out here gathering data," he said. "We must come up with a master plan to master the combination. It's no secret there have been significant changes to the chassis this year.
"We've only run the second car two events this year. I'm looking at driving it at least until the race at Norwalk (Ohio, four races after the Midwest Nationals)."
Ashley was the No. 1 qualifier here a year ago during a stellar 2007 Funny Car campaign. It was one of his five low qualifier awards. He won three times (including the storied U.S. Nationals at Indianapolis), qualified No. 1 five times and finished sixth overall.
Ashley created the "Homefree Mortgage Giveaway" and designed it to educate borrowers about reducing high-cost debt. The Michnos will receive $10,000 a month for the next 25 months.
He wanted to establish Lend America as a staunch supporter of the economy on both a local and national level. With that in mind, he created the "HomeFree Mortgage Giveaway" to provide people in need a viable option to the mortgage problems that are crippling the economy and, at the same time, restore faith in the mortgage industry.
Mr. Michno said he had been "desperately trying to refinance to a fixed-rate loan, but no lender would qualify us. With three young children, ages six months, 2 and 4 years old, our financial obligations were a constant worry."
And then good fortune came their way.
About ProCare Rx:
Roger and Barbara Burgess founded ProCare Rx in 1988 to provide prescription drug claims processing, clinical services and support for any organization that provides a Prescription Drug Benefit to its employees or members. Clients include self-insured businesses, unions, hospices, worker compensation plans, local and county governments, health maintenance organizations, associations and other insurance plans.
Today, after almost 20 years in business, ProCare Rx is one of the largest privately held Pharmacy Benefit Managers (PBM) and administrators in theUnited States, experiencing 19 straight years of continual growth. The company works with pharmacies and prescription drug manufacturers to ensure that clients save money while managing the health of their members hru the application of innovative technologies and population health services directed to all members, with focus on those with chronic conditions.
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Lend America a National Mortgage Banking Organization and one of New York's largest privately owned direct lenders, has proudly served the residential mortgage marketplace for more than 20 years. The company is one of the most successful direct-to-consumer lenders in the United States and is the region's largest and most well known FHA direct lender. Lend America is also the originator of the successful nationwide broadcast-television educational seminar programs titled "The Mortgage Insider." Lend America offers a wide range of home purchase and refinance programs to meet their clients' individual requirements. Lend America employs approximately 650 employees and is headquartered in Melville, New York. For more information on Lend America, visit
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phone: 516.353.9959
