Kenton Koch partners with Donate Life America - Speedway Digest

Donate Life America (DLA) and Kenton Koch of JDC Motorsports are proud to announce that the two will work together to spread the inspiring message of organ, eye and tissue donation and increase the number of registered donors who save and heal lives. Koch, a twenty-year-old native of Glendora, CA kicks off the 2015 Cooper Tires Prototype Lites Powered by Mazda series this week at the Sebring National Raceway in Sebring, Florida.

Koch knows firsthand about the lifesaving power of donation and transplantation. This past January, Koch’s mother received a heart transplant after spending six months on the national transplant waiting list. “It’s amazing to think that someone else’s heart is beating within her,” said Koch. “Thanks to them and their decision to be a donor, I still have my mom here today.”

Now in his second season as a Mazda Motorsports Development driver, Koch is excited to be adding the Donate Life logo to the other sponsor names on his car in order to honor those who have given the gift of life, like his mother’s heart donor. “The generosity of those who have registered are second to none,” said Koch. “I hope that by sharing my mother’s story on and off the track, we can inspire even more people to register and help put a big dent in the national transplant waiting list.”

Nearly 124,000 people in the U.S. are currently waiting for an organ transplant. Those who are waiting are sisters, brothers, sons, fathers, daughters, grandparents, grandchildren, and mothers. “Knowing what it is like to have your mother on the waiting list and dealing with the uncertainty that comes with it, I don’t want others to go through that. Not everyone is as lucky as my mom,” said Koch. Sadly, on average, 21 people die each day because the organs they need are not donated in time.

“With more registered donors comes more hope for those waiting,” said David Fleming, President and CEO of Donate Life America. “The organ shortage is a public health crisis that we know how to fix – all it requires is more signatures.” To learn more about organ, eye and tissue donation and to register your decision to be a donor, go to www.donatelife.net.

Click here for Kenton Koch’s official website. Koch’s 2015 schedule is as follows:

Date Venue

March 18-20 Sebring International Raceway

April 10-12 NOLA Motorsports Park

June 25-27 Watkins Glen International

July 9-12 Canadian Tire Motorsport Park

August 7-9 Road America

August 28-29 Virginia International Raceway

Sept 30 – Oct 2 Road Atlanta

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