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No Payne, No Gain.(competitions of Jeff Payne)(Column)
Byline: Kevin A. Wilson
When Dutch and I were tossing around the ideas that became AutoWeek's teen driving safety initiative, one major motivator was Jeff Payne, founder of Driver's Edge and a panelist at last year's AutoWeek Teen Driving Safety Summit.
Payne really reaches kids. When he tells them how he screwed up as a new driver and crashed his Camaro, they see he isn't just another finger-wagging adult who has forgotten what it's like to be 16. More than that, he listens. Youngsters who meet him see that he cares about them as individuals, and that inspires them to treat learning to drive well as seriously as he does.
The inspiring thing for adults is that Payne didn't need to do this. His racing career had taken him around the world and put him on the track with drivers such as Michael Schumacher, David Coulthard and Mika Hakkinen. And he had a successful driving school of his own that drew students such as Tom Cruise, Jon Bon Jovi, Charlie Sheen and big corporate clients.
He created Driver's Edge as a nonprofit charity-Bridgestone is a major sponsor-to give teens at-the-wheel experience in emergency maneuvers for free ...
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- Press release article from: PR Newswire January 23, 2008 700+ words
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- Press release article from: Business Wire December 4, 2007 700+ words
...Volvo Cars of North America has named Jeff Payne and Driver's Edge semi-finalists...Quality of Life and Environment. Payne, the founder of Driver's Edge...volvoforlifeawards.com and vote for Payne and Driver's Edge. In the United...
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- Press release article from: PR Newswire November 5, 2002 700+ words
...its CEO and co-founder, Jeffery Payne, has been elected to the Board of...estimated $175 billion in 2001," said Payne. "Software quality and security...critical to our future success and Jeff Payne is most certainly in that category...
- Payne, on tape, discusses implicating his girlfriend.
- News wire article from: The America's Intelligence Wire March 6, 2009 700+ words
...than a week, jurors heard Christopher Payne describe how he did everything he could...to death, but failed. They also heard Payne threaten suicide and discuss implicating...prosecutors played a taped jail visit between Payne, 30, and his stepsister, Debbie Barbone...
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- Newspaper article from: The Albuquerque Tribune (Albuquerque, NM) October 6, 1999 700+ words
...KNASH@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3602 Greg Payne had one goal in mind for today. "I...winner in the City Council District 8 race. Payne, 32, easily defeated incumbent Tim Cummins...Party. The contest was never in doubt: Payne got 3,356 votes to Cummins' 1,697...
- Payne says he's ready to battle complaints all the way to U.S. Supreme Court.
- Newspaper article from: The Albuquerque Tribune (Albuquerque, NM) October 27, 1999 700+ words
...Albuquerque City Councilor-elect Greg Payne says he is willing to fight campaign...t replace the U.S. Constitution," Payne said Tuesday. He said the Supreme Court...group, filed a complaint Tuesday accusing Payne of violating the charter in the Oct. 5...
- Payne defense presses for lesser conviction: Cites complicit girlfriend who...
- News wire article from: The America's Intelligence Wire March 17, 2009 700+ words
...this trial is disturbing. Christopher Payne's defense attorney urged jurors Monday...deaths of his children, Ariana and Tyler Payne. Assistant Pima County Public Defender John O'Brien said the evidence shows Payne isn't guilty of first-degree murder...
- Payne gets death penalty for starving his children.
- News wire article from: The America's Intelligence Wire April 1, 2009 700+ words
...hours over two days to decide Christopher Payne's actions were so egregious they outweighed...factors cited by his defense attorneys. Payne showed little reaction to the news. His...media after their decision was announced. Payne locked up and began starving Ariana, 3...
- Payne the new face of Augusta: Masters chairman replaces Johnson.
- News wire article from: News & Observer (Raleigh, NC) April 5, 2007 700+ words
...seemingly sincere. "Hi, I'm Billy Payne," he said. "Good to meet you." If...the change in chairmen from Johnson to Payne would be "seamless," saying he was impressed with the way Payne handled the Champions Dinner -- one of...
- Payne Job Search Leads to City Ethics Complaint.(Final)
- Newspaper article from: Albuquerque Journal (Albuquerque, NM) June 7, 2003 700+ words
...filed Friday against City Councilor Greg Payne, alleging there might have been conflict of interest when Payne recently sought a job from insurance companies...that were competing for a city contract. Payne said the complaint is unjustified, and...
Source: HighBeam Research, No Payne, No Gain.(competitions of Jeff Payne)(Column)