JOHN COFFELTEditor

4 Racing Media recently unveiled its new Number 12 NASCAR Truck Racing Series at Common John Brewing Company. The car bears logos of the local charity Unstoppable Women, a group that seeks to aid single mothers that fall through the cracks of government assistance and being able to earn a livable wage.

The car is driven by teen driver and three-time champion Gwinn Davis, 15, of Smyrna, Tennessee.

Car owner Jeff Ames said that “There’s a lot of good that can be done with Unstoppable.”

“This is a program that we could take globally, but we want to focus on going coast to coast this year,” Ames said.

“The world that we have today is not what we want it to be,” he said. “Unstoppable, it’s a mindset. The more people who believe in that, the better off the world is going to be. Megan (Ferrell, founder of Unstoppable) is a catalyst for that.”

Davis wants to be a voice of that spirit to her peers. Like Ferrell, Davis grew up around racing.

Ames is a NASCAR photographer and wanting to step away from that he became aware of Davis on social media. After a dinner interview, he was convinced of Davis’ professionalism.

“There’s a lot of pushing in NASCAR, to get them into cars they’re not ready for. We’re not pushing. I made her a promise I’d never put her in a situation to fail,” Ames said.

Davis said she sees the sport from a different perspective from others in racing.

“It’s a male-dominated sport. With racing, you either have a good or a bad day, but you learn from both,” she said.

“I think it’s going to be an amazing journey with Megan,” she said.

“Twenty twenty-four is going to be our year, ladies and gentlemen,” Davis said.

Ferrell said that she met Ames after a race and that meeting formed a partnership that will get the word of her charity out to scores of racing fans.

“Racing has always been a passion for me,” Ferrell said. “My dad was a front end dragster, and I grew up on the track.”

Davis will race Saturday, at Nashville Fairgrounds Speedway.

“If you want to see this pretty little (truck) going circles around the track, I suggest you come out and sit in the grandstands because we’re going to need it,” Davis said.

John has been with the Manchester Times since May 2011. John has won Tennessee Press Association awards for Best News Photo and placed in numerous other categories. John is a 1994 graduate of Tullahoma High School, a graduate of Motlow State Community College and earned a Bachelor of Arts in English from Middle Tennessee State University. He lives in Tullahoma, enjoys painting, dancing and exploring the outdoors.