Jeffrey Coles

An information technology professional, Jones, races two Suzuki GSX-R 600's and like his teammate competes in the 600cc Supersport and Formula Extreme classes. ·Business leader of this groundbreaking team is Jeffrey Coles, President and Chief Executive Officer of One Shot Racing.Coles, who earned his MBA from American University, provides strategic planning for OSR's future.Completing the visionary business team is Chairman and Chief Operating Officer Rudy Blyden, a television editor and graduate of Morgan State University, who partners with Coles, provided the initial inspiration behind this effort. ·OSR is a private entity launched in 2003 with no corporate backing, an amazing feat in today's racing market.

* The leader of this ground-breaking team is Jeffrey Coles, President and Chief Executive Officer of One Shot Racing.Coles, who earned his MBA from American University, is the business inspiration behind OSR.
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* "The fact that we made it to the AMA without corporate backing lets those potential sponsors know just how passionate about this sport we are," Coles said

* In its first year, OSR is a private entity that launched this year no corporate backing, an amazing feat in today's racing market.

·Business leader of this groundbreaking team is Jeffrey Coles, President and Chief Executive Officer of One Shot Racing. Coles, who earned his MBA from American University, provides strategic planning for OSR's future. Completing the visionary business team is Chairman and Chief Operating Officer Rudy Blyden, a television editor and graduate of Morgan State University, who partners with Coles, provided the initial inspiration behind this effort.
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"The fact that we made it to the AMA without corporate backing lets those potential sponsors know just how passionate we are about this sport " Coles said.

Dan Cohen, President and Founder of Animal Attraction, Inc.-a dating website for animal lovers-and Jeff Coles, President and CEO of One Shot Racing, helped provide incentive for the gals who were bidding.

·Business leader of this groundbreaking team is Jeffrey Coles, President and Chief Executive Officer of One Shot Racing.Coles, who earned his MBA from American University, provides strategic planning for OSR's future.Completing the visionary business team is Chairman and Chief Operating Officer Rudy Blyden, a television editor and graduate of Morgan State University, who partners with Coles, provided the initial inspiration behind this effort.

·OSR is a private entity launched in 2003 with no corporate backing, an amazing feat in today's racing market.Sponsorship development is now in full-gear with the original backers coming from the Super Bike industry."The fact that we made it to the AMA without corporate backing lets those potential sponsors know just how passionate we are about this sport " Coles said.

·Business leader of this groundbreaking team is Jeffrey Coles, President and Chief Executive Officer of One Shot Racing.Coles, who earned his MBA from American University, provides strategic planning for OSR's future.Completing the visionary business team is Chairman and Chief Operating Officer Rudy Blyden, a television editor and graduate of Morgan State University, who partners with Coles, provided the initial inspiration behind this effort.
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"The fact that we made it to the AMA without corporate backing lets those potential sponsors know just how passionate we are about this sport " Coles said.

"Every other team looks alike," said Jeff Coles, who owns Burtonsville-based One Shot Racing with Rudy Blyden.
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Coles, a commercial real estate developer in Maryland, said urban culture includes not only the "street-savvy, hardcore inner-city residents," but also suburban kids and 30-something, well-educated professionals and every demographic in between.

"Because hip-hop music has become accepted by all cultures, it's become a mainstream culture," Coles said."As African-Americans, we're trendsetters."

Sports bikes are becoming part of the urban lifestyle.The participants in One Shot Racing say traditional sponsors, such as oil, beer, detergents and communication servers, can't reach that audience.

"But hip-hop associates can - record and apparel corporations, sport figures, folks who are recognized by the urban culture - they can," Coles said.
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Early in the season in Birmingham, Ala., Coles and Jones were walking the course when a corner worker suggested they should be back in the pits working on their driver's bike.
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But, overall, Coles said there was nothing but encouragement and support from participants and fans.

Next season is coming fast.As One Shot members look ahead to February, they're working on Yamaha R6s and R1s for next year and searching for that elusive sponsor.

"I think we shocked a lot of people on how we approached things," said Coles, who figures that to be a successful operation, the team will require about $1.5 million."We get a lot of call-backs about our professionalism and attention to detail."

But as of yet no one has stepped forward as a sponsor.

"No," Coles said.
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1. Jeff Coles, co-owner of Burtonsville-based One Shot Racing, kneels in front of (from left) rider Adrian Jones, mechanic Terrance A. Johnson, co-owner Rudy Blyden and rider William Johnson.

An information technology professional, Jones, races two Suzuki GSX-R 600's and like his teammate competes in the 600cc Supersport and Formula Extreme classes. ·Business leader of this groundbreaking team is Jeffrey Coles, President and Chief Executive Officer of One Shot Racing.Coles, who earned his MBA from American University, provides strategic planning for OSR's future.Completing the visionary business team is Chairman and Chief Operating Officer Rudy Blyden, a television editor and graduate of Morgan State University, who partners with Coles, provided the initial inspiration behind this effort. ·OSR is a private entity launched in 2003 with no corporate backing, an amazing feat in today's racing market.

The leader of this groundbreaking team is Jeffrey Coles, president and CEO of One Shot Racing.Coles, who earned his master's in business administration from American University, is the business inspiration behind OSR."The fact that we made it to the AMA without corporate backing lets those potential sponsors know just how passionate about this sport we are," Coles said.