Christopher Harris has over 20 years of experience volunteering and creating grassroots programs in underprivileged communities. He's worked with the Hip-Hop has Heart Foundation, Ronald McDonald House, and the Make-A-Wish Foundation. In motorsports, he has run numerous organizations in the Drag racing, Roll racing, and Drifting space; he has worked with the IHRA on developing rules for their street car sportsman segment. Also, he is formally the General Manager of Palm Beach International Raceway and the creator of the world's first professional roll racing sanctioning body, the International Roll Racing Association. Enjoying the life behind the scenes, he continues to consult various racers, promoters, and sanctioning bodies throughout the industry. The AARA combines two of his greatest passions, motorsports and grassroots social work.

Dystany’s passion for speed started at an early age, riding on the back of a motorcycle with her mom and dad from the age of 6.When she turned 12, Dystany’s life would change forever. She attended a drag race at Virginia Motorsports Park with her godfather, and something about the sound of the bikes speeding on the asphalt positively triggered her, and she kept going back. Dystany is the fastest woman on a BMW s1000rr in Curacao with a time of 8.57 seconds in the 1/4 mile. In 2018 she was inducted into the Hopkins BMW Museum. In addition, in 2019, she made history by becoming the first woman to win a 4.60 index final (Drag Racing). Dystany makes her own rules, sets her own goals, and serves as a role model for women of all ages.As she pushes to accomplish her dream of racing professionally in NHRA Pro Stock Motorcycle, her fan base continues to build, as does her enthusiasm for life – behind and beyond the driver’s seat.

Rod Reid is a businessman who has always had a passion for motorsports. In 1984 he started a race team, but he always wanted to have a talented team of individuals who looked like him in the professional ranks of the sport. So in 2020, Reid is teamed up with legendary Team Penske owner Roger Penske to launch Force Indy. Force Indy is a Black-owned race team targeted at hiring and training Black engineers, drivers, and mechanics to compete at the 2021 Cooper Tires USF2000 Championship, regarded as an early step toward the famed NTT IndyCar series. In August 2021, the Force Indy team made history. Their team driver, Myles Rowe, won a round of the F2000 championship at New Jersey Motorsports Park. At just 21 years old, Rowe became the first Black driver to win an IndyCar-sanctioned race. Reid is also the Co-founder of NXG Youth Motorsports, a program that helps minority youth get involved with racing.

Named one of the “7 important African-American bikers you should know” by Harley Davidson Tommy “Tombo” Bolton is arguably the most accomplished and influential African-American motorcycle racer of all-time. During his career, he has won over 25 championships, and during a time it was unheard of, he secured major sponsorships. Other great African-American motorcycle drag racers are on record stating Tombo has inspired them to get into racing. His most notable accomplishment came in 1990 when he became the first African-American drag bike racer to pass the 200 mph mark with a 7.18 at 205 mph.

As a youth, DonkMaster was introduced to cars & racing by his Uncle Buggy. As the years passed, he studied cars and the sport of drag racing, and at the age of 16, he built his first Donk. Then, he was introduced to the Donk racing culture in Florida through a DVD. Watching racers like Murff Dog make pretty Donks fast ignited respect and a challenge. So he decided to give his hometown of South Carolina the fastest Donk in the world. Since that moment, Sage has been traveling city to city and state to state, serving "Gapsauce" to his competition. He has his self-titled TV show on the VICE & Motortrend Networks. In addition, he created the National Donk Racing Association (NDRA), the world's first sanctioning body for big wheel racing.