US Red Velvet Racing

US Red Velvet Racing Virginia's premier US National Toboggan Championship Racing Team

Team US Red Velvet Racing 2024:

Richard Sink (pilot)
Shane Butler (coach & racer)
Kody Reed
Dallas Davis
Sam Calhoun

💓 Pure joy discovered & delivered ...🛷 US Red Velvet Racing updates en route from the chute soon.Huge ❤️ to our US Red V...
02/09/2026

💓 Pure joy discovered & delivered ...

🛷 US Red Velvet Racing updates en route from the chute soon.

Huge ❤️ to our US Red Velvet Racing Support Partners:
🛷 William Martin | Black Sushi House
🛷 Justin B Productions
🛷 Allen Walker | Digital Printing Solutions
🛷 Taylor Clark | White Elephant Beer Co
🛷 Bric Friesland | Bric's Original Dip & Roll - Italian Beef & Beyond
🛷 Alex Taheri
🛷 IFA Wealth Financial Strategies

02/07/2026

RACE ALERT:
USRVR 2-Man drops within 30 minutes

As we crest out of Christmas, Team US Red Velvet Racing is grateful for our annual competition & tradition, and for our ...
12/27/2025

As we crest out of Christmas, Team US Red Velvet Racing is grateful for our annual competition & tradition, and for our USRVR Support Partners:

🛷 William Martin | Black Sushi House
🛷 Justin B Productions
🛷 Allen Walker | Digital Printing Solutions
🛷 Taylor Clark | White Elephant Beer Co
🛷 Bric Friesland | Bric's Original Dip & Roll - Italian Beef & Beyond
🛷 Alex Taheri
🛷 IFA Wealth Financial Strategies

🛠️ This group's support is fueling the build of US Red Velvet Racing's next tranche of toboggans — sleds that we intend to ride in 2026 to bring us back to the finals, bolstering Virginia's rightful place in the celebrated lexicon of US National Toboggan Championship racing.

❤ We thank all of you for supporting us — both past & present — on this journey to cement Virginia’s name as top contenders in this annual national championships. Viva la US Red Velvet Racing! Jump on. Let’s race. Let’s inspire. One team. One dream. United. Onward.

🛷 US Red Velvet Racing's 2026 pursuit begins ...❇️   for updates on all of the   news that's fit to print, including 202...
11/29/2025

🛷 US Red Velvet Racing's 2026 pursuit begins ...

❇️ for updates on all of the news that's fit to print, including 2026 Support Partnership info.

❤️ Thank you for supporting Virginia's Premier US National Toboggan Team.

🛷 US Red Velvet Racing is for the children … Today was a special day. Team US Red Velvet Racing was invited to visit and...
04/25/2025

🛷 US Red Velvet Racing is for the children …

Today was a special day. Team US Red Velvet Racing was invited to visit and talk all things toboggan racing with kindergarten students at Roanoke’s Oak Grove Elementary School. The questions were amazing, their interest was abundant, the art they created for us melted our hearts, and, most importantly, the smiles were omnipresent. In fact, the students were so intrigued, they asked if they could load-up on our toboggan in racing formation, just like we do every year competing in Maine. We were happy to oblige.

Some of these same students cheered us on from afar this past winter as Team US Red Velvet Racing competed in the , and today — just like then — they wore red in support of our team & dream. We are so grateful for their support.

As a special ‘thank you,’ we presented the class with the nose from one of our racing toboggans, which we salvaged after one of our sleds shattered at high speeds during our team’s final race of 2025. They loved it. And, we love them.

This is what it’s all about — smiles, connection and spreading that signature red-velvet love.

Grateful for this team. Grateful for this dream. Love this family. 🛷 US Red Velvet Racing 🛷
02/16/2025

Grateful for this team. Grateful for this dream. Love this family.
🛷 US Red Velvet Racing 🛷

⏱ Less than half a second. 0.454 to be exact. That quick blip of a slip is all that separated the winning team from US R...
02/05/2025

⏱ Less than half a second. 0.454 to be exact.

That quick blip of a slip is all that separated the winning team from US Red Velvet Racing’s fastest run. (9.296 ➡️ 8.842)

With one of our sleds a total loss — one of its sides shattering apart in the final seconds of BRAVO’s last run — and our other sled incrementally and eventually irreparably damaged on the nose and rails during some rough-and-rugged racing, US Red Velvet walks away with our heads held high, memories to last a lifetime and renewed energy and engineering for the 2026 US National Toboggan Championships.

Nothing but respect to our toboggan builder — this course asks a lot out of both sled and racer, with spine-shattering bumps being navigated, while pushing 40mph (lying in positions that are uncomfortable even while not hurtling down an icy incline), from the top to the bottom … out onto the frozen lake.

But once again — and which is promised and primarily the point — positives were prolific this year ➡️ Our team grew in size. We felt the incredible love and support from a dozen+ business partners, and we, as a team, were able to sponsor the event’s live stream. We got to commune & laugh with so many racers from all over this country who we now call friends. Our times improved by one second or more in each of the past three years. Our jokes got better (especially Dallas’). Our home-base once again came with fish pillows. We learned just how much we hate Kia Carnivals. We finally got our racing form & placement down to a science. We enjoyed myriad memorable meals, one of which was cooked to perfection by one of our partners. Our team is now recognized, and (*mostly) loved and accepted. We hugged more than we cussed. Our signature Red Velvet is now part of the fabric of this larger family that comes together annually to make life & living just a little brighter; serving as a light to contrast the seemingly ever-growing dark in this yearly cycle.

And that’s what we’ll remember and cherish the most from 2025’s US National Toboggan Championships. Love. Community. Connection. Teamwork. Brotherhood. Sisterhood. Family.

We don’t take a single-second of our adventures for granted. We deeply appreciate the support from each and every one of you. We’re not going anywhere — we’re just getting warmed up. The next generation of our team is growing and learning right along with us — just like our Captain Shane all those years ago, and just like he graciously passed along to all of us to bring us to this very moment. Grateful. More icy adventures await.

❤ All of our love & deep gratitude to Charles York & Featherbed Lane Cabinetmaking, and huge respect to our partners:
🛷 Bric Friesland & Eyes To The Horizon
🛷 Chris Migliarese & Miggies Sunglasses
🛷 John William McBroom & FestivalPark/FloydFest
🛷 Justin Billcheck & Justin B Productions
🛷 Ed Schumann & EZ Tree Removal
🛷 William Martin & Black Sushi House
🛷 Shawn Sloane & Those Tree Guys
🛷 Matthew Sebas & OMNIBUILD General Contractors
🛷 Alex Taheri & Frances Taheri
🛷 Alex Phillips & Tidy Services
🛷 Christian Lee Alexander & Good Time Preservation Society
🛷 Sean Stafford & StaffordX Mobile Detailing

❤ Tons of love to Lauren Metro for helping capture the magic on the camera. Tons of love to our crew of 14. The bruises will heal; the memories are seared. Onward, Red Velvet. Onward. Smile.

❤️ Big love to our partner, family & friend, William Martin … who not only supports our dream, but fed us all in style o...
02/02/2025

❤️ Big love to our partner, family & friend, William Martin … who not only supports our dream, but fed us all in style on race weekend. If ever in Maine, top of the list should be his restaurant, Black Sushi House. US Red Velvet Racing loves you, William. Thank you.

🛷 US Red Velvet Racing … race updates to follow. We deeply appreciate all of the support & well wishes.
02/02/2025

🛷 US Red Velvet Racing … race updates to follow.

We deeply appreciate all of the support & well wishes.

❄️ US Red Velvet Racing update: both sleds passed inspection. 🛷 Alpha: 47.4 pounds 🛷 Bravo: 44.6 pounds All smiles on Re...
01/31/2025

❄️ US Red Velvet Racing update: both sleds passed inspection.

🛷 Alpha: 47.4 pounds
🛷 Bravo: 44.6 pounds

All smiles on Red Velvet. Today was a good day. Both sleds, both teams … proud of this crew. Total professionals wearing this race kit.

The only hint we’ll give about our performance today is Captain Shane’s face after coming off the run.

Tomorrow is a big day. This is early. Winter is coming.

US Red Velvet Racing ❤️‍🔥s our 2025 Official Support Partners ↙️🛷 Justin B Productions🛷 Those Tree Guys LLC.🛷 StaffordX ...
01/31/2025

US Red Velvet Racing ❤️‍🔥s our 2025 Official Support Partners ↙️

🛷 Justin B Productions
🛷 Those Tree Guys LLC.
🛷 StaffordX Mobile Detailing
🛷 Tidy Services
🛷 Eyes To The Horizon
🛷 Alex Taheri
🛷 Christian Lee Alexander
🛷 FestivalPark/FloydFest
🛷 Ed Schumann
🛷 OMNIBUILD General Contractors
🛷 Miggies
🛷 Black Sushi House

US Red Velvet Racing’s home-base established, shoveled & filled with the Red-Velvet love on the ocean in Lincolnville, M...
01/30/2025

US Red Velvet Racing’s home-base established, shoveled & filled with the Red-Velvet love on the ocean in Lincolnville, Maine …

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