Race for Heroes - Charity Kart Race
Wednesday 3 February 2010 12:11 PM
The inaugural Help for Heroes Charity Kart Race will speed into Milton Keynes on Saturday the 27th February as stars from British Motorsport gather at the Daytona International Kart Circuit to raise money and awareness for the Help for Heroes Charity, by doing what they do best; racing.
Your day shall comprise of breakfast on arrival for drivers, press and VIPs, fast paced action and entertainment during the 6hr endurance race, prize giving, auction and dinner.
On 27th February, Daytona, Milton Keynes will reverberate to the sound of 17 kart engines all pounding round flat out. Nothing unusual in that you might think but in this case the 17 karts will all be driven by teams of celebrities as the circuit plays host to an amazing charity kart race in aid of Help for Heroes.
The driver line up features drivers from all areas of British Motorsport. Some of the many drivers include BTCC favourites past and present Paul O’Neill, Stephen Jelley, Harry Vaulkhard, Steven Kane, Tom Onslow-Cole and Micky Doyle. There are also drivers from the BTCC support series including 2009 Formula Renault Champion Dean Smith and Clio Cup Champion Phil Glew. From F3, GT and sports cars come drivers such as Andy Meyrick, Callum Macleod, Phil Keen, Phil Quaife and Tim Bridgman. They will be competing against BSB riders, Simon Andrews and Gary Mason.
It’s not only Motorsport stars among the drivers with Boyzone’s Shane Lynch, Tom Clarke from The Enemy and the boys from TV’s Dirty Sanchez among the other celebrities. The Armed Forces have an opportunity themselves to show off their driving skills with the addition of a soldiers team, lead by George Cross and Pride of Britain winner, Matt Croucher.
Taking on all of these will be a team of top Girl racers, compromising of 2009 Ginetta Junior Champion Sarah Moore, 2009 Formula Renault Star Alice Powell, Dunlop Sport Maxx class B Champion Abbie Eaton, VW cup driver Anna Walewska and top karter Sophie Fisher.
All 17 teams will be joined on the grid by the UK's top grid girls and one grid boy for the girl racers!
Just three-hundred general public tickets will be available for sale at £30 each. It will be an all day event opening to the public at 10am. Parking on site is extremely limited and will have to be reserved in advance on a first come first served basis. There will be other parking available nearby for people who can’t be accommodated at Daytona itself.
We look forward to what shall no-doubt be a brilliant day’s racing and the opportunity to raise money for this fantastic cause.
Donations can be channelled through 'Virgin Money Giving'. The charity donations site Virgin Giving Money are preparing a web page for donations, which will be forwarded to Help for Heroes. We are endorsed by Help for Heroes, our reg. no with H4H,20091230-7688-5756
You pay direct to Race for Heroes
Lloyds Bank
Sort code: 30-97-41
Acc no. 30305160
Companies interested in sponsoring the event via branding at the event or on the karts, will benefit from the high level of media interest in the event.
For public ticket availability please contact
Jenny Hurford
01722-329226
For press and general enquires please contact
Angie Taylor or Carolyn Mooney through race4heroes@live.co.uk
Follow Race for Heroes on
Twitter - @race4heroes
Facebook - http://www.facebook.com/group.php?v=wall&ref=ts&gid=234971472683
www.race4heroes.co.uk
If you would like to attend on the day please email and we'll book you in... hope to see you there!
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