Charles Grout

The Mad Hutter at The Race Centre's 24hr Children In Need Endurance Race

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£697
raised of £1,500 target
The Race Centre 24hr Charity Endurance Race, 19 November 2021
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The Race Centre presents its 12th iteration of the 24hr Children In Need Endurance, where 10 teams race against one another, all enclosed in the venue for the entire event. Qualifying takes place at 11:15am on Friday 19th October, before the racing begins at 1pm. We will race through the night, into the dawn, and into the afternoon once more. 

All costs for participating are covered by participants and The Race Centre, so all your donations will go directly to Children In Need - don't forget Gift Aid!

Bringing together one illustrious manufacturer's GTE car - the Ferrari 488, with an iconic masterpiece of a circuit - Spa Francorchamps, this year's race is one we immensely look forward to. The Ferrari's 4,996cc V8 Turbo engine gives us 490bhp to power us around the 7.004km rollercoaster ride, with 20 turns and many elevation changes. This is one of my favourite cars to drive, paired with my favourite circuit...

Full details on their website at: https://www.theracecentre.co.uk/bbc-cin-2021/

I am doing this solo! The whole day including the 24 hour race I will be in the venue - no breaks, only brief pit stops to fill the tank and empty my bladder...

Need another reason to donate? It's been 7 long years since I have had my hair cut - that's longer ago than when I started working at The Race Centre, and my fiancee has never seen me with short hair! If I reach £500 I will get it done on the day, and if I reach £1500, I will brave the shave... The luscious locks will of course be donated to the Little Princess Trust to make real hair wigs for young people who have lost their hair through medical conditions or treatments.

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