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Monday 23 July 2012
18 year old Matthew Hawthorne lives with genetic disorder Coffin-Lowry Syndrome. In May, he was granted his wish to meet Jenson Button by Make-A-Wish Foundation® UK, the charity that grants magical wishes to children and young people fighting life-threatening conditions…

Matthew, who is from Bangor (County Down), loves Formula 1. So it came as no...

London, UK – Tuesday, December 6, 2001: The Dan Wheldon Memorial Kart Race held at Daytona Milton Keynes on Monday, December 5, proved a fitting tribute to the 2005 IndyCar Champion and double Indy 500 winner who hailed from nearby Emberton in Buckinghamshire by raising over £17,000 for Alzheimer’s Society.
Friends and colleagues representing the elite ranks of worldwide motorsport united to race in Dan’s...

Media Release: Overwhelming Support For Dan Wheldon Memorial Kart Race

London, UK – Thursday, December 1, 2011; The Dan Wheldon Memorial Kart Race, set to take place at Daytona Milton Keynes on Monday, December 5, has received overwhelming support from fans and the motor racing industry alike, all wishing to race in Dan’s honour while raising funds for the Wheldon family’s chosen charity, Alzheimer’s Society.

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London, UK – Monday, November 7, 2011; Dan Wheldon will be honoured in a special memorial kart endurance event on Monday, 5 December, at Daytona Milton Keynes (UK).
Appropriately staged just 10 miles away from Dan’s hometown of Emberton, Buckinghamshire, the event will see drivers from across the realms of worldwide motorsport join together to remember their close friend and colleague.

Members of the public...

Birmingham, UK – Sunday 17 January 2010: The first ever Celebrity Karting Challenge hosted in the Autosport International Live Action Arena within the NEC Birmingham, on Friday 15 January, saw the world’s motorsport elite join together to raise an astonishing sum of £59,500, taking the total raised by David Brabham’s Racing4Charity organisation in the last three years to over £151,000.

London, UK – Thursday 7 January, 2010; The Karting Show at Autosport International opens its doors to the public on Saturday 16 and Sunday 17 January 2010 at the NEC, Birmingham, offering any aspiring Jenson Buttons and Lewis Hamiltons the chance to find out how to get racing. Housed within the world’s biggest motorsport show, it’s the perfect place to get all the information you need to start and progress in...

London, UK – Friday 27 November, 2009; Jenson Button will be paying a special visit to the Karting Show at Autosport International 2010, at the NEC Birmingham, to support the Super One 2009 championship awards presentation on Saturday 16 January.
The UK’s premier national karting series from which the newly-crowned FIA Formula One World Champion learnt his craft, Jenson will present the Super One trophies for...

Tuesday 7 July, 2009; Le Mans 24 Hours winner David Brabham was reunited with his race-winning Team Peugeot Total car to the crowd’s delight at the Goodwood Festival of Speed, held 3-5 July. The sportscar ace drove the Peugeot 908 HDi FAP on the famous 1.6 mile Goodwood hillclimb and was joined by team mates Alex Wurz and Marc Gene during the three day event.
As well as celebrating his Le Mans victory secured...