Look To The Stars News: Mark Blundell

Rockers And Racers Invite You To Charity Track Day

Fri, 21 Aug 2009 12:30:00 -0000

As reported by Look To The Stars back in May, motoring enthusiasts had better start getting their engines warmed up for an incredible charity racing event to be held in the UK this September.

The Circuit is a new, exclusive event in aid of the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children’s (NSPCC’s) Child’s Voice Appeal, featuring fast cars, professional drivers, celebrities and action-packed racing.

Pink Floyd’s Nick Mason and former F1 driver Mark Blundell invite you to a day of high octane excitement as you get the chance to push six high performance cars to the limit on four very different purpose built tracks at the Bedford Autodrome.

The event is generating excitement in the worlds of sport and entertainment; David Coulthard, Damon Hill, Vicki Butler-Henderson, Carl Fogarty, Deborah Meaden, Jason Plato, Phil Spencer and Darek Warwick have already signed up as celebrity team captains, and they need you to join their teams for what promises to be a highlight of sporting fun in 2009.

The day includes breakfast, lunch and refreshments and there will be a chance to bid to be driven on a circuit by a current or former Formula 1 Driver in a specially adapted car. Imagine yourself as part of a team of 20, captained by a professional driver and a celebrity from the world of sport or entertainment, accelerating around the autodrome driven by a racing professional!

The Formula Jaguar, Porsche 911 JP3, Palmer Jaguar JP1, Renault Clio Cup Racer, Caterham 7 Superlight, Jaguar XKR, a collection of genuine powerhouses, are ready and waiting for you to test your adrenaline levels to their limits.

Every lap you make will help the NSPCC’s Child’s Voice Appeal. ChildLine is only able to answer two-thirds of the 2.3 million calls it receives every year, which is why we need to expand the service to help more children and young people.

Tickets and info available here.

Jeremy Clarkson To Host Charity Racing Event

Fri, 01 May 2009 14:00:00 -0000

It may be a long way in the future, but motoring enthusiasts had better start getting their engines warmed up for an incredible charity racing event to be held in the UK this September.

The event is organised by Pink Floyd drummer Nick Mason and ex-F1 driver Mark Blundell, with Top Gear presenter Jeremy Clarkson hosting the lunch break and auction.

In association with Palmer Sport, ‘The Circuit’ will see participants drive six high-performance racing cars around Bedford Autodrome. The cars are the Formula Jaguar, Porche 911 JP3, Palmer Jaguar JP1, Renault Clio Cup Racer, Caterham 7 Superlight and the Jaguar XKR.

It is hoped that the event will raise a minimum of £100,000 for the Child’s Voice Appeal, the NSPCC’s three-year appeal to raise £50 million to maintain and grow the NSPCC’s helplines, text and online counseling services. The Child’s Voice Appeal aims to raise £50m so that the NSPCC’s vital helplines can answer many more cries for help. To date the appeal has raised £13m. The funds will mean that ChildLine’s volunteers can counsel 500,000 more calls every year; children will be able to choose how they access ChildLine’s help – by phone, online or by text; the NSPCC Helpline can grow by over 60% to counsel 18,000 more adults a year who have concerns about a child; and counselors can provide personalized help by email to nearly five times as many concerned adults.

120 participants will be divided into teams of 20, each captained by a professional driver and a celebrity from the world of sport and entertainment. Drivers will have the freedom to push the cars to their maximum limits on four purpose-built tracks. All drivers will also get a memory stick of onboard footage from their every lap in both the Formula Jaguar and the Palmer Jaguar JP1.

The day begins at 08.00 with breakfast and briefings. Racing starts at 09.30 until lunch break where there will be sumptuous food and refreshments, and the chance to bid for exclusive auction prizes. Racing restarts at 14.00 and the day ends at 17.30.

Racing enthusiasts, keen to pit their driving skills against professional drivers, celebrities and other competitors, can purchase tickets for £2,000 by contacting 020 7825 2608 or e-mailing sports-team@nspcc.org.uk . Further information is also available at www.nspcc.org.uk/thecircuit .

Ex-Formula One Ace To Drive For Charity

Fri, 25 Apr 2008 04:55:01 -0000

Written by Tim Saunders

Formula One fans and racing enthusiasts should head to Croft, England, in July to help change young lives.

Former Formula One driving ace Mark Blundell has confirmed he will attend the Prince’s Trust Celebrity Track Day at the Croft Raceway on July 15. The event is the last of three sporting activities – including a clay shoot and a golf tournament – to be held this year as part of ‘The Prince’s Trust Challenge Trophy’, which last year raised a huge $500,000 to support disadvantaged youngsters in the North East of England.

“I was delighted to be invited to take part in what I think is going to be a fantastic track day,” said the ex-F1 driver. “Croft is a great British motor circuit, and is challenging and rewarding in equal measure. I’m really looking forward to what should be a thoroughly entertaining charity fundraiser with an edge.”

Celebrity-led teams will compete in a series of five timed challenges, while driving F1 style single seaters, Porsches, Ferraris and buggies.

“This is not just an action-packed opportunity to have fun and raise pulses – participants will also help to raise vital funds to change the lives of many disadvantaged youngsters who deserve a second chance,” said David Beavis, North East regional director for The Prince’s Trust.

The Prince’s Trust encourages young people to take responsibility for themselves – helping them build the life they choose rather than the one they’ve ended up with. It works with those who have struggled at school, have been in care, are long-term unemployed or have been in trouble with the law, and needs to raise around $2 million per week to operate.

More information about the Celebrity Track Day can be found at the Prince’s Trust website.

Mark Blundell takes part in Chariots of Fire

Fri, 22 Sep 2006 14:39:29 -0000

Written by Kevin Purcell

After starting this year’s Chariot’s Of Fire event, former Formula One driving ace, Mark Blundell will be showing his support for the East Anglian Air Ambulance by taking part in the charity run in Cambridge, United Kingdom.

Mark has recently been highlighting in the local press the fact that charities such as the Air Ambulance rely on donations in order to provide a service to the public.

“We don’t realise that if funds aren’t available, there will be no air ambulance ready to save those valuable seconds which can make the difference between life and death.”

He will be joined in the run by over 2000 other participants, which gets its name from Lord David Puttnam’s cinema classic. The event has outgrown the original route taken through the grounds of Perse School and now takes place through Cambridge’s ancient streets.

This will be a different challenge for Mark, who completed 61 races in Formula One, finishing third three times. After finishing his racing career with a crash resulting in a number of broken vertebrae, he knows well about the value of emergency treatment and is showing his support for the cause this weekend.

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