Donate to Gearheads Giving Back in Support of SickKids Hospital and you could win a thrill ride in an open-wheel race car!
This Sunday May 26 2024 we will be displaying the No. 12 Can-Jam Motorsports Formula 1200 car at the Canadian Sport Compact Series event (CSCS) at the Mosport Driver Development Track just east of Toronto. We’ll be collecting donations for SickKids Hospital at the track, and online in advance.
For the minimum suggested donation of $20, you’ll be entered into our promotional draw where the winner gets to drive our Formula 1200 race car this summer. Plus, the winner also receives two tickets to the Vintage Grand Prix at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park on June 15-16 2024.
Tickets for the promotional draw will be available at the event.
- $20 donation = 1 ticket
- $30 donation = 2 tickets
- $50 donation = 5 tickets
CSCS is home to Canada’s biggest Time Attack Series, Drift Series, and Show & Shine Series. Hundreds of cars and thousands of spectators are expected this weekend at the Mosport DDT.
Racers and automotive enthusiasts are some of the most generous people you will ever meet. Always willing to lend a hand at the track or on the road. Now, we’re asking YOU, our car-crazy friends, to help us raise money for SickKids Hospital.
Make a donation to a worthy charity and you’ll have a shot at winning a thrill ride in an open-wheel race car!
Remember: fighting for the health and wellbeing of children is one of the most powerful ways to improve society.
I love it that you guys are doing this. I’m inclined to donate but think I should sleep on it. And at first I thought it would be cool to win and drive a racecar but then I read the requirements, the first of which is an Ontario license, and others which made me go hmmm. So if i donate and win, I will have to let someone else have the thrill of the ride.
About 18 minths we held a charity go-kart race, and the prize was a drive in the F1200. We didn’t put any limitations, and the fellow who won had never driven stick shift (I dont believe).
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Gosh, he stalled that car so many times, I thought he was gonna burn out the clutch.
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This year, we set requirements partly to protect the equipment, but also because the hospital admin folks were VERY worried about liability.
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So, 19+, full license and proficient with a manual. Seems almost reasonable.
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P.S. Here’s a video of that ‘drive a race car’ day
https://youtu.be/sqRGJKtXpMA?si=uuCowMjibdSES4iR
Well that’s just f*cking cool. I’d be good to go except for the Ontario license as I have driven a stick shift many times. Also, I had my 19th birthday a few years ago.
And yeah, these days everyone does have to be ultra concerned about liability. Don’t know about Canadians but Americans think every stale twinkie is something to sue somebody over.