Junior Karters Race For Daniel In January

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AKA press release

Kart racers from seven to 16 years of age will converge on the Cooloola Coast Kart Club in Gympie, Queensland next month (January 14/15) to compete in a race meeting for a very special cause.

The inaugural ‘Harrington Doyle Racing – Race for Daniel Day’ is more than just another kart race meeting; it will be yet another opportunity to keep a clear focus on Harm Prevention, Child Safety Awareness and Fun in our communities.

Sunshine Coast boy, Daniel Morcombe went missing eight years ago, aged 13, and a recent arrest in his case led to a search for his remains in muddy bushland near Beerwah, on the Sunshine Coast. Daniel was abducted while waiting for a bus on a busy highway in his local area just before Christmas in 2003. Daniel’s parents in 2005, together with local community leaders, collaborated to establish the Daniel Morcombe Foundation to promote Child Safety Awareness.

“Being born in Gympie, I grew up in the relative safety and freedom that the Mary Valley provided in the Sunshine Coast Hinterland”, said Harrington Doyle Racing’s Craig Doyle.

“When Kym Coomber, President of the Cooloola Coast Kart Club recently wrote to me to tell me about a terrific concept her Club had for a ‘Race for Daniel Day’ to raise funds for the Daniel Morcombe Foundation Inc. it was very easy for us to say yes and be proactively involved.

“With our HDR Team Partners on board, together with some other terrific event sponsors, I expect that Kym and the team at the Cooloola Coast Kart Club will most certainly make this into an amazing Community & Sporting event in my home town”.

Above: Harrison Oddie is one youngster who has already entered for the Harrington Doyle Racing - Race for Daniel Day.

With competitors able to race from the age of seven, kart racing provides the opportunity for youngsters the ability to learn a lot about driving techniques and car control in a safe and controlled environment well before they are old enough to obtain their road licence.

Cadet, Rookie and Junior karters and their families from across Queensland and other States will be encouraged by fantastic prizes including a Junior Arrow rolling chassis Model XX1J from Drew Price Engineering the manufacturers of Australian made racing kart chassis, plenty of Yamaha and Dunlop merchandise along with many other random prize draws from various generous sponsors.

Cooloola Coast Kart Clubs Promotions Officer Kym Coomber contacted the local newspaper The Gympie Times about the concept of the event and utilising their newly owned Come and Try Karts one of which was donated by RV Engines Mortorsports, The Gympie Times Go Kart Challenge was born, over 4 weeks 12 Gympie Business people ran a come and try based time trial competition they were all allocated a mentors from the Club consisting of 1 Driver and 1 pit crew to give them tips and advice on how to get the best possible time for the competition, the results were then advertised in the local paper every week with a full page editorial, pictures and scoreboard.

The Gympie Times also conducted a competition for local readers to become involved in the challenge and also the Harrington Doyle Racing - Race for Daniel event.. There were over 80 entries received for the competition this was then broken down into age groups and 6 winners were selected. These readers will also utilise the ‘come and try karts’ and run in a time trial style competition this Saturday December 17th each of the winners will also be allocated a mentor for their time trial session. This challenge has brought new found interest within the community about the sport ,while raising awareness for the Morcombe Foundation.

“The Daniel Morcombe Foundation has done significant work to implement Harm Prevention and our club felt that this Foundation is an integral part of all of our communities although the Morecombe’s themselves will not be able to attend the meeting due to an interstate engagement, Bruce and Denise have expressed their gratitude personally and have enlisted the help of their Son and a Foundation representative to attend the event, we have also received a phone call from the local Police Superintendent offering any support they can for the event. AKA Qld has also come on board with Cooloola Coast Kart Club with all Qld clubs endorsing that state fees be part of the contribution the Morcombe Foundation” said Cooloola Coast Kart Club Promotions Officer Kym Coomber.

Entries are now open for the event with competitors able to pre-enter online through the CM:S System at www.karting.net.au. The Supplementary Regulations are available by clicking here.

2012 HARRINGTON DOYLE RACING – RACE FOR DANIEL
Event Sponsors
Harrington Doyle Racing
Yamaha Motor Company Australia
Drew Price Engineering Pty Ltd
Dunlop – ALM Pty Ltd (Les May)
Australian Karting Association Inc (Qld)
Matilda Truck and Travel – Kybong
Sunstate Gas and Plumbing - Brisbane
Preferred Plaster - Caloundra
EMT Medical Services - Buderim
Kartsmart - Toowoomba
Gympie Cooloola Foods
Sharples Concrete Pumping – Brisbane
Brisbane Kart Club Inc.
Gympie Times
Racer Inc
Performax International Gympie
Spraytech Smash Repairs - Gympie
Queensland Quality Hay and Produce - Gympie
Debbie’s Place, Rainbow Beach
David Johnstone – Cooloola Coast Kart Club Member

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