Held retailer raising money for Midlands Air Ambulance

Held retailer Brindley Honda is involved in this awesome event, raising money for Midlands Air Ambulance and having fun along the way. Check it out. Please share this post, donate etc- it's for a great cause! Here's the story:

Monte Carlo Rally Or Bust 2016 (Champagne Charlie)

Our mission is shown below, We now have a car and a road map to some of Europe's spectacular locations and Roads. It started as a holiday to remember and has now snowballed into a Quest to raise donations for Midlands Air Ambulance Charity. With the support of Brindley Garages LTD and our key suppliers we hope to raise awareness and donations for this fantastic and lifesaving charity. 

The Brindley car- sponsored by Held amongst others :) 

Please support our cause by donating  through the link below, Thanks very much in advance.

http://fundraising.midlandsairambulance.com/monte-rally

What's happening

Buy a car for £300 or less and hit Europe’s greatest roads and cities for 3 days to Monte Carlo.  Complete challenges, laugh lots and raise some cash for your favourite charity. Monte Carlo or Bust is the ultimate European banger rally adventure.

As featured in The Sunday Times and Sky Sports News, The 3-day crusade takes your banger to some of Europe’s most exciting locations on spectacular roads with backdrops of sun, sea, sand…and even snow!   Racing is off the cards as you concentrate on solving daily challenges, both on and off the road, competing for a variety of prizes and regrouping each evening at the Rally Rendezvous to relax, socialise and explore the local area.

Your banger should cost no more than £300 and we encourage all teams to put less effort into their engines – and more effort into dressing the car and crew.  The MCoB team will be on hand before, during and after the rally to provide you with any support you may need.  Many teams take part to celebrate special occasions or raise funds for charity. 

In 2015 over 160 cars and 500 people successfully completed the challenge and raised over £100,000 for UK charities.  In 2016, we are running two fantastic routes to Monte Carlo; Black Forest Gateau and Champagne Charlie.  Each event is limited to 80 places.

Event Details

Contact: Marcus Wortans
Phone: 07970 722654
Address: Europe, Monte Carlo, West Midlands, WV3 9BY
From: 20/07/2016 
To:         31/07/2016 

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Held Racer Report: Leon Jeacock, National Superstock 1000, RD4, Donington

Another points finish for Held wearer Leon and the Geo E Davies Team! 

A well-deserved result for their weekends work at Donington Park where they were supporting the Acerbis UK Round of the WorldSBK event. This result keeps the momentum gained over the last couple of rounds rolling.

Free practice went extremely well for Leon and he and the team used it to fine tune the BMW S1000RR for the only qualifying session this weekend. After posting a time just outside the top ten he was confident of improving on it for a grid position in the race. Qualifying was a tense affair with just half second covering fourth to tenth place by the end of the session, but Leon kept a calm head and posted tenth fastest and achieved his coveted top ten grid position.

Making a good start Leon held his position and settled into a good race pace. Fighting hard over the sixteen laps he picked his way through and finished in a fantastic eighth place. A great result for rider and team as they build confidence and impetus every time they go out on track.

Speaking after he said “The weekend started great, we had good pace in free practice and knew that with just a couple of changes we could aim for Top 10 in qualifying. We did that with a 10th place grid spot and backed that up with 8th in the race. We weren’t lapping much behind 5th place times so can take the positives from the weekend and aim better next time out. Just want to add my thanks and appreciation to my sponsors, family and friends without them this adventure wouldn't be possible.”

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