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On Sunday 6th July 2008 Craig Preston and Co Driver Bruce Bourke will leave Sandown Racecourse in Surrey on the 2008 Cannonball Run Europe as team CB4KIDS.

CB4KIDS are working alongside their partner charity, Kids Company, http://kidsco.org.uk/ for the arduous event. The team aim is to beat the 2007 fundraising achievement of £4,000, but also to help raise the profile and inform people of the important work of the Kids Company.

The Cannonball Run Europe is a re-incarnation of an eponymous event in the United States, first run in the 1930's. The Cannonball name originates from the die-hard adventurer Erwin G. "Cannonball" Baker, the greatest cross country record breaker of them all. Baker set a number of American distance records including a 53.5hr coast to coast solo drive averaging over 50mph in 1933! Of course in more recent memory most people remember the goofy 1981 Burt Reynolds film of the same name.

The event is the automotive equivalent of a marathon. It is a high mileage endurance event which sees teams cross 8 European countries and 3,000 miles in only 5 days. The route is kept a close secret from competitors, with teams only learning the next destination as they assemble for the daily re-start. In 2007 the first 24hrs saw teams competing from London to Bratislava, via Lake Garda (1,500miles)!

Teams cross the Start line at Sandown Racecourse in Esher at 12.45 pm on Sunday 6th July, ahead of a likely 1000+ mile slog to their first rest. The event and over 70 cars return to the Finish in the UK at the Grand Hotel, Brighton on Friday 11th July.

The winner of the event is the team to get closest to an average speed of 61mph and CB4KIDS has entered the 2008 event with the aim of a Top Ten finish.

Thank you for visiting our fundraising page, we hope you can dig deep and sponsor us online!

Donating through this site is simple, fast and totally secure. It is also the most efficient way to sponsor us: Kids Company will receive your money faster and, if you are a UK taxpayer, an extra 28% in tax will be added to your gift at no cost to you.

So please sponsor CB4KIDS now!

Many thanks for your support!

Best of Luck Donation by Ewan Warren 26/06/08  

£60.00

Get your skates on boys ! Donation by Pete Arnold 23/06/08  

£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid

All the best Donation by Simon Blakely 23/06/08  

£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid

All the very best & safe driving x x Donation by Jim & Edith 20/06/08  

£120.00

Good luck Craig, try not to prang the Porsche! Donation by Daphne Boyle 20/06/08  

£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid

Would have donated more if you had a Porsche....! Donation by Dave White 19/06/08  

£25.00 + £7.05 Gift Aid

Have fun! Donation by Brog 16/06/08  

£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid

All the best Donation by Mike 13/06/08  

£25.00 + £7.05 Gift Aid

Enjoy-Stay Focussed-Return -Safely. Good Luck to all Cannonballers. Donation by Harold Preston 11/06/08  

£100.00 + £28.21 Gift Aid

The Yaris will keep you to the s limit!! Donation by Oliver & Sinead 10/06/08  

£50.00 + £14.10 Gift Aid

See you at the start line!! Donation by BLOW ME 10/06/08  

£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid

Always said you were a couple of loose cannons ;) .... Have a gr8 time!! Donation by dazzlr 09/06/08  

£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid

vroooooooooooommmmmmmmm Donation by Andy Mackey 05/06/08  

£25.00 + £7.05 Gift Aid

Let me know if you need chocolate supplies :) good luck xx Donation by Karen B 03/06/08  

£25.00 + £7.05 Gift Aid

Good luck! Donation by carl 30/05/08  

£30.00 + £8.46 Gift Aid

Double it if you are in the top 10 Donation by Andy m 28/05/08  

£50.00 + £14.10 Gift Aid

Good luck boys!! Enjoy :-) Donation by Charlotte 28/05/08  

£15.00 + £4.23 Gift Aid

Top 10 Finish - Go for it bro! Drive Safely and Swiftly."Winning isn't everything - it's the only t Donation by Gavin Preston 23/05/08  

£50.00 + £14.10 Gift Aid

Good luck... be careful not to break any speed limits...! Donation by Richard Salmon 22/05/08  

£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid

All the best guys :) Donation by Shari 21/05/08  

£50.00

Good luck Craig and have fun! Donation by Charles C 21/05/08  

£50.00 + £14.10 Gift Aid

Best of look in the Toyota Boys!!!! ;-) You guys will need it... Happy B-Day Bro :-) Donation by Wayne Bourke 21/05/08  

£40.00

Good luck Donation by ann & steven young min 20/05/08  

£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid

"You must be mad" Donation by Richard Loftus 20/05/08  

£100.00 + £28.21 Gift Aid

Its nice happy times Donation by Jim Leake 19/05/08  

£50.00 + £14.10 Gift Aid

Good luck boys. Donation by Andrew Deer 18/05/08  

£10.00

Have fun..... Donation by Stuart and Elena 17/05/08  

£30.00 + £8.46 Gift Aid

All the best to the Sandycoombe Road Runner Donation by David Chamberlain 16/05/08  

£30.00

Will be a doddle for you!! Donation by Fiona Brown 15/05/08  

£25.00

Good luck Dick Dastardly and Muttley Donation by Mick Wannell 15/05/08  

£50.00 + £14.10 Gift Aid
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