2009 Toyota Pro/Celebrity Race Drivers Announced
Tuesday, March 10th, 2009Racing is not solely for the professionals. Apparently, Toyota will be showing that is the case as it has announced the 2009 Toyota Pro/Celebrity Race Drivers. Among the notable names were Adrien Brody, Luke Wilson, Keanu Reeves, Raven-Symone, Alex Trebek, who will get behind the wheel of race-ready Scion tCs for Charity on Saturday, April 18.
The field of 20 drivers will compete in brand new race-ready Scion tCs in what has become the world’s longest-running, most successful celebrity racing event. The historic, 10-lap race for charity on a 1.97-mile street circuit through the downtown streets of Long Beach in Southern California is one of six featured events during race weekend.
Toyota will donate $5,000 to “Racing for Kids” in the name of each celebrity racer, and another $5,000 to the winning racer’s charity of choice. Racing for Kids is a national non-profit program benefiting children’s hospitals in Long Beach and Orange County, Calif. Toyota has donated $1.7 million on behalf of the race and it’s participants and various children hospitals since 1991.
Finally, a $15,000 donation is made in conjunction with the 12th annual “PEOPLE Pole Award.” Sponsored by PEOPLE magazine, the award honors the pole-position winner of the Toyota Pro/Celebrity Race qualifying session on Friday, April 18.
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