The company responsible for distributing the control fuel for the FIA World Rally Championship and the MSA British Touring Car Championship, Vital Equipment, recently Painted it Orange to support the Richard Burns Foundation. Vital Equipment staff members proudly sported their RBF T-shirts as they provided the refuel at the recent Bettega Memorial Rallysprint event and in the process, had all eight drivers sign one of the shirts, which will be auctioned off in support of the RBF.
As every year, this year's event ran alongside the Bologna Motorshow and brought together eight drivers and riders from across motorsport, including the WRC and MotoGP.
By the end of the competition, it was Petter Solberg who took the overall victory, with Italian MotoGP rider Andrea Dovizioso taking an amazing second place, much to the delight of the crowd and the consternation of other rally drivers.
Mini team driver Kris Meeke was third while Ford now-number one driver Jari-Matti Latvala had to settle for fourth place.
Vital Equipment staff wore their Paint it Orange T-Shirts, created to celebrate the tenth anniversary of Burns' WRC title win, with pride throughout the event, to demonstrate their support of this worthy cause. However, they also decided to try to take things one step further, by asking every driver taking part in the event to sign one of the T-shirts, to become an auction prize.
Not only did every driver do so, they also posed for a photo. Vital Equipment will mount the shirt, along with a photo of every driver who took part and signed it, in a frame and then auction this off early in the New Year. Naturally, the proceeds will go to the Richard Burns Foundation.
Commenting, Vital Equipment Managing Director Alistair Roberts said: "I am delighted that we were able to get all the drivers taking part to sign the shirt and of course, am extremely grateful to all of them. We wanted to show our support for the RBF but at the same time, try to add a little extra and I am very proud that they all got behind us."
Details of the auction will be released in the New Year.
Source: http://www.rallybuzz.com