CALENDAR for the 2008 Race

Team Seattle Visits local Chestnut Hill Academy Elementary
Friday, January 11th 1:30-3:00 PM the students from Chestnut Hill Academy, Bellevue, WA will be walking to benefit Children's Cardiac Intensive Care Unit. (CICU) Students have been earning money by doing additional chores and will be donating their piggy banks full of change to the Team Seattle Guild

Park Place Ltd. Open House & Pledge Drive
Saturday, January 12th 6-9 PM
Come join us for a special evening of party fun for a good cause while enjoying great food and company.

Park Place Ltd.
13710 NE 20th St.
Bellevue, WA 98005
(425) 562-1000

12th Anniversary Team Seattle Send-off Dinner
Tuesday, January 15th, 2008 Team Seattle drivers, supporters, and VIP package guests will enjoy a delicious send-off dinner at the Overlake Golf & Country Club. Special thanks to Barrier Motors for sponsoring this event.

Annual Viewing Party at Cafe Veloce Kirkland, WA
Join fellow race enthusiasts from BMW Club, Porsche Club, Alfa Romeo Club, Ferrari Club and others at Cafe Veloce Saturday, January 26th starting at 10 AM all day for live coverage of the race. Great food and libations, racing atmosphere, big screen tvs to capture all the excitement.

Team Seattle Drivers Leave for Daytona
Tuesday, January 22nd, 2008 All drivers fly out early in the week to set up the cars, then practice and qualify for the Rolex 24 at Daytona.

Travel Package Guests Leave for Daytona
Thursday, January 24th, 2008 All Team Seattle guests fly to join the team. Click here for logistics and details for flight schedule, hotel information, rental car, and other travel details. This information will also be included in your VIP travel packages along with other important documents for travel.

2008 Rolex 24 at Daytona
January 26-27, 2008 The event we've all been waiting for! Good luck Team Seattle!! The official race start is 1:00 PM Saturday to conclude 1:00 PM Sunday. Check out the Speed Channel for race coverage. Look for one in-car camera in a Team Seattle car making it easy for you to follow our progress.

Check Presentation
Friday, March 14th, 2008 Team Seattle drivers & guests will be invited to the hospital for the annual check presentation. . In the eleven year history of this project nearly 2.7 million dollars has been donated to our Children's Hospital and Regional Medical Care Center.

2009 Planning Begins for the 24 Hours of LeMans, France
Want to get involved? It's never to early or late to start. Contact Donna or Emily for detail

Past Events from the 2008 Campaign

Kickoff Luncheon
Friday, October 19th, 2007 at Noon in the Children's Hospital Board Room. The hospital will be hosting a luncheon for all past and present Team Seattle sponsors, supporters, pledgors, and members. This luncheon will kick off the Daytona 2008 project and be held in the board room 1st floor of the hospital. Please RSVP attendance to Emily or Donna no later than Friday, October 12th 2007. Click here for more details & directions/parking.

Barrier Motors Open House
Saturday, December 8th, 2007 12-5:00 PM
Visit Barrier's new state of the art Porsche showroom and get up close and personal with this year's driving team. The 2008 poster and hero cards will also be available for collectors of memorabilia and autographs. Pledge gifts of $1.00 or more per lap (not to exceed 700 laps) will be given to all those making their 2008 pledges to the campaign.

Barrier Porsche:
12000 Bel-Red Road
Bellevue, WA
98005
425-643-3000

Official Test Days at Daytona Speedway
January 3-6th 2008
Marks the official test days for the Rolex 24 Hour Race. The team will put to work the data collected from the October practice and work on car setups that will be used for the race. This test will give the drivers a more accurate perspective of what the 24 Hour Race will be like.
Coming soon our Test Days from 2008

Microsoft Search and Give Campaign Redmond Campus
Tuesday, January 8th from 10-3:00 PM Come visit the team and attend a special luncheon for all Microsoft car enthusiasts.

Annual Team Seattle Visit to Children's Hospital
Date TBD
Why we do what we do, the kids at the hospitals their challenges, their smiles, their courage remind us of the true objective of our race...Completing as many laps as possible and bringing home the prize of donations collected for the CICU.
Coming soon our scrapbook from Team Seattle Hospital Visit