The Suspense

The 2008 Poster

The Kids!

The Winning Team
Justin Pruskowski, Don Kitch, Ross Bentley, Joe Pruskowski, Peter MacLeod, Wade Gaughran, Dave Gaylord, Steve Gorrarian, and hospital patient Kami Sutton.

“It’s incredible what can be done in Motorsports when people pull together for a worthy cause like Children's Hospital."  

-Don Kitch, Jr., Team Seattle founder and driver-

Bingham Family Foundation pledges 1 Million Dollars to Children's Hospital Over the Next 10 Years!

How Team Seattle raises money for Children’s Hospital

Be on the winning team on January 26-27, 2008 by pledging your donation for each lap Team Seattle completes.  Our goal is to go to Daytona with over $1,000.00 per lap in pledges and to complete 700 laps.  Team Seattle will field two identically prepared Porsche 911/997GT3 Super Cup cars in the 2008 Rolex 24 Hours at Daytona. Your pledge will be based upon the most laps completed by one of the Team Seattle cars, or the combined total of laps completed by both cars not to exceed 700 laps.

The Speed Channel will have racing coverage of the Rolex 24 starting Saturday then again Sunday Watch for the # 84 and # 85 Team Seattle cars giving you an opportunity to be personal and up close with our drivers and our mission. Check out the local viewing party with fellow racing enthusiasts at Cafe Veloce Kirkland, WA from 10 AM on into the night. Enjoy great food and libations while cheering Team Seattle on. Live phone interviews with the team throughout the night.

This fundraising effort has made history as the most successful ever single-team motorsports charity effort. In eleven years, Team Seattle has donated over $2.7 million dollars for the kids! Check out this site and learn more about our "Racing for Children's" fundraiser.

This Year’s Recipient
In 2005, Team Seattle embarked on an ambitious endeavor - pledging $2 million to Children's Cardiac Intensive Care Unit! This incredibly generous action started with the establishment of the Team Seattle Endowment for Excellence in Cardiac Intensive Care, supporting clinical and research activities for the Cardiac Intensive Care Unit (CICU) at the hospital. To acknowledge the team's outstanding commitment, Children's Hospital has named the CICU after Kami Renee Sutton, an inspiring heart patient and racing enthusiast that has participated in the team's efforts since the beginning.

Children's CICU is a world-class facility that needs the support of the community to continue to provide excellent care to all children in need of their services. Did you know that heart disease is the most common birth defect among U.S. infants? It affects one in every 100 newborn babies, and yet very few heart centers around the world have a dedicated CICU. We are fortunate to say that Children's cardiac program, including the CICU is unmatched in the region offering the latest in life-saving equipment, a highly skilled medical staff and a family-centered care approach to all that they do.

Team Seattle is racing toward the finish of their $2 million CICU pledge, taking place from 2005-2008. Thank you to our supporters for your past contributions and we hope that you will all join us in this effort for Children's CICU.

Pictured lap 517 at Daytona International Raceway 2001 11:30 AM  the million dollar lap for Children's Hospital.  What a celebration it was! Photo credit Eric Hawley