Patrick Long’s & Sebastien Bourdais’ Comments About the 8th Annual Kart 4 Kids Pro-Am Kart Race It’s only fitting that this year’s 8th annual Kart 4 Kids charity karting event takes place just a few steps from the entrance of Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital in St Pete. It’s also just a stone’s throw from Dan Wheldon Way. Each year the event grows, the funds raised increase, and the awareness around a special hospital and a group of kids accelerate. Thank you to our hosts, all of the sponsors, partners, donors, pro drivers, and especially the large committee of great volunteers who make the production of this event happen. This event started off as a humble gathering, with the goal of raising a few dollars in the name of Dan Wheldon for the Hospital. Dan was a St. Pete resident, and someone who had a lot of time for All Children’s. We continue to race in his memory and smile as status and organization of this gathering continues to reach new boundaries! A few milestones were reached in 2018 for Kart for Kids. We managed to donate 130k$ to Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital, bring the event downtown and reinforce the involvement of the community and sponsors thanks to our amazing group of volunteers. The response from the racing community was no less impressive, with many drivers from different series donating their apparel and time. 2019 will be no less impressive and I want to thank each and every individual for their continued support. So now, let’s go racing! All Children’s Hospital Foundation P.O. Box 3142 St. Petersburg, FL 33731-3142 All Children’s727-767 Hospital-4199 T Foundation 727-767-4107 F All Children’sP.O. 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Warmly, Jenine Rabin Warmly,Executive Vice President Johns Hopkins All Children’s Foundation Jenine Rabin JenineExecutive Rabin Vice President ExecutiveJohns HopkinsVice President All Children’s Foundation Jenine Rabin Johns Hopkins All Children’s Foundation Executive Vice President Johns Hopkins All Children’s Foundation Some of the equipment All Children’s Hospital recently purchased with Kart 4 Kids donations. “Creating healthy tomorrows... for one child, for All Children.” Another Kart 4 Kids fund-raising record! Last year’s Kart 4 Kids celebration raised $131,000 for John’s Hopkins All Children’s Hospital. OUR HARD WORKING 2019 RACE COMMITTEE Event Chairmen – Sebastien Bourdais and Patrick Long Dave Bassett, Co-Chair; President Kart4Kids, Inc. Page Obenshain, Co-chair; Vice President Kart4kids, Inc. Al Thomas, Bob Dikman, Charlie Neilson, Christal Smithyman, Chris Russick, David White, Denise Remus, Daniela Boesshenz, Howard Jacobs, Jan Heylen, Jeff Holcombe, Josh Breckeen, Will Reilly Jim Reichert, Larry Mendez, Lee Obenshain, Neil van Niekerk, Pamela Richard, Terry Richard, Samantha Locke, Diedra Church A very special thanks to Melissa Schneider Photo courtesy Juha Lievonen A very special thank you to the Firestone Grand Prix of St. Petersburg 2019 Pro Driver Information Patrick Long PatrickLong.com Patrick Long, is our Event Co-Chairman and has been an ardent supporter since it’s inception eight years ago. Patrick is a Porsche factory driver and is the only American to hold that distinction since 2003. Patrick is a three-time ALMS GT driver’s champion (05,09,10), Pirelli World Challenge GT Drivers Champion (2011. 2017), two time class winner at the 24 Hours of Le Mans (2004, 07), Rolex 24 At Daytona win(2009), two 12 Hours of Sebring wins(2005,2014), three wins at the Petit Le Mans, a class winner at the 2013 SCORE Baja 1000 and a class win and P2 overall at the Liqui-Moly 12 Hours of Bathurst. Patrick teamed up with Patrick Dempsey in 2013, 2014 and 2015 at Le Mans culminating in a GTE 2nd place finish in 2015. In 2015, Patrick drove in both the WEC series GTE class with Dempsey-Proton Racing, scoring a first place finish at Fuji, and in IMSA with the #17 Falken Tire Porsche team. In 2016 Patrick placed 2nd in GTD class at the 24 Hours at Daytona with Black Swan Racing and took 2nd place in the Pirelli World Challenge GT Series Championship driving the Porsche GT3 R with 3 wins. He also drove in the FIA-WEC series in GTE-AM with Abu Dhabi Proton Racing. In 2017, driving the Porsche GT3 R for Wright Motorsports in the Pirelli World Chal- lenge GT series, Patrick won the GT Sprint Championship, the Overall GT Drivers Championship, the GT Manufacturers Championship for Porsche and the GT Team Championship for Wright Motorsports. The team moved to the GTD class in the WeatherTech SportsCar Championship in 2018, scoring a win at Road Ameri- ca.