Sunday, November 13, 2011

Melandri & Dovizioso racing for charity

Andrea Dovizioso Ride For Life charity

On November 12th and 13th, at the Crossdromo Internazionale Monte Coralli di Faenza, the second edition of  the “RideForLife” charity event will take place. The weekend will feature motocross, quad, pit bike and go-pro auto races, with some of the biggest names in road and off-road racing at the controls.

Expected to participate are: Andrea Dovizioso, Marco Melandri, Alex De Angelis, Michele Pirro, Chicco Chiodi, Andrea Bartolini, Claudio Federici and Davide Guarneri. Some freestyle jumping displays will also be part of the show.

Practice and qualifying is scheduled for Saturday, with the races taking place from 12:30pm onwards on Sunday.  At 4:30pm there will be a raffle drawing for two Yamaha motocross bikes, and various articles of equipment  

The event is officially promoted by the FMI (Italian Federation), and by the charity organization Riders4Riders.  The goal is to raise funds for injured riders, and to support research into curing spinal cords injuries.

source: GP One

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