Washington, DC - On Sunday, July 26, three young Hungarian boys had the chance to attend the Formula 1 Grand Prix race and watch the Porsche Supercup from a VIP box. They got to meet a real international race car driver and even walk down to the pit to see the car up close. An opportunity like this does not come along often for anyone, let alone these young boys.

The boys participate in programs run by the Tudor Foundation, a GFC grantee partner in Hungary that works with gifted youth who do not have the means to develop their abilities or continue their education past the primary years. Tudor’s workshops help children build self-confidence, gain critical-thinking skills, and begin to set goals and form aspirations for the future. These boys were the lucky recipients of a prize for winning a competition put together by the Tudor Foundation.

This special opportunity for the boys was set up by GFC’s new partner, Porsche Supercup and the Sanitec racing team. Will Langhorne, the team’s captain and driver from the United States, spent time walking through the Porsche Supercup paddock with the boys, talking about his life and inspiring them to dream big.

In Budapest, William and Sanitec sponsored a very special event for local children.

“Together with my partner SANITEC, the Global Fund for Children and the National Child Relief organizations we try to give our young visitors a very special day at a motosports weekend to to take them out of their everyday and sometimes difficult lives”, says PMSC driver Will Langhorne when he arrived in the paddock on Saturday morning. For almost two hours he makes time for his young visitors. "The children will have a walk through the paddock and then they will visit me in the starting grid for the qualifying session. Later on the kids will watch Saturday's sessions of the Formula 1.”

Read more about Will's charity event on the Racecam website.

Wishing you more throttle and less brake William!

Read a great interview / profile piece of William Langhorne, Sanitec and the 2009 racing season on Racecam.de -  the only website covering PMSC live from the track.

Will is lending his expertise in all-things-with-throttles to a Hardcore project for 2009...

and that's all we can say right now...

Here's Will on his new custom-made toy.

Happy New Year to everyone from Washington, DC.

I just got back from the Rocky Mountains of Colorado.  The snow was fantastic with one day of great powder however the temp bounced between -9 F and 9F.  It was  a great off season break with a little thrill of speed on the slopes tucked in. It has been an exciting break and now I am looking forward to a great 2008!

My New Years resolution for 2008...more throttle, less brake.

Thanks to everyone for your support in 2007!

-Will 

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