Race Against Cancer

The Race Against Cancer (TRAC) was a one-off international motorsport event held in the United Kingdom. Conceived by marketing executive, Rick Osborn and corporate financier, Matt Roberts the event was organised to raise money for Cancer Research UK and also be a modern take on the famous Masters Karting Paris Bercy events from the mid 1990s.

The event was held on 25 November 2007 at Rye House in Hertfordshire. The concept behind the event was to bring together a collection of famous international racing drivers and motorcyclists together to race in purpose built karts.

The drivers praised the event saying that they enjoyed the opportunity to race drivers and riders from other formulae than their own. The event was also famously well backed, the sponsors list included Alpinestars, Bowers & Wilkins, Moet et Chandon, Google and Shell.

It is rumoured that a second TRAC event came close to being held in 2010 and the organisers have said in recent years that if there is a demand for the event they could bring it back in 2017 for a 10 year anniversary meeting.

The event was held at Rye House, situated in Hertfordshire, United Kingdom. It featured a variety of motorsport stars including Formula 1 driver (then reigning Euro F3 champion) Romain Grosjean, double BTCC champion Alain Menu, GP2 winner Javier Villa and MotoGP rider Mika Kallio. The karts used were 100cc 2-stroke racing karts, capable of speeds in excess of 70 mph (110 km/h). Multiple motorbike and 1964 Formula One world champion John Surtees and 1996 Formula One world champion Damon Hill championed the inaugural event, calling for it to become a regular fixture on the motorsport calendar.

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