SAN FRANCISCO, April 24 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Warrior Heart Foundation(TM) announced today that it has entered the Gumball 3000 Rally as its official Foundation kick-off event.
"My co-pilot Freddie Laker and I are very excited to be participating in such an amazing and visible event. With millions of fans around the world, it is a perfect way to launch and publicize the Warrior Heart Foundation(TM), whose mission is to inspire and empower people to live their dreams," said foundation Founder and President Steve Schimmel.
"We've wired our car with three video cameras and will be recording 24 hours a day. We will be updating our website (www.warriorheart.org) several times each day with video blogs and will post a time lapse video which will take visitors through the entire 3000 mile cross-continental madness in under seven minutes. According to our friends at Gumball no one has ever attempted anything like for the Gumball Rally," said Team Warrior Heart co-pilot Freddie Laker.
From April 29th - May 6th, The Gumball 3000 Rally will take Team Warrior Heart 3000 miles in 8 days through 17 countries from London to Asia and back. They will be participating as rally car #13 in Mr. Schimmel's 2005 Porsche Carrera GT. In Albania, they will be officially supported by the United Nations to promote peace and friendship in the region and will be dining with the Albanian President. Crowds of spectators along the way are expected to be in the millions, with over one million anticipated in Amsterdam alone.
The Warrior Heart Foundation(TM) develops initiatives to support expressions of "creative spirit" in the areas of Art and Entrepreneurship. The foundation was founded by Steve Schimmel, member of the founding business team and employee 13 at Google, Inc in Mountain View, CA. Freddie Laker is the founder and CEO of iChameleon Group in Hollywood, FL and is son of esteemed British entrepreneur Sir Freddie Laker.
Viewers can learn about the foundation and keep track of Team Warrior Heart on the Gumball 3000 Rally by visiting their website at www.warriorheart.org