Team Eurotech supports air ambulance

Team Eurotech supports air ambulanceMike Jordan and Team Eurotech will be supporting the Warwickshire and Northamptonshire Air Ambulance during the 2007 Dunlop MSA British Touring Car Championship.The team's Honda Integra is carrying stickers for the air ambulance as Mike's way of saying thank you for their work in airlifting him to hospital following his accident at Silverstone last October."They operate on all external money and they don’t get any government funding," said Mike. "We're just trying to give them a little bit of help. It's a good way for us to say thank you."The arrangement was unveiled during the BTCC media day at Rockingham yesterday (13 March) when the air ambulance flew in and Mike hopped aboard for a quick trip above the circuit. "After the trip in the helicopter, it didn't really matter where we ended up in the times during the afternoon testing," said Mike. "Flying the air ambulance is a proper job that really makes a difference to people's lives. That was the best and fastest helicopter I've ever flown in and the chance to fly in it again was quite touching."The Warwickshire and Northamptonshire Air Ambulance needs £1.4 million each year to cover operating costs and averages between four and five trips each day. In three and a half years, there have only been two days without any call outs, and 65% of its work is in response to road accident. A number of calls are motorsport related and the busiest day on record included 15 call outs.The air ambulance is based at Coventry and operates for 10 hours each day.For more information, visit www.wnaa.co.uk

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