Porsche Carrera Cup driver Elias Adestam’s unique helmet, based on Ingemar Stenmark’s iconic beanie design and signed by the Alpine legend himself, has been auctioned for the benefit of the Children’s Cancer Foundation.
The helmet went under the hammer at the FEEL for LIFE charity event in Eskilstuna on Friday evening, where a series of auctions were held and where all proceeds went directly to the Children’s Cancer Foundation’s vital work.
18-year-old Adestam took his place on stage in front of hundreds of guests to tell more about his contribution to the fundraiser: the unique helmet he himself wore during this year’s Carrera Cup season and which was produced with the good opinion of Ingemar Stenmark. The helmet has been painted by Lasse Mehtola (360gfx) and donated for the purpose by Trendab.
The evening’s starting bid was SEK 20,000, an amount which after bidding was almost doubled and landed at SEK 35,000. The amount therefore goes directly to the Children’s Cancer Foundation.
– I am happy that we got bidding started here tonight and that we actually managed to almost double the starting price, says Elias Adestam. The work that the Children’s Cancer Foundation does is incredibly important and it feels good to be able to contribute in our small way. Children and cancer do not belong together.
– A big thank you to everyone who helped make this initiative possible: Trendab, Lasse Mehtola, Profeel and FEEL for LIFE, Sätila and of course Ingemar. Congratulations to the winner, who also gets to join me as a VIP guest at the Carrera Cup final next weekend. I look forward to that.
Adestam’s charity work takes place under the slogan “Raising Against Cancer”, which he carries out in parallel with his competition out on the race track. This is the second helmet auctioned for Raising Against Cancer; in the 2022 season, an F1-inspired counterpart went under the club, that time in favor of Gunnar Nilsson’s Cancer Foundation.
Elias Adestam is back in Porsche Carrera Cup Scandinavia next weekend (20-21 September) in the big season finale Mantorp Park Grande Finale.
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