Tigers Sponsor Wins GP Pits Auction
(Posted 29/06/07)

Glasgow Tigers main sponsor, Fraser MacDonald of FSM Outdoor Advertising, will be in the pits for Saturday's British Grand Prix in Cardiff after submitting the winning bid in an E-Bay Auction. The prize was put up by GP Star Hans Andersen with all proceeds going to the Garry Stead Appeal.

Hans will already have a fair amount of backing from Glasgow fans for the GP's after his visit to a STARs event last November. His auction prize and Fraser's generosity means that a substantial £1650 was raised for the appeal

The Peterborough press release on Fraser's winning bid is shown below - have a great day Fraser!

Peterborough Speedway Press Release

PR53/07 Date – 28/06/07

Fraser MacDonald joins the Hans Andersen Pit Crew at The British GP

Glasgow Tigers fan and Main Sponsor Fraser MacDonald won the Hans Andersen e bay auction to be part of his pit crew for the British GP in dramatic style last night with a magnificent winning bid of £1650.

Hans had kindly offered the chance to anyone with all proceeds going to support the Garry Stead Benefit Fund set up after Garry’s bad accident.

Fraser at 47 is the owner of FSM Outdoor Advertising and the company are the main sponsors this year of the Glasgow Tigers and Glasgow’s No 1 Shane Parker.

Fraser is a regular at the British GP and was in Cardiff last year just before the event started, when he felt chest pains and was rushed to Cardiff University Hospital where he was diagnosed as having suffered a heart attack.

So this year when he saw, as he put the chance of a lifetime he went for it. And in true e bay fashion he admits to putting a sizeable bid in just before the auction finished.

Fraser MacDonald said; “After the problems of last year and the wonderful treatment I received that saved my life, I thought what a great cause this was and I am really pleased to be able to help Garry Stead in this way, I made up my mind I was going to have it, as this opportunity only arises once in a lifetime.

I have never met Hans Andersen but I am a member of the Stars Anniversary Speedway, which supports Glasgow Speedway and although I wasn’t at the awards last year when Hans was the guest, I heard very good reports on him. I can honestly say I am really looking forward to Saturday”.

Hans Andersen said; "I am staggered at the press coverage the auction has received, hopefully this will put Garry's fund raising activities in the limelight. The auction raising £1650 is absolutely fantastic, it is a wonderful gesture by the winner, and we will make sure he has a day to remember"

Fraser is flying down from Edinburgh to Cardiff on Friday, so he can enjoy and savour the whole weekend, and has promised to write a article on his experience for the Peterborough E Zine On the Gas in the future.