The hum of revving engines and sight of dazzling celebrities gave power to the fight against ending kids’ cancers in Toronto.

The third annual Rally for Kids with Cancer Scavenger Cup, presented by Rosseau Asset Management Ltd., raised over $2.5 million for the SickKids Foundation.The exciting event, founded by award-winning event management firm Solutions with Impact, was co-chaired by Desperate Housewives’ Eva Longoria-Parker and Star Wars’ Hayden Christensen. Sponsors that raised a minimum of $25,000 qualified as a rally driver in the crucial race for the Scavenger Cup and had a celebrity navigate them around the tricky driving course,which included stops at some of the city’s most elite venues and locations. www.rallyforkids.com

Photos: 1. Rally for Kids with Cancer celebrities and drivers. 2. Eva Longoria Parker (Desperate Housewives) is touched by a child from SickKids. 3. Star Wars actress Bai Ling. 4. Eva Longoria Parker and Hayden Christensen (Takers, Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith) kick off the race. 5. Actress Tichina Arnold. 6. Warren Irwin, founder of Rosseau Asset Management Ltd. and Elle Pattitle, Playboy cover and supermodel. 7. Hayden Christensen with a child from SickKids. 8. Dolce Magazine’s co-founder Fernando Zerillo; Jim Williams, president and CEO of Williams Telecommunications; Michael (Pinball) Clemons, Toronto Argonauts chairman. 9. Grammy winning recording artist Mya and Pussycat Dolls founder Robin Antin. 10. TV host Leo Stakos, Eva Longoria Parker, Oliver Bock, CEO of Solutions 2 GO Inc. 11. Actor Carlo Rota (24) with actress and wife Nazneen Contractor (24). 12. Our Lady Peace front man Raine Maida. 13. Joel Hock, president of Solutions with Impact and founder of Rally for Kids with Cancer; actor Eric Roberts (The Dark Knight, The Expendables).