Ryan Hunter-Reay Announces the Yellow Party Dates
Ryan Hunter-Reay announces his Racing for Cancer 2015 The Yellow Party schedule.
The Yellow Party: 2015 Indianapolis Edition
Thursday, May 21 at the Indiana State Museum, 6:30pm
For tickets: www.TheYellowParty.org
Live auction, silent auction, cocktails & hors-d’oeuvre
Appearances by Verizon IndyCar Series & Indianapolis 500 drivers
Behind the wheel of the DHL Honda, Ryan Hunter-Reay returns to the 2015 Verizon IndyCar Series circuit to defend his title as reigning Indianapolis 500 champion. With 14 career race wins in open wheel competition, the 34-year-old has recorded over 170 career IndyCar starts, six from the pole position.
Returning Indy 500 Champion Ryan Hunter-Reay drives No. 28 DHL Honda for Andretti Autosport.
Although he boasts twelve years of open-wheel racing experience, the 2012 Verizon IndyCar Series Champion has proven to be more than just a racer. Together with wife Beccy and their two children, the Hunter-Reays have become America’s first family of racing working as advocates for the sport and fighting to beat cancer via their charity Racing for Cancer. The devoted father proudly carries the No. 28 in tribute to the 28-million people worldwide living with the disease.
Racing for Cancer, AutoNation Donate $2.5 Million to Cleveland Clinic Cancer Center in Ft. Lauderdale
When Racing for Cancer was founded, it may have seemed like a far-fetched dream for Ryan Hunter-Reay to be able to raise more than a million dollars in support of his mother, Lydia Hunter-Reay, whom he lost to colon cancer in 2009, and the other 28 million who are still fighting.
Last week, his dream soon became a reality when he and co-founder of Racing for Cancer, Tom Vossman, and partner AutoNation made a joint donation of $2.5 Million to the new Cleveland Clinic Florida Maroone Cancer Center.
“The Cleveland Clinic Ft Lauderdale will be a turn-key world class cancer facility. I remember back when Ryan, Beccy and I met and thought how cool it would be to one day support a program in Lydia’s honor. And with the support of so many great people, we did it! Ryan told me often, if somebody walked up to him someday and thanked him for his focus on prevention and early detection and that it helped save that person’s life or the life of his/her parents, it would mean the world to him! He’s as passionate as anyone I’ve met in fighting this disease. And we’re just getting started!”- Tom Vossman, President and Co-founder, Racing for Cancer.
Both Racing for Cancer and AutoNation donated $1 Million and AutoNation donated an extra $500,000 which was equal to every mile that Hunter-Reay drove on his journey which ended with an Indianapolis 500 victory. Along with the donation, the lobby of the new cancer center will be named after Ryan’s mother, Lydia Hunter-Reay.
