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RyanWe are excited to have Co-Founder Ryan Hunter-Reay is also Racing For Cancer’s Global Ambassador! Ryan’s story is a great one, indeed, an inspirational one. Here’s a guy that has risen through the racing community as one of the next great American race car drivers. Ryan’s last win was at the Long Beach Grand Prix in 2010, just a few months after losing his mom to colon cancer. Ryan dedicated the win to his mom! He is committed to helping in the global fight against cancer and his story inspired the launching of Racing For Cancer! Ryan finished 7th in the IZOD IndyCar Series points championship in 2010 and 2011 and has signed for two more years with Andretti Autosport. Ryan is intelligent, caring, compassionate, and a fierce competitor as well and the cancer community is blessed to have Co-Founder Ryan Hunter-Reay as the global ambassador to this noble cause. In early 2011, Ryan was also bestowed another great honor in being named a Global Envoy for the Lance Armstrong foundation. Ryan met his wife, the former Ms. Beccy Gordon, at Long Beach 8 years ago. Ryan is the first American driver to win at Long Beach since his boss Michael Andretti.  He’s got the good looks and media presence that every sports superstar certainly must possess. We have no doubt Ryan will be “kissing the bricks” at Indianapolis in the not too distant future, but more importantly, he sets aside whatever time we need to advance the fight against cancer! We are proud to have him as our ambassador and on our team.

  • Andretti Autosport IZOD IndyCar Series Driver
  • 7th in IZOD IndyCar Series Championship Points (only 49 points out of 1st place)
  • Winner of the 2010 Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach
  • Driver of the Andretti Autosport #28 Team DHL IndyCar
  • Birthday: December 17, 1980 | Hometown: Boca Raton, FL | Residence: Fort Lauderdale, FL
  • Only driver to have wins in IndyCar, Champ Car and CART
  • 2008 Indy 500 Rookie of the Year
  • Won 2008 Watkins Glen IndyCar Grand Prix
  • 2007 Indy Racing League Rookie of the Year
  • Took pole and led every lap of 2004 Milwaukee Mile Champ Car race
  • Greg Moore Legacy Award winner, 2004
  • Qualified in top ten in 100% 2004 Champ Car races
  • Won 2003 Champ Car Surfers Paradise street race
  • 3 race wins in 2002 Toyota Atlantic Championship; set records for most wins (3), most poles (3), most laps led, most fastest lap times and most track records
  • 2000 Barber Dodge Rookie of the Year
  • 1999 National Barber Dodge champion
  • 9 time WKA Karting Champion
  • 3 time U.S. Grand National Karting Champion