December 17, 1980
Ryan Hunter-Reay
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Born in Dallas, Texas, USA.
Hunter-Reay is married to ex-Champ Car World Series pit reporter, and off-road racing driver, Beccy Gordon, sister of former Champ Car World Series, NASCAR Sprint Cup Series and Verizon IndyCar Series driver and car owner Robby Gordon. Their son Ryden Hunter-Reay was born on December 28, 2012. They welcomed a second son Rocsen Indy Hunter-Reay in March 2015. Ryan and Beccy welcomed their third son Rhodes on September 14, 2016.
After winning 6 national karting championships in the World Karting Association Hunter-Reay won a Skip Barber Karting Scholarship to race in Skip Barber Formula Dodge Series presented by Racer in 1999. Hunter-Reay won the series championship. Hunter-Reay then won a shootout against Formula Dodge drivers for the Skip Barber Big Scholarship and its $250,000 prize.
Hunter-Reay is best known as a winner of both the 2014 Indianapolis 500 and the IZOD IndyCar Series championship in 2012. In each accomplishment Hunter-Reay became the first American to win since Sam Hornish, Jr. in 2006. Hunter-Reay also won in the defunct Champ World Series twice and the Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach. In addition to his experience in Indy car racing Hunter-Reay has competed in the Race of Champions, A1 Grand Prix and various forms of sports car racing such as the American Le Mans Series, the Rolex Grand-Am Sports Car Series and the IMSA Tudor United SportsCar Championship.
Hunter-Reay currently drives for Andretti Autosport. When Hunter-Reay initially joined Andretti for the 2010 he was only signed on to drive for a partial season. Additional sponsorship was found and Hunter-Reay began to drive the entire season for Andretti. Hunter-Reay has since won both the Indianapolis 500 and the Verizon IndyCar Series championship.
Hunter-Reay currently drives the number 28 car in the Verizon IndyCar Series. The number is a show of support for the estimated 28 million people living with cancer worldwide. Hunter-Reay, who lost his mother to colon cancer in 2009, continues to be a leader in the fight against cancer and serves as a special envoy for the Livestrong Foundation (for which he is now the primary spokesman in light of a series of scandals in 2012 involving foundation founder Lance Armstrong) and serves as an ambassador for Racing for Cancer, an organization founded in 2010 to help build awareness in the global fight against cancer.
Born in Dallas, Texas, USA.
Hunter-Reay is married to ex-Champ Car World Series pit reporter, and off-road racing driver, Beccy Gordon, sister of former Champ Car World Series, NASCAR Sprint Cup Series and Verizon IndyCar Series driver and car owner Robby Gordon. Their son Ryden Hunter-Reay was born on December 28, 2012. They welcomed a second son Rocsen Indy Hunter-Reay in March 2015. Ryan and Beccy welcomed their third son Rhodes on September 14, 2016.
After winning 6 national karting championships in the World Karting Association Hunter-Reay won a Skip Barber Karting Scholarship to race in Skip Barber Formula Dodge Series presented by Racer in 1999. Hunter-Reay won the series championship. Hunter-Reay then won a shootout against Formula Dodge drivers for the Skip Barber Big Scholarship and its $250,000 prize.
Hunter-Reay is best known as a winner of both the 2014 Indianapolis 500 and the IZOD IndyCar Series championship in 2012. In each accomplishment Hunter-Reay became the first American to win since Sam Hornish, Jr. in 2006. Hunter-Reay also won in the defunct Champ World Series twice and the Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach. In addition to his experience in Indy car racing Hunter-Reay has competed in the Race of Champions, A1 Grand Prix and various forms of sports car racing such as the American Le Mans Series, the Rolex Grand-Am Sports Car Series and the IMSA Tudor United SportsCar Championship.
Hunter-Reay currently drives for Andretti Autosport. When Hunter-Reay initially joined Andretti for the 2010 he was only signed on to drive for a partial season. Additional sponsorship was found and Hunter-Reay began to drive the entire season for Andretti. Hunter-Reay has since won both the Indianapolis 500 and the Verizon IndyCar Series championship.
Hunter-Reay currently drives the number 28 car in the Verizon IndyCar Series. The number is a show of support for the estimated 28 million people living with cancer worldwide. Hunter-Reay, who lost his mother to colon cancer in 2009, continues to be a leader in the fight against cancer and serves as a special envoy for the Livestrong Foundation (for which he is now the primary spokesman in light of a series of scandals in 2012 involving foundation founder Lance Armstrong) and serves as an ambassador for Racing for Cancer, an organization founded in 2010 to help build awareness in the global fight against cancer.
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