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AutoNation, America’s largest automotive retailer, announced today that it has teamed up with IndyCar Series Champion Ryan Hunter-Reay to support his Racing for Cancer charity. Ryan founded the 501(c)(3) charitable organization following the 2009 passing of his mother due to colon cancer.

How would you like to meet the 2012 Grand Prix of Baltimore Champion and the winner of the 2013 ESPY Award for the Best Driver? Well, if you live in the Baltimore, Maryland area here is your chance. Ryan will be stopping over at AutoNation Chevrolet for a meet and greet with fans and will be also be signing autographs.

Besides being the 2012 IZOD IndyCar Racing Champion, Ryan Hunter-Reay proudly serves as an ambassador for ‘Racing for Cancer’, an organization he founded in 2010 to help build awareness in the global fight against cancer. To that end, Ryan is heavily involved with organizations that raise awareness and raise funding for early detection and prevention of cancer in young adults.

AutoNation teammate Ryan Hunter-Reay is the winner of today’s 98th Running of the Indianapolis 500. Hunter-Reay drove DHL Honda for Andretti Autosport starting from the 19th position. This is his second win of the 2014 Verizon IndyCar Series season as he looks to reclaim the Verizon IndyCar Series title.

Have you ever dreamed of being a race car driver or testing your skills against the winner of an Indy 500? Well, here’s your chance! The winner of this year’s Indy 500 – AutoNation teammate Ryan Hunter-Reay, will be coming to Denver to the Unser Karting Center to take on anyone that wants to get a shot at beating him.

At an event in Denver over the weekend, AutoNation and the winner of the 2014 Indy 500, Ryan Hunter-Reay, raised an outstanding $30,000 to benefit Brent’s Place and Racing for Cancer. AutoNation associates and Hunter-Reay held a fundraising event in Denver at the Unser Karting Center, where kids and others had the chance to race the Indy 500 champion.

On January 19th, the Racing for Cancer Golf Tournament took place at Fort Lauderdale Country Club in Florida. The event, which was sponsored by AutoNation, raised a total of $120,000 with all proceeds going to benefit Cleveland Clinic Florida Maroone Cancer Center.

Ryan Hunter-Reay fought off Josef Newgarden to take the checkered flag at this year’s Iowa Corn 300 in Newton, Iowa on Saturday night. After 300 laps, just over half-of-a-second separated Hunter-Reay’s AutoNation-sponsored Honda from second-place finisher Josef Newgarden’s Chevrolet.

 

Celebrate the 100th running anniversary of the Indianapolis 500 by joining in the festivities at the 2016 Yellow Party in Indianapolis. This year’s Yellow Party features a Retro Roaring Twenties-themed get-together and is hosted by none other than Ryan Hunter-Reay himself.