Hunter-Reay Now Full Time
By Andrew Cutler
July 5 2010
It has taken untilnow to put the deal in place, but Ryan Hunter-Reay can finally stop worrying about whether the next race will be his last for 2010. Just prior to the start of Sunday's race at Watkins Glen, Andretti Autosport and Phillips- Van Heusen (the parent company of series sponsor IZOD) announced that IZOD will continue to sponsor the #37 car, with the exception of two races.
During those two events - one to be Chicagoland and the other to be determined later, Ryan's car will carry sponsorship from Ethanol USA.
The car will also carry advertising for the charitable initiative 'Racing For Cancer', and will be used in fund raising efforts on the group's behalf. Ryan's mother passed away in 2009 from Colon cancer, so this is a program that has special meaning for him.
Tony Kanaan, one of Ryan's Andretti Autosport teammates, lost his father to cancer when he was a young man. Tony became the first of a hoped for thirty-seven doners to pledge $37,000 towards the charity.