Ryan Hunter-Reay

Hunter-Reay started in 21st place and finished in 22nd place after retiring due to damage to his car after 4 laps.

In the race Hunter-Reay started in 2nd place and led for 21 of 30 laps and would set the fastest lap of the race.

Hunter-Reay would win his second, and final, race in the series at Exhibition Place.

In the race Hunter-Reay only led the final six laps of the race after passing Matt Plumb, who had qualified on the pole position, had the fastest lap of the race and every lap in the race up to that point.

Hunter-Reay would also have a pair of 2nd-place finishes at the races at Sebring International Raceway and Lime Rock Park.

In the race Hunter-Reay started and finished in 23rd place after being involved in crash with John McCraig on lap 22.

Hunter-Reay returned to the series later in the season at the race at Metro-Dade Homestead Motorsports Complex.

Hunter-Reay would start in 6th place and retire to finish in 23rd place.

Hunter-Reay scored no points towards the championship and finished 40th in the final point standings.

Ryan Christopher Hunter-Reay (born December 17, 1980) is a professional American racing driver best known as a winner of both the Indianapolis 500 (2014) and the IndyCar Series championship in 2012.

He currently competes part-time in the IndyCar Series for Dreyer & Reinbold Racing.

Hunter-Reay began to compete in the Barber Dodge Pro Series in 1998.

Hunter-Reay would drive the #28 Reynard 98E-Dodge V6 with no sponsorship.

Hunter-Reay first competed in the race at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course.

After winning six national karting championships in the World Karting Association, Hunter-Reay won a Skip Barber Karting Scholarship to race in Skip Barber Formula Dodge Series 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 would use the scholarship money to compete in the Barber Dodge Pro Series in 2000.

Hunter-Reay returned to the series in 2000 to drive the #31 Reynard 98E-Dodge V6 with no sponsorship.

At the season-opening race at Sebring International Raceway Hunter-Reay started in 9th place and finished in 8th place.

Hunter-Reay would qualify on the pole position at the race at Concord Pacific Place and would finish in 8th place in the race.

Hunter-Reay's best finish during the season was a 4th-place finish at the race at Lime Rock Park.

Hunter-Reay returned to the series in 2001 to drive the #31 Barber Dodge Pro Series Rookie of the Year/Simpson Performance Products Reynard 98E-Dodge V6.

Hunter-Reay would win his first race in the series at the third race of the season, at Lime Rock Park.

Hunter-Reay began to compete in the Toyota Atlantic Championship, at the time the main development series for the FedEx CART Championship Series, in 2002.

Hunter-Reay would drive the #1 Medlock Ames Winery/U.S. Print Swift 014.a-Toyota 4A-GE for Hylton Motorsports.

Hunter-Reay would make his debut at Fundidora Park.

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 Car 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 (the American Le Mans Series, the Rolex Grand-Am Sports Car Series and the IMSA Tudor United SportsCar Championship).

Hunter-Reay previously drove for Andretti Autosport in the IndyCar Series.

Hunter-Reay, who lost his mother to colon cancer in 2009, acts as a spokesman on behalf of Racing for Cancer, an advocacy organization.

When Hunter-Reay initially joined Andretti for 2010, he was only signed to drive for a partial season.

Additional sponsorship was found and Hunter-Reay drove the entire season for Andretti.

Hunter-Reay has since won both the Indianapolis 500 and the IndyCar Series championship.

Prior to 2023, Hunter-Reay most recently drove the number 28 car in the NTT IndyCar Series.

The number is a show of support for the estimated 28 million people living with cancer worldwide.

Hunter-Reay would finish 5th in the final point standings with 104 points.

Hunter-Reay would also win the series rookie of the year award and would receive sponsorship from the series for the following season as a result.

Hunter-Reay would finish 5th in the final point standings with 114 points.