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Pippa Mann will be driving the No. 63 Dale Coyne Honda as she returns to Dale Coyne Racing to be a part of their 100th Running of the Indianapolis 500 team, which also consists of drivers Conor Daly and Lucca Fillipi. This will be Mann’s fourth consecutive year racing for Dale Coyne Racing in the Indy 500.
Mann will also be bring back her Pink #GetInvolved campaign which raises funds for Susan G Komen. She will be sporting a pink helmet with the Komen running ribbon on it while racing. This is the third year she has been involved with the Charity that helps woman fighting breast cancer.
“This cause is something very personal to me and to Dale Coyne Racing,” Mann said. “While racing a pink car the past two years certainly attracts attention and awareness for Susan G. Komen, the most important part of our partnership is taking this amazing stage that is the Indianapolis 500 and using it to raise money that can actually go towards care and research.
“Over the past two years, we’ve raised over $100,000 through activities surrounding the racing program that support Komen’s mission, including the 2015 campaign, and we’re hoping to double last year’s goal this year.”
Mann launched the 2016 campaign on Monday and she is aiming to raise $100,000. Some pretty cool support packs are available for any interested donors that include new artwork from Doug Garrison, the return of “turn the cockpit pink” option, 300 mini “Pippa” helmets (100 of them will be autographed) and her signed helmet and driver suit she will be wearing during the event this year.
“Pippa has been a tireless advocate for our mission to end breast cancer and the funds she has raised are helping to fund research and serve women facing this disease,” Dr. Judy Salerno, Komen president and CEO said. “We are grateful to her and the Indy 500 family for their life-saving support.”
Not only will Mann be supporting Komen, she will also welcome a new partner Genetic Technologies Limited, which is a molecular diagnostic company that specializes in women’s health; they also provide BREVAGenPlus a first class clinically validated risk assessment test for sporadic breast cancer. The logo will appear on Mann’s car.
Rob Ridgley, will be Mann engineer. He worked with her in the six races she ran last year with Dale Coyne. “I’m also excited to be teaming up again with my engineer from last season, Ridge, for our first Indy 500 together,” Mann, whose best Indy 500 finish of 20th came as a rookie in 2011 said. “I think the continuity of having worked together last year will really help us conquer some of the learning curve that comes from being a one-off entry each year.
“Working together, we finished both of the other 500-mile races in the top 15 last year, so it would be nice to try and continue, or improve, upon that trend this May at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.”
To learn more or to donate to the #GetInvolved campaign visit https://igg.me/at/getinvolved2016.
