04/06/2021
It is our pleasure to announce a partnership with VETMotorsports in our efforts to raise awareness of veterans' issues, our team and the Indy Autonomous Challenge.
Media Release
Reveille Racing and VETMotorsports collaborate in Indy Autonomous Challenge Effort.
VETMotorsports and Texas A&M’s Reveille Racing are working together to honor and empower veterans through the Indy Autonomous Challenge in October.
March 25, 2021, College Station, TX USA: Texas A&M University’s Reveille Racing and VETMotorsports are pleased to announce a collaboration in the Indy Autonomous Challenge competition that is scheduled for October 23, 2021, at the famed Indianapolis Motor Speedway. By working together, Reveille Racing is hoping to bring more awareness of the work done by VETMotorsports in helping veterans with physical and emotional wounds.
The Indy Autonomous Challenge is a $1.5 million dollar prize competition to win the world’s first head-to-head, high speed autonomous race at the famed Indianapolis Motor Speedway. The race is co-organized by Energy Systems Network (ESN), the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, with the support of Clemson University IU-CAR, Dallara and Juncos Racing Team, and sponsored by Microsoft, Ansys, AdDLINK, Aptiv,, Bridgestone, Autonomous Stuff, Clemson University, Dallara, the State of Indiana, Luminar, New Eagle, PWR Advance Cooling Technology, RTI, Schaeffler, and Valvoline. The teams will race a modified Dallara IL-15 Indy Car at speeds up to 185 MPH fully autonomously in a 20-lap race on October 23, 2021.
Lance Decker is Reveille Racing’s project manager as well as a Pat Tillman Foundation Scholar and Dwight D Eisenhower Transportation Research Fellow studying at Texas A&M. “I really believe that the strength of our nation lies on the shoulders of veterans, and we really owe it to them to help soothe the pain they face day in and day out from their service to our nation,” says Decker. “Working with Patrick and VETMotorsports is a great honor for us, and we hope that this partnership will bring new supporters to them and show how clearly they are helping veterans.”
“We are happy to assist Reveille Racing by connecting them to the motorsports community,” says Peter Cline, Executive Director & Founder of VETMotorsports. “Reveille Racing amplifies our message and brings awareness of veteran’s issues as part of their racing team focus. It really shows that they care for and honor the heroes of our nation as much as we do.”
To learn more about VETMotorsports’s award-winning mission please visit www.VETMotorsports.org.
To learn more about The Indy Autonomous Challenge visit www.indyachallenge.com
Contact: Lance Decker
Phone:903-681-1447
[email protected]
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