Ryan Hunter-Reay

Ryan Hunter-Reay
Ryan Hunter-Reay
	Hunter-Reay at Road America in 2021
Nationality	American
Born	December 17, 1980; Dallas, Texas, U.S.
Racing licence	FIA Platinum
Championship titles
1999; 2012; 2014	Skip Barber National champion; IZOD IndyCar Series champion; Indianapolis 500 winner
Awards
1997; 2000; 2002; 2007; 2008; 2013, 2014	Skip Barber Big Scholarship; Barber Pro Series Rookie of the Year; WorldCom Rising Star Award; IndyCar Series Rookie of the Year; Indianapolis 500 Rookie of the Year; Best Driver ESPY Award
IndyCar Series career
	251 races run over 17 years
Team	No. 23 (Dreyer & Reinbold Racing)
Best finish	1st (2012)
First race	2007 Honda 200 (Mid-Ohio)
Last race	2025 Indianapolis 500 (Indianapolis)
First win	2008 Camping World Indy Grand Prix at the Glen (Watkins Glen)
Last win	2018 GoPro Grand Prix of Sonoma (Sonoma)
Champ Car career
	43 races run over 3 years
Years active	2003–2005
Team(s)	American Spirit Team Johansson (2003); Herdez Competition (2004); Rocketsports Racing (2005)
Best finish	9th (2004)
First race	2003 Grand Prix of St. Petersburg (Streets of St. Petersburg)
Last race	2005 Hurricane Relief 400 (Las Vegas)
First win	2003 Lexmark Indy 300 (Surfers Paradise)
Last win	2004 Time Warner Cable Road Runner 250 (Milwaukee)
Previous series
1998, 2000–2001; ; 2002; 2002, 2010–2013; ; 2003–2005; ; 2006–2013; ; 2006; 2012; 2014	Barber Dodge Pro Series; Atlantic Championship; American Le Mans Series; Champ Car World Series; Rolex Grand-Am Sports Car Series; A1 Grand Prix; Race of Champions; IMSA Tudor United SportsCar Championship

Ryan Christopher Hunter-Reay (born December 17, 1980) nicknamed RHR, is an American professional racing driver who won the Indianapolis 500 (2014) and the IndyCar Series championship (2012). He currently competes part-time in the IndyCar Series for Dreyer & Reinbold Racing. Hunter-Reay also won in the now defunct Champ Car World Series twice and the Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach. Hunter-Reay has competed in the Race of Champions, A1 Grand Prix, and sports car racing series including 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. 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. Prior to 2023, Hunter-Reay drove the number 28 car in the NTT IndyCar Series as a show of support for the estimated 28 million people living with cancer worldwide. Hunter-Reay, who lost his mother to colon cancer in 2009, acts as a spokesman on behalf of Racing for Cancer, an advocacy organization.