HOMETOWN FORT LAUDERDALE / FLORIDA
D.O.B. DEC 17, 1980
HEIGHT 6'1
DRIVER NO. #31
Ryan Hunter-Reay, the 2014 Indianapolis 500 Winner and 2012 INDYCAR SERIES Champion, joins the Arrow McLaren IndyCar Team for the 110th Running of the Indianapolis 500, completing the team’s four-car lineup for the “Greatest Spectacle in Racing.” After narrowly missing a second Indy 500 victory in 2025 – racing for Dreyer & Reinbold Racing with Cusick Motorsports – he will drive the No. 31 Arrow McLaren Chevrolet at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in 2026. Ryan brings a wealth of experience and a proven championship pedigree to the team, having made 395 INDYCAR SERIES starts over 21 seasons, earning 18 victories and 47 podium finishes. His accomplished open-wheel career is highlighted by success at IMS where he will attempt to qualify for his 18th Indy 500 in May. The Fort Lauderdale, Florida, native – nicknamed “Captain America” — captured ultimate success in the 2014 Indy 500 in dramatic fashion. He won by a razor-thin margin of just 0.600 seconds — the second-closest finish in the race’s storied history — holding off then three-time winner Helio Castroneves. The triumph came one year after nearly taking the checkered flag in 2013, when he led laps 193 through 197 before ultimately finishing third behind the race winner, Tony Kanaan, now Arrow McLaren’s Team Principal. One of the most successful open-wheel racing drivers over the past two decades, Ryan is the only American to record victories NTT INDYCAR SERIES, CART, Champ Car, American Le Mans Series and Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series. He has been invited to the Race of Champions five times and has won two ESPY ‘Driver of the Year’ awards (2013 and 2014). Off the track, Ryan enjoys deep-sea fishing, scuba diving, free diving and spearfishing, and he raises money for cancer research through Racing for Cancer, a non-profit organization he founded following his mother’s passing in 2009. His wife Beccy comes from a racing family, as her brother, Robby Gordon, won multiple races in the INDYCAR SERIES, NASCAR Cup Series and rally racing – and their three sons have all started go-karting.
