MEDIA ADVISORY Tuesday, November 30, 2010 CONTACTS: Kit Werbe Clarian Health 317.963.7692 (o) 317.217.0422 (c) [email protected] Kathleen Conway Racing For Kids 313.882.3403 [email protected] IndyCar Drivers to Boost Holiday Spirit for Riley Patients INDIANAPOLIS – Riley Hospital for Children patients and their families will get a special treat this week when IZOD IndyCar® Series drivers and Racing For Kids representatives Ed Carpenter, Alex Tagliani and Justin Wilson make a pre-holiday visit. The drivers, along with representatives from the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, IndyCar and Racing For Kids, will hand out baseball caps and Mattel die-cast cars, as well as sign autographs and pose for photos. WHEN: Wednesday, December 1 10 a.m. WHERE: Riley Hospital for Children 702 Barnhill Drive Media outlets need to arrive at 9:45 a.m. and wait in the Riley Atrium to be escorted. BACKGROUND: Racing For Kids is a Detroit-based national charity founded in 1989. Racing For Kids uses the increasing popularity of motorsports to focus public awareness and funding on the health care needs of children. Racing For Kids has visited more than 22,000 children in more than 450 children’s hospitals in the United States, Canada, Mexico, Japan and Australia. It has raised more than $5.2 million for the hospitals visited and other children’s health institutions. Ed Carpenter, the stepson of Indy Racing League founder Tony George, has been racing since he was 8 years old. He made his IndyCar Series debut in 2003 at Chicagoland and made racing history when he became the first driver to compete in an Indy Lights Series event and an IndyCar series event on the same weekend. Most recently, he drove the #20 car for Panther Racing in the 2010 IZOD IndyCar Series. Alex Tagliani caught the racing bug at age 10 when his paternal grandfather introduced him to karting while on a trip to Italy. He’s been racing ever since. He made his IndyCar Series debut in 2008. A part-time competitor in 2008 and 2009, he joined the IZOD IndyCar Series full time for the 2010 season, where he finished 13th in the series championship. Justin Wilson began racing as a teenager in England, becoming the first 16- year-old to win a British auto race. His career with the IndyCar Series began in 2008. Most recently, he finished 11th in the 2010 IZOD IndyCar Series Championship and signed on again with Dreyer & Reinbold Racing for the 2011 IZOD IndyCar Series. ### About Riley Hospital for Children As one of the nation’s leading pediatric hospitals and Indiana’s first and only comprehensive hospital dedicated exclusively to the care of children, Riley Hospital for Children, a part of Clarian Health, has provided compassionate care, support and comfort to children and their families for 85 years. Each year, Riley Hospital and Riley Hospital at Clarian North serve over 215,000 inpatients and outpatients from across Indiana, the nation and the world. Riley Hospital’s partnership with Clarian Health, and its strong affiliation with the Indiana University School of Medicine, makes it the only comprehensive clinical resource for Indiana’s children and the premiere source for health-related information for their parents. From simple care associated with the health and wellness of children and less complex specialty care to the most critically-ill and medically complex cases, Riley Hospital for Children is a national leader. Clarian Health operates the Methodist Hospital, Indiana University Hospital and Riley Hospital for Children campuses as a single hospital under Indiana law. Visit www.rileyhospital.org for more information. .