(Indianapolis, IN) May 29, 2023 – It was an emotional day for Dreyer & Reinbold Racing and Cusick Motorsports on Sunday for the 107th Running of the Indianapolis 500 that saw a huge crowd at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
The Sunday morning garage visit by the injured Stefan Wilson, who received back surgery Wednesday after a Monday practice crash at IMS, had the entire two-car organization in high emotions as Wilson greeted his racing team members as well as drivers Ryan Hunter-Reay and Graham Rahal, who filled in for Wilson in the No. 24 DRR/Cusick Motorsports/CareKeepers Chevrolet in the Indy 500.
High hopes for the squad went throughout the garage in the morning engine warm-up, but, unfortunately, the emotions dropped before the race when Rahal’s engine failed to start due to a faulty battery. When the engine was started, Graham was two laps behind the 32 other drivers, but fought his way back to finish 22nd in the 200-lap race.
“First, I’m very thankful to get the opportunity to race at the 500 and thank you to Dreyer & Reinbold and Cusick Motorsports for allowing me to be here and be a part of the 500 with them,” said Rahal. “Obviously, a tough start to the day. We never really got going. We actually had a decent day from there on moving forward up until the very end as I filled in for Stef. We just didn’t get to see it through after the battery issue. Again, I’m thankful and lucky to have been here, but I’m certainly already eager to come back next year and have a shot at winning this race. It was great to spend time with Stef before the race.”
After fracturing his 12th thoracic vertebrae in a crash on Monday and going through surgery on Wednesday, Stefan Wilson made a surprise visit to the track on Sunday morning that had media, fans and team members in awe. The 33-year old British racer was due to make his fifth start at the Indianapolis 500 on Sunday, but is now driven to come back for the 108th Running of the Greatest Spectacle in Racing.
“The finish of the 2023 Indianapolis 500 was disappointing, but there are a lot of positives to take away from this year,” said Stefan Wilson. “I think the performance that we showed in the No. 24 Dreyer & Reinbold Racing Cusick Motorsports CareKeepers Chevy for most of the month was really encouraging. There are a lot of positives that I take away from my side as well on the driving front. I am looking forward to getting through this recovery process and focusing on next year and the 2024 Indy 500. The goal for me is to get back to being fully fit and making a return next year. Obviously, it was disappointing to not be out there on race day representing all the partners that made this year possible. I think Graham did a great job stepping in for me, but I’m already excited about the prospect of returning next year and taking the next step with this incredible team and group of partners we have.”
“This past week has been an emotional rollercoaster unlike anything I’ve ever experienced,” said Don Cusick, Founder & CEO of Cusick Motorsports. “While our primary concern remains on Stefan’s recovery, we are so proud of the effort put in by Dreyer & Reinbold Racing and Graham Rahal to make the most of a very difficult circumstance. The No. 24 CareKeepers car fought back hard after going two laps down at the start, but you just can’t make that up in such a competitive field. But despite the setbacks, we’ve built some fantastic relationships with Dreyer & Reinbold Racing and our partners over the last few weeks. And we will be back.”
Dreyer & Reinbold Racing’s No. 23 car driven by Ryan Hunter-Reay went on to finish 11th after starting 18th, with Cusick Motorsports and Stefan Wilson partner Sierra Pacific Windows added as the co-primary partner ahead of the race weekend.
The 107th Running of the Indianapolis 500 saw the biggest group of partners associated with Cusick Motorsports to date. With a mission to make racing more accessible, build relationships and drive business, Cusick Motorsports is proud to be trusted by CareKeepers, Sierra Pacific Windows, LOHLA SPORT, Fizzy Beez, Liberty Group, Kitchen Mart, the Law Offices of Gerald L. Marcus, CarBlip, 181 Fremont Residences, Romak Iron Works, Agromin, Mosaic Animal CareGroup, The Thermal Club, ProviderScience, High Alpha, Rite-Way Thermal, Menlo Ventures, Westin Homes, Westlake Yoga and Mr. and Mrs. James Lowes.
As the dust settles on the 107th Running of the Indianapolis 500, Cusick Motorsports is fully focused on expanding its endeavors and partnerships for the future.
About Cusick Motorsports
Founded in 2021 by entrepreneur Don Cusick, Cusick Motorsports was created to drive meaningful business relationships through motorsports. As a marketing and business-to-business incubator, Cusick Motorsports creates bespoke programs for its partners across a variety of racing series.
For companies new to the world of racing, Cusick Motorsports identifies the best opportunities, negotiates deals that make business sense, and oversees each partnership to ensure the defined return-on-investment targets are being met.
Cusick Motorsports provides support in building the most effective marketing strategy possible for each partner, helping create digital marketing campaigns, positioning its brand ambassadors, and creating experiential marketing efforts.
Cusick Motorsports will utilize its vast network to create business-to-business opportunities and once-in-a-lifetime experiences for its partners. At all race events, partners will enjoy an unparalleled perspective on the sport, with VIP hospitality and direct access to the race team and drivers.
About Dreyer and Reinbold
Dreyer & Reinbold Racing was founded in 1999 by Indianapolis car dealer Dennis Reinbold. The legacy of the Dreyer and Reinbold family dates back to the 1920s with Reinbold’s grandfather, the legendary Floyd “Pop” Dreyer, a former factory motorcycle racer. Dreyer served as a crewman and mechanic on the famed Duesenberg driven by Benny Shoaff and Babe Stapp in the 1927 Indy 500. Dreyer went on to build Indy 500 cars in the 1930s many of which started on the front row. In addition, Dreyer constructed championship-winning sprint cars and midgets as well as quarter midgets called Dreyerettes. Dreyer & Reinbold Racing captured its first win in 2000 with driver Robbie Buhl at Walt Disney World Speedway in Orlando, FL, and has fielded a variety of drivers including Buddy Lazier, Sarah Fisher, Buddy Rice, Al Unser Jr., Sage Karam, and J.R. Hildebrand. Dreyer & Reinbold Racing has successfully qualified 45 drivers for the Indy 500 in its history. DRR competed in Rallycross for the first time in 2015 and captured the 2016 Lites rallycross championship. In 2021, the team campaigned Tanner Foust and Cabot Bigham in the Supercar division of Nitro Rallycross. Additionally, the team ran a selection of lites cars that included drivers such as Sage Karam and Conner Martell. The team currently competes in the 2022 NRX rallycross series with the all-new FC1-X all-electric vehicles. They are currently leading the Nitro RX Championship Points Standings with full-time entries in 1st, 2nd, and 3rd.
About CareKeepers
CareKeepers provides caregiver referrals and placement, emergency alert devices with GPS monitoring, and special needs transportation services to individuals nationwide. CareKeepers brings over 30 years of experience and industry knowledge to help families understand all their options to determine the best course of action for their loved ones. The CareKeepers’ goal is to allow seniors to retain their dignity and independence while remaining safe and comfortable in their homes. Through companionship and care, safe transportation services, and alert devices and monitoring, seniors can maintain the quality of life standard that they deserve. The CareKeepers’ mission is to provide you and your family the same quality of care that we would want for our loved ones at an affordable cost.
About Sierra Pacific Windows and Sierra Pacific Industries
Sierra Pacific Windows is a division of Sierra Pacific Industries, a family-owned forest products company. Based in Red Bluff, California, Sierra Pacific Windows is one of the largest manufacturers of superior quality custom wood and vinyl windows and doors in the world. It is the only fully vertically-integrated window and door company, in which the company owns the forestland and manages the entire manufacturing and distribution process. Sierra Pacific Windows has a combined manufacturing production space of over 1.4 million square feet in California and Wisconsin. Its windows and doors are distributed via more than 600 nationwide dealers, distributors and company-owned locations.
Sierra Pacific Industries is a third-generation, family-owned forest products company based in Anderson, California. The company owns and manages 2.3 million acres of timberland in California, Oregon, and Washington, and is one of the largest lumber companies and largest manufacturer of millwork in the United States. Sierra Pacific Industries is committed to managing its lands in a responsible and sustainable manner to protect the environment while providing quality wood products and renewable power for consumers. The company’s forests are certified under the Sustainable Forestry Initiative®. Sierra Pacific Industries utilizes nearly 100 percent of every piece of wood brought to its 18 mills and eight biomass-fueled cogeneration power plants.
About LOHLA SPORT
Based in Los Angeles, California, LOHLA SPORT’s premium ladies’ golf-lifestyle apparel is captivating the golf, country club and resort market. Debuted in January 2021, its impeccable sense of style features colorful, on-trend European designs with Los Angeles flair. The brainchild of recognized fashionista and longtime Golf Channel and GOLFINO executive Lisa O’Hurley, LOHLA SPORT boasts a classy and playful lineup of tops, bottoms, skorts, outwear and accessories in coordinated collections. Sold online and in 250-plus exclusive golf shops and women’s boutiques across America, outfits confidently transition from the course to the office to socializing with friends and family. Especially popular are the signature “Golf Fitness Pull-On Pant” and “The Very Pant,” a play on “Seinfield” in which O’Hurley’s husband, actor John O’Hurley, starred as the fictional character J. Peterman. Annika Sorenstam is LOHLA SPORT’s global ambassador.
More information: www.lohlasport.com\, hello(at)lohlasport(dotted)com.
About Fizzy Beez
Fizzy Beez is a line of vodka-based, full-flavor, ready-to-drink, sparkling classic cocktails sweetened with ethically farmed organic honey. Launched in 2022 by World Golf Hall of Famer Annika Sorenstam and Kathy Johanson, Fizzy Beez comes in four classic varieties: Cosmo, Margarita, Mojito and Moscow Mule. Light and refreshing and made with ingredients you feel good about, each gluten-free 12-ounce can is 140 calories, 5% ABV, made with real fruit juice and other natural ingredients. Fizzy Beez will enhance what you love and where you are, whether from the can or poured over ice.
Follow us and Join the Hive! @TheFizzyBeez (Facebook, Twitter and Instagram). For more information: www.fizzybeez.com
About CarBlip
CarBlip was founded in 2017 by a multi-generational team of industry veterans and digital natives and a network of strategic alliance partners, including Science Inc, the company that launched Dollar Shave Club and other successful brands.
With CarBlip, customers can choose from over 30+ different brands and have their own dedicated concierge to help them along the way. CarBlip’s mission is to simplify the car buying experience for all new car buyers. Headquartered in Los Angeles, CA, CarBlip is currently expanding nationwide.
About 181 Fremont Residences and Jay Paul Company
Developed by the legendary Jay Paul Company, 181 Fremont rises 802′ from San Francisco’s downtown high-tech nexus to transform the skyline and has set a new bar for luxurious residential living in the West Coast. The $850 million tower features a state-of-the-art exoskeleton designed in a saw tooth pattern, with a magnificent spire that ascends from the crown of the building. 181 Fremont’s central location in the East Cut invites easy access to Silicon Valley and is surrounded by icons of technology including Salesforce, Facebook, Google and Twitter. The award-winning architecture reaffirms San Francisco as a global city on the forefront of innovation and design. It stands to redefine not only the neighborhood, but also the very definition of San Francisco living. Sales and marketing for 181 Fremont are handled by Compass Development Marketing Group. For more information, https://181fremont.com/
Jay Paul Company is one of the foremost real estate development and investment firms in California, distinguished by over 13 million square feet of trophy caliber projects in its portfolio. Since 1975, Jay Paul developments bear signature features including striking award-winning architecture, landscaping and state-of-the-art sustainable design in unsurpassed locations. Its modern, inspired campuses and towers provide the most advanced workplace environments for the world’s leading technology companies including Facebook, Google, Amazon, Apple, Comcast, Instagram, Microsoft and Northrup Grumman. Jay Paul Company projects include the world-renowned 181 Fremont Tower in San Francisco, named as one of the world’s best high rises by the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat; Pacific Shores Center, Moffett Towers, Moffett Place and the soon to be completed 200 Park Avenue, which are all recognized as Silicon Valley’s most cutting edge, large scale developments. Jay Paul Company is privately held and based in San Francisco. For more information, visit www.jaypaul.com.
About Romak Iron Works
Romak Iron Works is a Northern California based steel fabricating contractor with origins in Oakland California beginning in 1911. The business remains family owned and managed, currently by the fourth generation.
The company is proud to have participated in the construction of many of the San Francisco Bay Area’s most iconic structures and campuses.
The Romak family has a long history with automobiles and racing, and are delighted to be a part of the Cusick Motorsports effort for 2023.
About Agromin
Agromin, headquartered in Oxnard, Calif., manufactures earth-friendly soil products for farmers, government entities, landscapers and gardeners. Agromin serves over 200 California communities, making it one of the largest organics recyclers in the state. Each year, Agromin receives more than 1 million tons of organic material and then uses a safe, natural and sustainable process to recycle the material into more than 300 eco-friendly soil products for landscape, agriculture, consumer and energy markets. The results are more vigorous and healthier plants and gardens, and on the conservation side, the opportunity to close the recycling loop, allowing more room in landfills and reducing greenhouse gas emissions. Agromin is a U.S. Composting Council Composter of the Year recipient. www.agromin.com
About Mosaic Animal Care
Mosaic Animal Care Group is a new model of veterinary hospital that aligns the missions of both veterinary practices and animal welfare organizations. Mosaic is redefining veterinary care and dedicated to improving the veterinary experience, delivering high-quality care for all pets, and giving back to the animal welfare community. Mosaic is comprised of veterinary clinics housed within, affiliated with, or directly supporting animal welfare organizations. For more information on our first location, visit mosaicfairhaven.com.
About Liberty Group
Are you still running in the race to retirement? Is your retirement still on track? Or do you need a pit stop to check your strategy and retirement vehicle’s functioning? At Liberty Group, we’re here to help. We specialize in wealth management, tax planning, and estate law—all under one roof.
The 500-mile race to retirement is a long track. What can you do to prepare now for your future retirement? Do you know how much money you’re going to need to live your ideal retirement? How can you cover the gap between your expenses and income? What tactics will you use to generate income in retirement? Do you have enough gas in your retirement tank to make sure you’re still running at the end of the race? These are questions we can help you answer. Let’s build a strategy to make your retirement dreams a reality.
Liberty Group, Holdings, Inc. operates the following range of businesses through controlled entities, collectively referred to as Liberty Group (or “LG” ): Hollander & Hollander, PC (“H&H”), Liberty Alternative Asset Management, LLC (“LAAM”), Liberty Tax Planners, LLC (“LTP”), Liberty Wealth Management, LLC (“LWM”), DBA Liberty Group, and Lifetime Planning Marketing, Inc. (“LPM”), CA # 0F17020. Liberty Wealth Management is registered as an investment adviser with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”). The Firm only transacts business in states where it is properly registered or is excluded or exempted from registration requirements. SEC registration does not constitute an endorsement of the Firm by the Commission nor does it indicate that the Firm has attained a particular level of skill or ability.
About Kitchen Mart
Kitchen Mart is an award-winning kitchen and bath remodeling company based in Sacramento California. Since 1976, they’ve been building custom kitchens and baths just for you. Kitchen Mart is committed to taking the stress out of the remodeling process, delivering everything you need — from the best products in the industry to the best craftsmanship — all in house. Kitchen Mart hires no subcontractors, resulting in your project being completed faster, smoother, on budget and to their exacting standards. Since the company’s founding in 1976, no Sacramento based company has remodeled more kitchens and baths. They offer you: kitchen design and remodeling, bathroom design and remodeling, custom cabinetry by Kitchen Mart, custom cabinetry refacing, complete countertop fabrication and installation, and complete tile installation. With their track record of true customer satisfaction (having 27,500 Ecstatic Customers) they have become known as Sacramento’s Most Trusted Kitchen and Bath Remodeling contractor.
For more information, visit www.kitchenmart.net
About the Law Offices of Gerald L. Marcus
The Law Offices of Gerald L. Marcus (GLM) is a Plaintiff personal injury law firm dedicated to protecting the rights of innocent injured victims against the insurance industry. GLM has represented more than 17,000 injury victims and has been successful in 98% of his cases. He has been honored by multiple national and local Trial Lawyers associations and has been Honored and recognized as Top 100 Super Lawyer in southern California, and a Super Lawyer for 10 year straight, an honor received by less than 5% of all Attorneys. He served on the Board of Governors and Board of Directors for the Los Angeles Trial Lawyers Charities www.latlc.org, since 2014 and was President of LATLC in 2019. His philosophy is to level the playing field and to give every innocent injured person a fair and equal shot at full justice against corporate giants including the insurance industry. We fight and we win. Cusick Motorsports represents the same hard work ethic and goal of winning. It’s an honor for Gerald L. Marcus and his team to be partnered with this exceptional group of people.
About The Thermal Club
The Thermal Club is a country club that is the epitome of car enthusiasts around the world. The Thermal Club is an exclusive country club whose community revolves around its three racing tracks. The houses are trackside villas with multi-car garages, a tower that stands at the center of the track gives the best view of the racing action, two five-star restaurants provide food as exciting as the flavor of the competition on the tarmac, and almost everywhere—no matter where you are—the spirit of racing surrounds you.
The words “country club” used to only be synonymous with golf courses, golf carts, and sand traps, but today it is beginning to describe the sound of a racing car’s exhaust and squealing tires. The Thermal Club caters to racing aficionados whose idea of a great weekend is experiencing racing around complex tracks. The club offers exclusive amenities, a members’ only track experience, and luxuries that normal track days do not offer.
About Menlo Ventures
At Menlo Ventures, we go ALL IN to help founders transform existing industries, create new categories, and build a better future. In 44 years of investing, we’ve backed 70+ public companies who are doing just that, and in the process, grown a portfolio that includes 150+ M&A and $5+ billion under management.
Our time-tested strategy inspired us to back household names like Uber, Roku, Siri, and Gilead. We invest at every stage, drawing on expertise in B2B, B2C, and healthcare to back leading companies in every sector.
Having support from every angle means you can take on any challenge. Go further, go bolder. Not limiting yourself to what is, but courageously pursuing what could be—the game-changing ideas that reinvent life and work. Starting a business isn’t easy. You can’t do it alone. And while anyone can back you, not everyone will have your back.
About ProviderScience
BetterShifts by ProviderScience is the leading employee scheduling and workforce planning platform for healthcare providers and their support teams. Used by leading academic medical centers, health systems, large group practices and retail health enterprises nationwide, ProviderScience integrates employee scheduling and workforce planning and forecasting into an easy-to-use enterprise platform for delivering operational excellence. For more information, visit providerscience.com.
About High Alpha
High Alpha is a leading venture studio that conceives, launches and scales next-generation B2B SaaS companies. Founded in 2015 by tech veterans Scott Dorsey, Eric Tobias, Mike Fitzgerald and Kristian Andersen, the Indianapolis-based firm pioneered the venture studio model. To date High Alpha has raised $250M across three funds from leading enterprise software investors and has launched and invested in more than 70 startups, including Lessonly, Socio, Attentive, SalesLoft, Zylo, Terminus, The Mom Project, Rheaply, LogicGate, MetaCX, Mandolin, project44 and more. For more information, visit highalpha.com or follow on Twitter @highalpha.
About Rite-Way Thermal
Rite-Way Thermal is known for the specialization in the supply and installation of spray applied insulation, firestop systems, expansion joints and joint sealants to industrial and commercial buildings. Rite-Way Thermal strives to be the preferred contractor in the state of Arizona and continues to grow into new markets each year. With over a 100 years of combined experience, Rite-Way Thermal has the knowledge to provide value and support on multiple levels.
About Westin Homes
Since founder and owner, Jason Golan built his first home in Houston in 1994, Westin Homes has earned a reputation for building elegant, high-quality homes in the most desirable communities in Houston. It is a reputation the company has earned through its emphasis on customer satisfaction, architectural design, and an unparalleled attention to detail.
Westin Homes aims to earn and maintain the trust of its homeowners, teammates, and business partners by building homes of exceptional quality and design in highly desirable communities. That is not just something that sounds nice on paper – the Westin Homes team lives this mission every day.
About Westlake Yoga
Westlake Yoga is the premier yoga facility in Westlake Village, CA. Westlake Yoga Co. offers its students an incredible facility for hot yoga, non-heated yoga, yin yoga, meditation, sound healing, breath work, and kids and young adult yoga all in the heart of Westlake Village, CA.