Sarah Fisher Racing (SFR) today announced a partnership with Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI), an urban research and academic health sciences campus with 21 schools and academic units, which would sponsor IndyCar Series driver and team owner, Sarah Fisher for the upcoming 2009 IndyCar Series season.
“It’s wonderful to have IUPUI back at SFR and to be a part of the educational platform to inject new engineering blood into open-wheel racing,” said Fisher, who accepted the Spirit of Leadership Award last week from the Women’s Automotive Association International (WAAI). “We are really excited to see all the enthusiasm the students have that want to be a part of the program. As Sarah Fisher Racing (SFR) today announced a partnership with Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI), an urban research and academic health sciences campus with 21 schools and academic units, which would sponsor IndyCar Series driver and team owner, Sarah Fisher for the upcoming 2009 IndyCar Series season. another returning partner of SFR, we are continuing to grow and build in our sophomore year as a business.”
IUPUI returns to SFR after partnering with the first-year team at the 2008 Indianapolis 500, with the announcement of the first four-year Motorsports Engineering program in the nation. To further the partnership, Fisher visited campus on several occasions to talk with undergraduate students about her real-life experience in the field. Early in Fisher’s career, she was a student in the EDDP program, a joint venture between the Purdue School of Engineering and Technology, IUPUI and Butler University.
“We are thrilled to be one of Sarah’s sponsors for this year’s IndyCar Series. We see this sponsorship as an investment in opportunity for our students, and Sarah couldn’t be a better role model as she was once a student here at IUPUI,” said Dr. Yurtseven, Dean of the School of Engineering and Technology, IUPUI. “This sponsorship shows support for motorsports and dedication to advancing our Motorsports Engineering program. Our hope is that this educational partnership will inspire students to be proactive and enable them to connect and engage with the motorsports industry in new and exciting ways.”
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