WESTLAKE VILLAGE, Calif. and
INDIANAPOLIS, May 20, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- MannKind
Corporation (Nasdaq: MNKD) will team up with NTT INDYCAR SERIES
driver Conor Daly, who is living
with Type 1 diabetes (T1D) for a one-of-a-kind experience with 20
local youth and families to kick off Indy 500 week. Daly will
share his personal story of being diagnosed with diabetes as a teen
and how he does not let it keep him from living life without
limits. The former karting champion will also provide some
karting tips and then race go-karts to identify the Fastest 6.
Daly was first diagnosed with diabetes at the age of 14, and
today is the only known U.S. professional racing driver who
competes full-time while living with T1D. He is entered in the
Indianapolis 500 with the No. 47
U.S. Air Force Chevrolet competing for Ed Carpenter Racing.
DATE/TIMES:
TUESDAY, MAY 25, 2021
10:00
a.m. – 11:30 a.m.
LOCATION: Fastimes
Indoor Karting
3455
Harper Road (Indianapolis)
VISUALS/SOUND -
Tweens/teens hear Conor Daly's
diabetes story and how he doesn't let it slow him down
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20 locals receive karting tips from kart champion Conor Daly
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Indy 500 driver Conor Daly racing
go-karts with youth for Fastest 6
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Spokespersons from Hendricks Regional Health and MannKind also
available
BACKGROUND: Like many professional racers, Daly
started regularly competing in karting at the age of 10. Four
years later, he encountered a hurdle when he found himself heading
to the hospital, having lost weight and possessing an insatiable
thirst for water. Instead of racing that day, he found himself at
the hospital and received a diagnosis of Type 1 diabetes. While a
surprise, it did not slow him down as Daly was behind the wheel
less than a week later and went on to take home the 2006 World
Karting Association Grand Nationals title. He progressed to car
racing in 2007, and has continued to thrive in the sport he loves –
finding success in both the U.S. and international open-wheel
ladder systems. Daly has competed in over 60 Indy car races over
the last seven years.
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SOURCE MannKind Corporation