WESTLAKE VILLAGE, Calif.,
July 29, 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 local youth and families as part of Music City Grand Prix
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
Music City Grand Prix with the No. 20 U.S. Air Force Chevrolet
competing for Ed Carpenter Racing.
DATE/TIMES:
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 4,
2021
10:00 a.m. –
1:00 p.m.
LOCATION:
Music City Indoor Karting
404 Davidson Street
(Nashville)
VISUALS/SOUND:
- Tweens/teens hear Conor Daly's
diabetes story and how he doesn't let it slow him down
- 20 young racing fans receive karting tips from kart champion
Conor Daly
- Music City Grand Prix driver Conor
Daly racing go-karts with youth for Fastest 6
- Jeff Hitchcock, Founder and
President of Children with Diabetes
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 70 Indy car races over
the last seven years.
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SOURCE MannKind Corporation