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COLTS PUNTER MCAFEE ADDS CHARITABLE SPONSORSHIP FOR DALY'S INDY 500 ENTRY
By Mark Robinsona | Indycar.com

INDIANAPOLIS – Colts punter is all
in with his newly formed company,
ShirtsForAmerica.com, and its
sponsorship of Daly’s No. 18 Dale
Coyne Racing Honda for the epic
event.
McAfee, Daly and team owner
Dale Coyne announced the primary sponsorship today. McAfee’s
goal is two-fold in trying to help
the talented native Indiana driver
and a pair of military foundations.
For each T-shirt sold on the site, a
portion of the proceeds goes to
Wish For Our Heroes – founded by
military veterans to help veterans
– and the Pat McAfee Foundation
that has given more than $150,000
in scholarships to children of military families.

opportunity not only to help an Indianapolis (area) kid run in the
100th Running of the Indianapolis
500, but also as a chance to raise
money for a couple of military
foundations,” McAfee said. McAfee has become a huge Indianapolis
500 fan since being drafted by the
Colts in 2009 and was the honorary
pace car driver for the 2015 Angie’s
List Grand Prix of Indianapolis on
the Indianapolis Motor Speedway
road course.
Daly has a full-season ride with
Coyne but lacked sponsorship for
the Indy 500. The car will be liveried in the red, white and blue
ShirtsForAmerica.com colors in
time for practice Thursday.
“I’m a proud American,

Pat is a tremendous American and
we’re going to have a great time
representing America for this
whole month,” said Daly, the 24year-old son of former Indy car and
Formula One driver Derek Daly,
who will make his third Indy 500
start this year. “I can’t thank him
enough for coming on board.”
“We’re very happy with the whole
program,” Coyne said. “It’s kind of
cause marketing and three of our
four cars are doing that with the
Komen car for breast cancer, the
Boy Scouts car and this one for
veterans. It’s a fantastic thing for
us.”

“I saw it as an

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