“Following Howard’s Zipline Ride He Will Award Two Lucky Fans Race Tickets”
“I’ve been looking forward to the Super Bowl coming to Indy ever since it was announced,” said Howard. “I knew one of the events I definitely had to do was the Zipline and was lucky enough to secure tickets. I also knew I wanted to encourage someone who hadn’t been to the Indy 500 to come back after the Super Bowl and I’m going to give them the ‘keys’ to do that and bring a friend. I plan to pick someone out in the Super Bowl Fan village following my zipline ride, so put your Sunday’s best on and impress me!”
The 30-year-old Englishman announced plans last month to give away two tickets through Howard’s social media channels for the sold-out Super Bowl Zipline ride good for two fans to ‘try out’ the zipline prior to Howard taking the 800-foot soar, 95 feet above the Super Bowl fan village towards Lucas Oil Stadium, site of this year’s Super Bowl.
The contest attracted a bevy of testimonials on why fans should be selected to take the plunge on Howard’s behalf, with the winner borrowing from Howard’s team owner, David Letterman’s ‘Top 10″ list, detailing out 10 reasons why he should win. The eventual winner, Ed Smith, a feisty 69-year-old from Indianapolis, ziplined last Friday, Jan 27.
Howard himself will do the zipline ride on Feb. 3 around 3:30 p.m. EDT. GoPro, maker of the world’s most versatile cameras and producer of some of today’s most engaging sports programming, is supplying Howard with a specialized camera to record the experience.
Following the ride, Howard will hand out two race tickets good for the 2012 Indianapolis 500, the largest single-day sporting event in the world. Howard plans to attempt to qualify for his second Indianapolis 500 this coming May 2012, following his successful rookie start in last year’s race for Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing.
Howard encourages fans to keep a close eye on his Twitter account, @JayHoward66, as he will be tweeting live from the Superbowl Fan Village before and after his Zipline ride on Fri., Feb 3.
About Jay Howard
Jay Howard is a professional racecar driver in the IZOD IndyCar® Series and Indianapolis 500. In 2006, the England-born driver won the Firestone Indy Lights championship, an essential step into the top-level of open-wheel racing, the IZOD IndyCar Series. Howard won the championship by four points, marking the closest margin in the Series’ history. That same year, he won two races, had five podium finishes and won two pole positions. He ran five events for Roth Racing in the IndyCar Series in 2008, with a best start of 14th and a best finish of 13th. He competed in three Firestone Indy Lights events in 2007, and took home the U.S. Formula Ford Zetec Championship and Rookie of the Year Honors in 2005; breaking Indy 500 winner Dan Weldon’s Series record, with nine wins. That year, he captured six pole positions and established a Series record, with six consecutive victories. Howard has been a guest or profiled on national platforms such as MTV’s Real World Road Rules Challenge. For more information, please visit Jay Howard online at http://www.jayhoward.com.
- BRANDed, LLC. Press Release
