Arrow Electronics Cheers on Pole Winner James Hinchcliffe and SPM Team for 100th Running of the Indianapolis 500
May 27 2016 - 10:00AM
Business Wire
Arrow Electronics, Inc. (NYSE: ARW) employees around the world
will be cheering on James Hinchcliffe, driver of the Arrow
sponsored No. 5 Indy car, this Sunday as he competes in the
one-hundredth running of the Indianapolis 500 at the Indianapolis
Motor Speedway. Hinchcliffe and the Schmidt Peterson Motorsports
(SPM) team are positioned for a strong finish in this year’s race
after earning the coveted pole position during qualifications last
weekend.
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James Hinchcliffe, driver of the SPM
Arrow No. 5 Indy car, celebrating last weekend after winning the
pole position for the 100th running of the Indy 500. (Photo:
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“Everyone at Arrow is proud of the incredible things that James
and the Schmidt Peterson Motorsports team have accomplished so far
this season,” said Michael J. Long, Arrow’s chairman, president and
chief executive officer. “Last year, James watched the Indy 500
from a hospital bed, and this year he clocked the fastest time in
qualifications. That’s a testament to his passion for the sport,
hard work and dedication. Arrow is proud to sponsor such a great
athlete and inspiring individual, and we look forward to cheering
him on this Sunday in the big race.”
SPM team co-owner Sam Schmidt initially collaborated with Arrow
on machine-to-machine technologies back in 2014. Schmidt, whose
crash in 2000 during an Indy car practice lap left him a
quadriplegic, rediscovered the joy of driving again through a
modified Corvette that Arrow engineers built for him called the
Semi-Autonomous Motorcar, or SAM car. Schmidt hit 152 mph in the
SAM car on Sunday in between Indy 500 qualifying laps.
Arrow is proud to work with and sponsor the SPM team and No. 5
car. Their drive and passion for the sport, and the technology
enabling it, directly align to Arrow’s forward-looking mission to
operate in the world of Five Years Out—the tangible future of new
technologies, new materials, new ideas and new electronics that
will make people’s lives better, smarter and more inspired.
Follow @SPMIndyCar, @ArrowGlobal, #hinchi5back and #ArrowDriven
on Twitter for updates.
About Arrow Electronics
Arrow Electronics is a global provider of products, services and
solutions to industrial and commercial users of electronic
components and enterprise computing solutions. Arrow serves as a
supply channel partner for more than 100,000 original equipment
manufacturers, contract manufacturers and commercial customers
through a global network of more than 460 locations serving over 85
countries.
About Schmidt Peterson Motorsports
Schmidt Peterson Motorsports (SPM) was established in 2001 and
is owned by former IndyCar driver Sam Schmidt and Canadian
businessman Ric Peterson. SPM fields cars in the Verizon IndyCar
Series, including the Indianapolis 500, and the Indy Lights Series
presented by Cooper Tires. SPM is the most successful team in Indy
Lights Series history with sixty-five race wins and seven
championships. In addition, SPM won the coveted Indy 500 pole
position in 2011, and has won four Verizon IndyCar Series races in
2013 and 2014.
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