driven2savelives a storied history
D2SL has been driving the conversation around organ and tissue donation at tracks across the nation since 2016.
High Limit Racing and the Driven2SaveLives partnered for the Midweek Money Series. Through the 10-race series, Driven2SaveLives reaches winged sprint car race fans about the impact of organ donation as the primary sponsor of the Clauson Marshall Racing No. 14BC driven by 18-year-old Corey Day.
The Driven2SaveLives program has signed up over 8,000 race fans to be organ donors online and many more through the BMV. More than 500 ambassadors have joined the program and are ensuring their friends, family and communities know that organ and tissue donation save and heal lives.
The Driven2SaveLives Ambassador Program was launched so race fans could help continue to raise awareness around organ and tissue donation and transplantation in their own communities.
Driven2SaveLives, an Indiana Donor Network program and NASCAR driver Ryan Newman will continue their partnership to help reach race fans and encourage them to sign up to be organ donors in 2021. Indiana Donor Network will also continue its partnership with the Indianapolis Motor Speedway and come back as the title sponsor of the BC39 at the dirt track at IMS. Clauson Marshall Racing and Indiana Donor Network will expand their partnership to reach more race fans with the addition of a USAC National Sprint Car program alongside their USAC National Midget program.
NASCAR driver Ryan Newman joined the Driven2SaveLives team to help continue reaching racing fans and to encourage them to sign up to be organ donors. Driven2SaveLives, an Indiana Donor Network program also continued its partnerships with Clauson Marshall Racing and the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
In 2019, the Driven2SaveLives program was front and center at the greatest spectacle in racing. Driven2SaveLives, Pippa Mann and Clauson Marshall Racing teamed up to compete in the Indianapolis 500 and continue raising awareness and registering donors. The Driven2SaveLives BC39 also continued for the second year in a row, where race fans gathered to honor Bryan Clauson’s legacy as a driver and donor hero, and learn about how they too could save lives.
The Driven2SaveLives program continued its involvement in IndyCar, sponsoring driver Stefan Wilson for the Indianapolis 500, and continuing partnerships with the Indianapolis Motor Speedway and Clauson Marshall Racing. The inaugural Driven2SaveLives BC39 dirt track race took place at a small dirt track built into the infield at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. This was the first-ever dirt track race at IMS, and more than 15,000 fans attended and learned about the impact of organ donation.
Through a partnership with Clauson Marshall Racing, Driven2SaveLives, an Indiana Donor Network program continued on in Bryan Clauson’s honor at dirt tracks across the nation. Racing fans were now signing up to be organ donors all over the country. Indiana Donor Network also entered into a partnership with the Indianapolis Motor Speedway to help amplify the conversation about donation in the racing community and beyond.
Indiana Donor Network started the Driven2SaveLives program in partnership with Justin Wilson’s younger brother, Stefan Wilson, as he geared up to compete in the 100th running of the Indianapolis 500. Through this partnership, racing fans began signing up to be organ donors in honor of Justin and all donor heroes.
In August 2016, United States Auto Club and IndyCar driver Bryan Clauson was also killed in an on-track accident. He was able to save five lives as an organ donor and heal countless others as a tissue donor.
IndyCar driver Justin Wilson died tragically in an on-track accident. As a registered organ donor, he was able to save five lives.