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Sep 28, 2016

IndyCar Driver Charlie Kimball Talks COVID-19 + Racing with T1D

Charlie Kimball is a racecar driver who lives with type 1 diabetes. He is currently set to compete in what will be his tenth year in the IndyCar Series, driving the number four Novo Nordisk car and attempting to qualify for his 10th Indianapolis 500.

IndyCar Driver Charlie Kimball Talks COVID-19 + Racing with T1D

How They Met: Charlie and Kathleen Kimball

“We went to the same high school,” was the simple answer from Charlie Kimball, on how he and wife Kathleen met.

Charlie Kimball: the trailblazing type 1 diabetic racing driver

Charlie Kimball would say that racing is in his blood. He credits his father, who was a mechanical engineer, with exposing him to the kind of emotional resonance that only comes from driving around really, really quickly.

Novo Nordisk and Indy driver Charlie Kimball drive partnership to 100-race mark and counting

Every race car driver has sponsors. But not every driver depends on its car sponsor the way Charlie Kimball does: He has Type 1 diabetes and uses Novo Nordisk ($NVO) meds daily. And not every sponsor gets the articulate marketing backup that Kimball provides.

Charlie Kimball wins first IndyCar pole with record-setting run at Texas

FORT WORTH, Texas — Charlie Kimball woke up to the rain Friday and had flashbacks to last season, when the IndyCar race at Texas Motor Speedway was finished 2 1/2 months after it started because of wet weather.
“But it was incredible — as soon as the rain stopped, the track dryers went to work and it did not take very long to dry,” Kimball said.

Indianapolis 500 Driver Charlie Kimball Races With Type 1 Diabetes

Racing driver Charlie Kimball has qualified for the 2019 Indianapolis 500, which will be run on Sunday, May 26. He’ll be starting in Row Seven, with a four-lap qualifying speed average of 227.915 mph. But that might not be the most impressive fact about Charlie Kimball’s racing career. Charlie Kimball races with a disability – type 1 diabetes, a condition that he must monitor daily. Kimball is the first licensed IndyCar driver with type 1 diabetes.