The red, white and blue car from the A.J. Foyt Racing team sporting the ABC Supply logo has become a fixture on the IndyCar circuit, and this year Takuma Sato went into the Indy 500 as the points leader. The ABC Supply car didn’t win at Indy this year, but it took the checkered flag at Long Beach on April 21. It marked the first time the ABC Supply Racing team had topped the podium, but according to David Luck, ABC Supply’s CEO, the investment has been a winner since the company joined forces with Foyt nine years ago.

At this year’s Indy 500, ABC Supply hosted approximately 750 people, including ABC Supply associates, customers and a group of military personnel who had been wounded in the line of duty; the 50-strong group of active-duty military personnel and their guests was coordinated through Wish for Our Heroes. Luck took time out after the race to talk to Roofing Contractor about the motivation behind sponsoring an Indy racing team, the special relationship between ABC Supply and A.J. Foyt, and the benefits the sponsorship brings the company, its associates and its customers.