SGT JOHN ADAM BROIS III NAMED PANTHER'S HOMETOWN HERO FOR WATKINS GLEN RACE WEEKEND

Panther Racing’s “Hometown Hero” for this weekend’s Camping World GP at the Glen is New York National Guard SGT John Adam Brois III originally joined the U.S. Army in July of 1995 as a 13B Cannon Crewmember and attended Basic Training at Fort Sill, Oklahoma. After being honorably discharged from active service in December 1997, but enlisted in the New York National Guard in 2001 with the 1/108th Infantry in Hornell, New York.

He served at Ground Zero after the September 11th terrorist attack and spent many months on the bridge and tunnel duty following the disaster. He also volunteered to go to Iraq in October 2004 for a year-long deployment in Support of Operation Iraqi Freedom, where he joined Echo troop 2/101 Cavalry from Geneva, New York.

SGT Brois III will attend this weekend’s IZOD IndyCar Series autograph session, where he will sign a specialty-made “Hero Card” featuring his picture  and biography on one side and Wheldon’s on the other. He will also be honored by Panther CEO John Barnes on Sunday prior to the race and then will be recognized on the pre-race stage before the start of the Camping World GP at the Glen.

Currently, he is the Mortar Platoon Sergeant with A troop 2/101 cavalry (formally Echo troop) and employed by the Steuben Country Sheriff’s Department as a Correction Officer with nine years of service.