{"id":14292,"date":"2016-06-06T06:00:39","date_gmt":"2016-06-06T13:00:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.paloaltonetworks.com\/blog\/?p=14292"},"modified":"2016-06-02T15:31:14","modified_gmt":"2016-06-02T22:31:14","slug":"next-gen-drive-robert-megennis-continues-chasing-his-indy-500-dreams","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/origin-researchcenter.paloaltonetworks.com\/blog\/2016\/06\/next-gen-drive-robert-megennis-continues-chasing-his-indy-500-dreams\/","title":{"rendered":"Next-Gen Drive: Robert Megennis Continues Chasing his Indy 500 Dreams"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\"><i>Robert Megennis is a 16-year-old racing prodigy. Palo Alto Networks is proud to be an ongoing sponsor of Rob\u2019s races for the 2016 Mazda Road to Indy racing season. We\u2019ll be checking in to chronicle his adventures as a true next-generation competitor!<\/i><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">The summer is off to a big start for our Indy car driver <a href=\"https:\/\/www.paloaltonetworks.com\/blog\/2016\/05\/next-gen-drive-rob-megennis-roars-back-at-the-grand-prix-of-alabama\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span class=\"s1\">Robert Megennis<\/span><\/a>. Last week his goal of racing in the Indy 500 came a step closer to reality when he competed in the Carb Night Classic, a 75-lap race held in Indianapolis as a precursor to the main event, the Indy 500.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">Robert was also recently featured in a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nydailynews.com\/sports\/more-sports\/life-indycar-fast-lane-16-year-old-manhattan-article-1.2653276\" rel=\"nofollow,noopener\"  target=\"_blank\"><span class=\"s1\">New York Daily News<\/span><\/a> story, and we invite you to read to learn more about Robert\u2019s journey. It\u2019s a tale of passion and inspiration, something we relate to strongly here at Palo Alto Networks. Best of luck, Robert!<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">Keep up with Rob\u2019s journey on social media:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/robertmegennis\" rel=\"nofollow,noopener\"  target=\"_blank\">Twitter<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/rkmracing\/?fref=ts\" rel=\"nofollow,noopener\"  target=\"_blank\">Facebook<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/robertmegennis\/\" rel=\"nofollow,noopener\"  target=\"_blank\">Instagram<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/megennisgopro\" rel=\"nofollow,noopener\"  target=\"_blank\">YouTube<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Robert Megennis is a 16-year-old racing prodigy. Palo Alto Networks is proud to be an ongoing sponsor of Rob\u2019s races for the 2016 Mazda Road to Indy racing season. We\u2019ll be checking &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":36,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[155],"tags":[2058,2055],"coauthors":[709],"class_list":["post-14292","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cybersecurity-2","tag-indy-500","tag-robert-megennis"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/origin-researchcenter.paloaltonetworks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14292","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/origin-researchcenter.paloaltonetworks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/origin-researchcenter.paloaltonetworks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/origin-researchcenter.paloaltonetworks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/36"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/origin-researchcenter.paloaltonetworks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14292"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/origin-researchcenter.paloaltonetworks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14292\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14301,"href":"https:\/\/origin-researchcenter.paloaltonetworks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14292\/revisions\/14301"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/origin-researchcenter.paloaltonetworks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14292"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/origin-researchcenter.paloaltonetworks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14292"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/origin-researchcenter.paloaltonetworks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14292"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/origin-researchcenter.paloaltonetworks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=14292"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}