 She was sponsored in the race by Armando Montelongo, former star of the television show "Flip This House".On 13 August 2011, during the final day of practice for the MoveThatBlock.com Indy 225 at New Hampshire Motor Speedway, Mann crashed and suffered an end-plate fracture of the C7 vertebra, but competed on 2 October in the Kentucky Indy 300.On 16 October 2011, Mann was involved in a 15 car chain reaction crash at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.