The DRIVE4COPD Race Team

Award-winning music star Patty Loveless is known as one of the world's greatest country singers. The Kentucky-born singer grew up in a small town and climbed her way to the top, recording numerous hit albums and singles.

Patty discovered her passion for performing by watching her older sister, Dottie, perform at local venues. At age 11 she started strumming a guitar, at 14 she started touring with her older brother and during weekend summers in high school, she began traveling with well-known performers. Since the release of her first self-titled album in 1987, Patty has consistently rewarded her fans with new and creative music in her blend of honky-tonk and county rock style.

Patty has achieved many respected accolades throughout the years and she knows she owes her success, in part, to her loving family. That's why she is teaming up with Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc. on the DRIVE4COPD campaign, aiming to raise awareness about chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), a serious and debilitating lung disease that took the life of her sister.

Patty's sister Dottie died at the young age of 48 after a difficult battle with emphysema, a form of COPD. So now, Patty is lending her voice to the DRIVE4COPD campaign, a multi-year public health initiative designed to focus national attention on this common disease and screen the millions of people who may be at risk for it.

In fact Patty has composed an original DRIVE4COPD campaign song, "Drive," to be debuted at the DRIVE4COPD 300 Nationwide race™ in Daytona on February 13, to kick of "Race for the Missing Millions" who may be at risk for COPD.

As part of the "Race for the Missing Millions," Patty is competing with other members of the DRIVE4COPD Race Team to see if she can screen the most people who may be at risk for COPD. Check back often to track Patty's success, or simply take the five-question COPD screener online and vote for Patty!