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Zak Brown turns down offer to become IndyCar CEO

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Zak Brown has turned down an offer to become the IndyCar CEO and chosen to stay with the motorsports marketing company he founded, reports Jenna Fryer of the Associated Press.

Brown is the founder of Just Marketing International (JMI) and plans to relocate to England to continue growing the company.

From the AP report:

“I’m a huge fan of IndyCar, it’s a great product and it certainly would have been a great opportunity and challenge,” Brown said. “I have no doubt Mark Miles and the team he forms will lead the series down a path of success — and we at JMI will continue to do our part to support IndyCar.

“I’m committed to JMI, excited about our future and therefore unable to pursue any other opportunities. Mark is fully aware of my passion for IndyCar and my desire to contribute to the series’ success in any way I can, but at this time that cannot be in the CEO role.”


  • Published On May 14, 2013
  • Roger Penske’s sons arrested in Massachusetts

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    Two sons of NASCAR and IndyCar team owner Roger Penske were arrested Thursday for a break-in at the Nantucket Yacht Club in Massachusetts after two women said they were assaulted in the club’s parking lot, reports The Inquirer and Mirror of Nantucket.

    Jay Penske, 33, the CEO of the digital media company PMC, who owns the IndyCar racing team Dragon Racing and the web site Deadline.com, along with his brother Mark Penske, 35, were arrested just before 2 a.m. Thursday on South Beach Street.

    The incident was reported as an assault and battery when two women approached police saying they had been assaulted by two men, who were later identified as the Penske brothers.

    Police say they arrested Jay Penske trying to run away from the club, and found Mark Penske at the employee apartment after he had fallen down the staircase.

    “There were three people living in the apartment and only two saw the suspects enter the house and they got startled when they were confronted,” according to the report.

    The newspaper reported that one of the women claimed the Penske brothers were urinating in the parking lot, and when she confronted Jay Penske, he “turned and continued to urinate on her boots.”

    The Penske brothers were released on personal recognizance with pretrial hearings set for Aug. 20.


  • Published On Aug 09, 2012
  • IndyCar Driver Dan Wheldon Memorialized By Danica Patrick, Wynnona Judd

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    The funeral for IndyCar driver Dan Wheldon was held today, six days after the two-time Indianapolis 500 winner died in a catastrophic multi-car accident at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.

    The memorial service for the well-liked Wheldon was attended by hundreds, according to an Associated Press story on USAToday.com, including fellow drivers Dario Franchitti and Tony Kanaan, who served as pallbearers, and country music superstar Wynnona Judd, who sang two songs.

    Danica Patrick, formerly of IndyCar and currently racing with NASCAR, attended the memorial and shared a a picture and a thought on Twitter.

    Wheldon leaves behind two sons and a wife, Susie, and the AP described the reading of a letter from Susie Wheldon as a “heart-wrenching” segment of the funeral.

    Another memorial is scheduled for Sunday in Indianapolis.


  • Published On Oct 22, 2011


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