Tue, 27 Nov 2007, 11:42 AM
NHRA's Compton and Darcy to Speak at Motorsports Marketing Forum
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Courtesy of NHRA Communications
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GLENDORA, Calif. -- NHRA President Tom Compton and NHRA Senior Vice President of Sales and Marketing Gary Darcy are
among featured speakers at the eighth annual Motorsports Marketing Forum at the InterContinental
Barclay New York, Nov. 27-28.
Compton will be a featured speaker in "The Next Wave in the Business of Motorsports: New Investment
and Ownership Models," along with Jay Monahan of Fenway Sports Group and Matthew Doherty of McLaren
Capital Advisors. The group will talk about what's bringing new investors to the sport and how
ownership models are changing in response to the new economics of racing.
Darcy will be a featured speaker in "The State of Motorsports: Charting the Course of an Industry
in Flux" and will join other leading motorsports executives on the panel, including Terry Angstadt
of IRL; David Higdon of Champ Car; Steve Lauletta of Chip Ganassi Racing; Jim Obermeyer of NASCAR;
Max Siegel of DEI and Roger VanderSnick of ISC. Each panelist will provide insights on the
direction of the motorsports industry in the year ahead.
The Motorsports Marketing Forum is hosted annually by Street & Smith's SportsBusiness Journal and
Street & Smith's SportsBusiness Daily. The conference features presentations and forums with top
executives from all areas of the motorsports industry, including race teams, sponsors, sanctioning
bodies, tracks and broadcasting partners. Other noted featured speakers during the two-day forum
include Ben Reiling, senior manager, sports marketing for Coca-Cola Co.; Jill Frederickson of ESPN;
Laura Kouns, motorsports marketing manager for UPS; and NHRA team owner Don Schumacher.
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