Zak Brown, Chief Government Officer of McLaren Racing, will obtain the tenth annual IMRRC Cameron R. Argetsinger Award at a gala offered by Sahlen’s, NASCAR, Watkins Glen Worldwide and IMSA, on Thursday, September 12, 2024. The dinner and presentation will probably be held previous to the working of the NASCAR Go Bowling at The Glen occasion, September 11-15, at Watkins Glen Worldwide.
The Worldwide Motor Racing Analysis Heart returns to the Corning Museum of Glass in Corning, New York, to current the award to Brown, in recognition of his common contributions to assist advance and enhance the game of motor racing.
Established in 2014, the CRA Award had been offered at gala occasions on the CMOG by way of 2019, honoring such legends of the game as Chip Ganassi, Roger Penske, Mario Andretti, Richard Petty, the France Household and Bobby Rahal. When the pandemic hit, the occasion moved first to Watkins Glen Worldwide, then to the Harbor Lodge in Watkins Glen, recognizing Lyn St. James, Mike Helton and Richard Childress by way of 2023.
“We’re thrilled to be returning to the Corning Museum of Glass, the place the IMRRC launched the CRA Award galas in 2014, initially honoring Chip Ganassi,” mentioned Mark Steigerwald, Government Director of the IMRRC. “We anticipate a big turnout for this yr’s occasion, based mostly on the large development of recognition of System 1 racing lately, and McLaren’s progress in efficiency since Brown got here on board with the staff. The CMOG’s facility can simply accommodate a lot of attendees.”
Bobby Rahal, the 1986 Indy 500 winner and present NTT INDYCAR SERIES staff proprietor, will introduce Brown on the gala and can interview the honoree on stage.
The gala is open to the general public. Tickets could also be bought HERE. All proceeds profit the IMRRC, a 501(c)(3 group.
The award memorializes Cameron R. Argetsinger, sometimes called the daddy of American street racing. He was a visionary who, in 1948, conceived, organized, and drove within the first port-war street race in America by way of the roads of Watkins Glen. He introduced System 1 to WGI in 1969 and the circuit hosted america Grand Prix for 20 years. He was president of the IMRRC for 5 years, till his dying in 2008.
As CEO of McLaren Racing, Zak Brown has total accountability for the enterprise, together with strategic route, operational efficiency, advertising and marketing and business growth. Since becoming a member of the staff in 2016, he has led the transformation of the model and tradition of the McLaren System 1 staff and put in place the individuals, sources, infrastructure and mindset that has enabled McLaren to return to racing on the entrance of the F1 grid. Brown has taken McLaren Racing onto a worldwide motorsport stage, with McLaren groups now racing in IndyCar, System E, Excessive E, Esports, F1 Academy, with the World Endurance Championship becoming a member of the road up in 2024.
Born and raised in California, Brown raced professionally all over the world for 10 years earlier than creating his expertise in motorsport’s enterprise and business worlds. In 1995, he based JMI, which grew to develop into the most important and most profitable motorsport advertising and marketing company on the planet. JMI was acquired in 2013 by CSM, a division of Chime Communications.
Brown is a racer and famend for his vitality, his relentless work ethic and his data of the enterprise and historical past of motorsport. He’s been unafraid to publicly deal with a number of the points going through the world of motorsport and has been the lead protagonist across the finances cap, sustainability and variety within the sport, in addition to champion of followers pursuits. He has demonstrated the flexibility to take the powerful selections wanted to make an F1 staff profitable.
Brown co-founded and co-owns United Autosports, a number one racing staff competing in worldwide sportscar racing, the Supercars Championship in Australia, and numerous historic racing occasions all over the world. Outdoors of labor, Zak is an avid collector of historic paperwork, baseball and ice hockey memorabilia, and each street and racing vehicles. He lives in Surrey within the U.Okay.
