Hale joined Willwood in 2008 as Director of Sales and Marketing, and will remain connected with the company on a consultant basis.

The honor is being bestowed in the context of the 90th anniversary of the world-famous endurance race; the lucky winner will be drawn by lot from among those with a grandstand seat.

The 2013 itinerary features 24 competitive stages, more than half of which are either totally new or haven’t been featured in the World Championship since the Nineties.

The announcement not only heralds Honda’s decision to take on the challenge of Formula 1 after a six-season absence, but also signals the reappearance of Honda turbo power in grand prix racing.

A tool maker with a degree from Vincennes University in Indiana, Lawson assisted sprint car driver Tim Cox in the early 1990s and raced mini-sprints and sprint cars in central Indiana.

One Oliver customer will be selected to win an engine equipped with Oliver connecting rods in a drawing held at the Performance Racing Industry (PRI) Trade Show in Indianapolis, December 12-14, 2013.

Motorsport director Paul Hembery admitted that the Formula 1 Gran Premio de España 2013 at Barcelona—won by Ferrari’s Fernando Alonso on a four-stop strategy—featured too many stops.

The series will follow Devil’s Bowl Speedway’s 2013 Bond Auto Parts Modified division rulebook, allowing a wide variety of race cars from tracks across the Northeast to compete.