Dr. Uli Weller (left) and Günter Hiermaier (right)

LIQUI MOLY—the lubricant specialist based in Ulm, Germany and with an office in Irvine, California—has announced a new dual leadership, with Dr. Uli Weller being appointed as managing director in addition to Günter Hiermaier. 

Beginning in 2023, Dr. Weller will become the second managing director of the group of companies, which includes the Meguin GmbH & Co. KG Mineraloelwerke in Saarlouis as well numerous LIQUI MOLY subsidiaries. He will also continue functioning as the commercial director.

“My responsibility is to lead our company into a secure future. For me, a second managing director means perfect strategic support,” Hiermaier said, who has served as the managing director since March this year. “I consider a strong dual leadership at the helm of the Company as a guarantee for continuity, stability as well as security for the company and everyone that works with us.”

For more information, visit liqui-moly.com.

The National Hot Rod Association (NHRA) based in Glendora, California, has announced the promotion of Mike Rice as the new NHRA senior director of competition. 

Rice, who started with NHRA in 2001, served as the division director of the Pacific Division (Division 7) for 16 years. In his new role, Rice will lead tower operations at all NHRA national events, coordinate and maintain daily on-track schedules, and communicate with race teams. He will also be instrumental in guiding the division directors.

Matt DeYoung steps into the role as division director for Division 7, where he will work with  NHRA member tracks in Arizona, California, Nevada, New Mexico, and Hawaii. Prior to his new role, DeYoung managed Tucson Dragway (Tucson, Arizona) for five years.

In addition, Nick Duty is the new NHRA West Central (Division 5) division director. He will oversee NHRA member tracks in Colorado, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Nebraska, South Dakota, and Wisconsin. Before coming to the NHRA, Duty spent time managing North Star Dragway in Denton, Texas, and later Thunder Valley Raceway Park in Noble, Oklahoma.

Meanwhile, Craig Curdie is the new Northeast division director (Division 1). He will oversee NHRA member tracks in Maryland, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, and Virginia, as well as tracks in Canadian providences New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Ontario, and Quebec.

Curdie comes to the role from Feld Entertainment, where he worked in production with touring groups, such as Monster Jam and Ringling Bros. & Barnum and Bailey, and was most recently a tour manager for Monster Jam.

For more information, visit nhra.com.

Bosch Engineering has announced Ingo Mauel has taken over management of Bosch Motorsports. He succeeds Dr. Klaus Boettcher, who will go into early retirement at the end of January following 23 years as the leader of Bosch Motorsport.

Ingo Mauel, who holds a graduate degree in electrical engineering, has been with Bosch since 1996 and has worked in various management roles in electronics, software, and systems development, among others. In 2015, he assumed leadership of the Motorsport Engineering department. 

During his time as the face of Bosch Motorsport, Dr. Boettcher experienced countless victories and championships, including successes in the German Touring Car Masters (DTM), in the 24 Hours of Le Mans with Audi, Bentley, and Peugeot, in rally series, and in the customer racing sector.

Bosch Engineering GmbH is a wholly owned subsidiary of Robert Bosch GmbH and is head-quartered in Abstatt, Germany. Bosch Motorsport develops and distributes complete electronics systems and components for use in race cars. It is the exclusive partner for the hybrid powertrain for the new LMDh series. 

For more information, visit bosch-motorsport.com.

Officials have unveiled a new look ahead of Season 9 of the ABB FIA Formula E World Championship and the debut of the Gen3 car, along with a new series logo, new races in iconic cities, new teams, and new sporting formats.

The Gen3—designed to be the fastest, lightest, most powerful, and most efficient electric race car ever built—will make its competitive debut in Round 1 in Mexico City on January 14, following pre-season testing next month in Valencia.

The championship will continue with three new cities hosting Formula E races for the first time: Hyderabad, India (Round 4, February 11); Cape Town, South Africa (Round 5, February 25) and São Paulo, Brazil (Round 6, March 25).

Sporting regulation updates include a return to racing over laps; rookie drivers taking a seat for teams in FP1 sessions; and a plan to introduce a 30-second 4kWh ‘Attack Charge’ boost at select races, made possible through the development of the most advanced EV battery in the world today.

In addition, McLaren and Maserati are new to the Formula E grid next season.

For the complete details, visit the announcement here. For more information, visit fiaformulae.com.

World Racing Group’s Xtreme Outlaw Midget Series presented by Toyota has named Tyler Bachman as the new series director.

Bachman is a longtime official and safety director within the World of Outlaws and DIRTcar Racing family. He served as competition director for the Xtreme Outlaw Series in 2022 and aims to expand the Midget tour in 2023.

“Tyler has had a role in all aspects of our company, from the competition side to the event side, and has earned the opportunity to take over as director of the Xtreme Outlaw Midget Series,” said World of Outlaws CEO Brian Carter. 

Most recently, Bachman was nominated to the Board of Directors for the International Council of Motorsports Sciences (ICMS). 

With Bachman at the helm, the 2023 schedule will focus solely on the Midget Series, rather than spread across to Non-Wing Sprint Cars. Volusia Speedway Park's DIRTcar Nationals in February will continue to feature premier Non-Wing Sprint Car racing.

For more information, visit xtremeoutlawseries.com.

Speedway Motorsports has announced that motorsports industry executive Matt Greci has been promoted to senior vice president and general manager at Nashville Superspeedway. He replaces Erik Moses, who leaves on December 2 to become executive director of the Fiesta Bowl.

“Our company is very fortunate to have a senior executive with experience not only with our company but already located in the Nashville market,” said Speedway Motorsports President and CEO Marcus Smith. 

No stranger to Speedway Motorsports, Greci relocated to Nashville shortly after the company acquired the 1.33-mile speedway as part of its purchase of Dover Motorsports in 2021. Prior to that, Greci spent nearly 16 years at Charlotte Motor Speedway (Concord, North Carolina), where he began his career as a sales department intern, then joined the speedway full-time as the track rental and suite coordinator for corporate sales. Greci moved to the events department in 2008, working his way from events manager to vice president of events.

During his tenure at Charlotte, Greci earned recognition as the CMS Employee of the Year in 2013. He also received the company’s highest honor, the prestigious Speedway Motorsports O. Bruton Smith Award, in 2018 while managing event production at zMAX Dragway, The Dirt Track, and the legendary superspeedway. A native of Granby, Connecticut, Greci earned a Bachelor of Science in Sports Management from Wingate University in 2006. 

For more information, visit speedwaymotorsports.com.

Among the several dozen of activities slated for the 2022 PRI Trade Show (Dec. 8–10 in downtown Indianapolis) are networking opportunities and events from the SEMA Future Leaders Network (FLN), Motorsports Parts Manufacturers Council (MPMC), and the SEMA Businesswomen’s Network (SBN). 

Female racing and aftermarket industry professionals will connect with female students pursuing careers in the motorsports industry at the second annual Gear Up Girl Lunch powered by SBN on Friday, December 9, 12– 1:30 p.m. ET. Reserved only for women, this fun and dynamic event serves as a networking opportunity for professionals to give back and share advice with today’s female youth. To RSVP for the Gear Up Girl Lunch powered by SBN, click here. 

On Friday, December 9, from 5–6:30 p.m. ET, the FLN and MPMC joint reception will serve as an opportunity to close out Day 2 of the PRI Show while networking with industry friends and colleagues in a relaxed setting. The event—open to current and prospective FLN and MPMC members—will feature complimentary hot hors d’oeuvres and cold drinks, and will also include the induction of the next MPMC Hall of Fame member. In addition, select committee members from both groups will also answer questions about the council and network membership. To RSVP for the FLN/MPMC PRI Reception, click here. 

For a complete list of events at PRI 2022, and to add them to your Show planner, visit here. To register for the PRI Trade Show, visit here. 

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Officials with the ARCA Menards Series have announced the 2023 schedule. The season will once again feature 20 races at 19 tracks, kicking off the series’ 70th anniversary with its 60th race at Daytona International Speedway (Daytona, Florida) and concluding, for the second consecutive year, with its championship event at its home track: Toledo Speedway (Toledo, Ohio).

The ARCA Menards Series will also hold a combination race with the ARCA Menards Series West, at Phoenix Raceway (Avondale, Arizona) in March, while the events at Iowa Speedway (Newton, Iowa), Lucas Oil Indianapolis Raceway Park (Indianapolis, Indiana), The Milwaukee Mile (West Allis, Wisconsin) and Bristol Motor Speedway (Bristol, Tennessee) will be combination races with the ARCA Menards Series East.

The complete schedule is below. 

In addition, officials have also announced the 2023 schedules for the ARCA Menards Series East and ARCA Menards Series West.

Eight races are slated for the East Series, and 12 are set for the West Series.

The 2023 West Series schedule will begin at Phoenix Raceway on March 10 with a combination race with the ARCA Menards Series. The 2023 East Series schedule will commence with the series’ sixth visit to the historic Five Flags Speedway in Pensacola, Florida, on March 25.

The complete schedules are below. 

For more information, visit arcaracing.com.

Macon Speedway has new owners for the 2023 season. Chris Kearns, longtime race official and promoter, has assumed ownership of the 1/5-mile dirt oval in Macon, Illinois. 

“Macon Speedway has been my favorite dirt track in the country ever since I attended my first Herald & Review 100 20-plus years ago. Now, owning and promoting Macon Speedway is very surreal for me,” Kearns said.

Kearns is known for the Wild West Shootout, a six-race series for National Late Models, Modifieds, and X Mods at Vado Speedway Park in Vado, New Mexico. He also owned the Western Allstars Late Model Series from 2006–2007; promoted Santa Maria Raceway in Nipomo, California; served as the series director USAC’s CRA & 360 Sprints for 13 years; and worked with Greg Biffle’s Sand Outlaw Series and Tony Stewart’s SRX Series.

The track has been under the leadership of Track Enterprises’ Bob Sargent, the owner and promoter since 1985. In 2007, Ken Schrader, Tony Stewart, and Kenny Wallace joined Sargent as speedway co-owners. Sargent will continue to serve as the president of Track Enterprises racing promotion company and as the promoter at Lincoln Speedway (Lincoln, Illinois) and Nashville Fairgrounds Speedway (Nashville, Tennessee). 

Macon Speedway was originally opened in 1946 by Wayne Webb. The 78th season is set to begin with the season opener on Saturday, April 8.

For more information, visit maconracing.com.