Who Owns IROC ?

[c7]

I was just wondering who owns and operates IROC (isc??) ?

The series seems less diversified in recent years.

There always seems to be races at Daytona, Talladega and Michigan every year. And now Indy seems as if it will be an annual part of the Brickyard weekend.

What happened to moving to different tracks?
What happened to having a road course?
Why is the majority(6 this year) of the 12 participants always from NASCAR?
What about the SportsCar guys?
I know that this season the CART guys couldn't run due to schedule conflicts.

Thanks

[Turn13]

Last I heard, it was Roger Penske. Dopn't know if he divested it or not with the tracks to ISC.

Go to http://www.irocracing.com/

(Don't go to www.iroc.com, though).

[JoeBob]

Les Richter is the chairman of IROC, Vice-President for Special Projects at ISC and works out of California Speedway.

Here's his bio: http://dbserver.iscmotorsports.com/I...ookUp=LRichter

So, even if ISC doesn't own it outright, they have their fingers pretty much all over it.

[Fueler]

IROC is not owned by ISC. It was not a part of Penske Motorsports so it did not get included with the tracks in the sale.

IROC is owned by a partnership consisting of Jay Signore (former Penske crewman) and his wife Barbara (one of the alltime good people), Roger, and Les Richter.

It is a privately held company, run day to day by Jay and Barbara, based in Tinton Falls, New Jersey.

[JoeBob]

Here's some more info, from: http://www.irocracing.com/current_se...eries_pg2.html

SANCTION: All races have full international status and are sanctioned by NASCAR.

Series Organization:

LES RICHTER: Chairman of IROC. Mr. Richter is a former president of Riverside International Raceway in California and a veteran motorsports executive. Mr. Richter has been active in auto racing since 1962 as a promoter of major racing events in the U.S. He is a former professional football player with the Los Angeles Rams. Richter is a former Vice President of NASCAR.

JAY SIGNORE: President and General Manager of IROC. Signore is a former General Manager of Penske Racing in Reading, Pa. Mr. Signore oversees the development, production and testing of the 24 race cars used in IROC. Signore supervises a crew of 25 mechanics, fabricators and shop workers in the IROC corporate headquarters and race shop in Tinton Falls, N.J. Signore, a former racing driver, has been associated with racing management for most of his life.

PENSKE RACING, INC.: Penske Racing, Inc. is a partner in the IROC racing organization. The Penske Racing Team is one of America's foremost racing operations, and over the past 23 years, Penske-prepared cars have won major races and championships in international road racing, USAC, SCCA, NASCAR and CART events. Penske Racing has won the Indianapolis 500 a record ten times and ten national championships.

Series Directory:

IROC OFFICIALS: Les Richter, Chairman of the Board Jay Signore, President David S. Atlas, Board Member Walter P. Czarnecki, Board Member