Tony George

Tony George ( born December 30, 1959 Anton Hulman George native ) is a former owner of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway (IMS ), former president of Hulman & Co. and former team manager of the Vision Racing team. Tony is the grandson of Tony Hulman, who bought the Indianapolis Motor Speedway after the end of World War II.

After the death of Joe Cloutier in 1989 was Tony George President and CEO of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway Corporation. During his first years at the Motor Speedway, he oversee new projects to the circuit (Tower Terrace Suites, reconstruction of the pit lane and new control towers).

Before Tony Georges arrival of the IMS had traditionally only one race, the Indianapolis 500 After an agreement with the NASCAR debuted on August 6, 1994, the Brickyard 400 with Jeff Gordon as the winner.

George also helped bring Formula 1 to the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. The first Formula 1 race took place in 2000; to within the oval, a separate circular course was built. In 2008, the World Motorcycle Championship followed.

In addition to the merits of the track Tony George founded the Indy Racing League (IRL ) as a rival to former IndyCar World Series, as he did not see the significance of his route highlighted enough in the existing racing series. After the IRL was initially laughed at, she took over in early 2008, the Champ Car series after their bankruptcy. Since 2003, carries "his" series until then protected names IndyCar Series. In this George was the end of January 2010 Team boss was founded in 2005 team Vision Racing.

End of June 2009 was relieved of Tony George of his most important offices within the Indy Empire ( chaired by Hulman & Co. and chair of the IMS ). He remained, however, member of the Joint Supervisory Board, but from which he resigned in January 2010. On 17 February 2011 he was, however, reappointed to the Supervisory Board.