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The board of directors of the speedway and Hulman & Company announced Tuesday that a new management team will take over the Hulman-George companies effective July 1.
The Hulman-George family has run the speedway, home of the Indianapolis 500, for six decades and also owns the IRL and Clabber Girl, a baking-powder company based in Terre Haute, Ind.
Speedway board chairman Mary Hulman George, Tony George's mother, said it is in the best interests of everyone that her son concentrate his efforts on the IRL - primarily, she said, as a team owner.
"We are pleased that he will continue to be an important part of the Indy Racing League as a team owner and as a member of our Board of Directors, and we wish him every success,'' she said in a statement.
Hulman George did not directly address whether George would continue to run the IRL's day-to-day operations. No other IRL executives were available for comment.
For the rest of the AP story from Sports Illustrated : http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2009/racing/wires/06/30/3010.ap.car.irl.george.steps.down.2nd.ld.writethru.0705/
On Sirius Satellite Radio, Dave Moody discussed the possibility of Humpy Wheeler being hired to take over the storied speedway.
Humphy Wheeler who recently stepped down at Lowe's Motor Speedway, is widely recognized as one of the best speedway promoters of all time and he certainly moved Charlotte Motor Speedway from a has-been track to one of the diamonds in NASCAR's schedule.
He'd bring an immediate name brand to the Speedway asnd move it from the stodgy old ways that IMS is known for a quickly transform it into a modern cutting edge facility.
Will he be given a chance ? Does he even want the opportunity ??
These are the questions that will be asked and answered in the coming days and weeks.
