International Speedway Announces Executive Promotions
03 Juillet 2007 - 5:30PM
PR Newswire (US)
~Strengthens Reporting Structure to Further Integrate Event
Management and Marketing~ DAYTONA BEACH, Fla., July 3
/PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- International Speedway Corporation
(NASDAQ:ISCA)(OTC:ISCB) (BULLETIN BOARD: ISCB) ("ISC") today
announced the following executive promotions: - Roger R.
VanDerSnick, 44, formerly Vice President and Chief Marketing
Officer, will become Senior Vice President, Marketing and Business
Operations, overseeing management of ISC's facilities and MRN
Radio, as well as all marketing and sales activities. VanDerSnick
will report to ISC's Executive Vice President and Chief Operating
Officer, John R. Saunders; - W. Grant Lynch Jr., 53, formerly Vice
President of ISC and President of Talladega Superspeedway, will
become Senior Vice President, Business Operations, responsible for
numerous ISC subsidiaries, including the Company's 13 wholly-owned
and/or operated racetracks and Americrown. Lynch will report to
VanDerSnick; - Daryl Q. Wolfe, 39, formerly Vice President, Sales
and Media, will become Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer,
overseeing the Company's corporate and consumer sales and marketing
initiatives as well as managing ISC's media and licensing
properties. Wolfe will continue to report to VanDerSnick. "These
executive changes build upon the strengths of our management team
and more importantly, will formally integrate our sales, marketing
and event production efforts to further build on ISC's position as
a world leader in motorsports entertainment," said ISC President
Lesa France Kennedy. "In addition, these promotions will allow
executive management to better focus on our long-term goals and
continue to deliver value for our shareholders." "This improved
structure will ensure the ongoing success of our outstanding team
of leaders and employees at ISC's facilities and related business
operations," added Saunders. "In their expanded roles, Roger, Grant
and Daryl will be positioned to facilitate more effective
collaboration within all levels of the organization in order for
ISC to continue delivering memorable and thrilling experiences for
our guests and keep them returning year after year." International
Speedway Corporation is a leading promoter of motorsports
activities, currently promoting more than 100 racing events
annually as well as numerous other motorsports-related activities.
The Company owns and/or operates 13 of the nation's major
motorsports entertainment facilities, including Daytona
International Speedway in Florida (home of the Daytona 500);
Talladega Superspeedway in Alabama; Michigan International Speedway
located outside Detroit; Richmond International Raceway in
Virginia; California Speedway near Los Angeles; Kansas Speedway in
Kansas City, Kansas; Phoenix International Raceway in Arizona;
Chicagoland Speedway and Route 66 Raceway near Chicago, Illinois;
Homestead-Miami Speedway in Florida; Martinsville Speedway in
Virginia; Darlington Raceway in South Carolina; and Watkins Glen
International in New York. In addition, ISC is a limited partner
with Group Motorise International in the organization and promotion
of certain events at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve in Montreal, Canada.
The Company also owns and operates MRN Radio, the nation's largest
independent sports radio network; the Daytona 500 Experience, the
"Ultimate Motorsports Attraction" in Daytona Beach, Florida, the
official attraction of NASCAR; and subsidiaries which provide
catering services, food and beverage concessions, and produce and
market motorsports-related merchandise under the trade name
"Americrown." In addition, ISC has an indirect 50 percent interest
in a business called Motorsports Authentics, which markets and
distributes motorsports-related merchandise licensed by certain
competitors in NASCAR racing. For more information, visit the
Company's Web site at http://www.iscmotorsports.com/. Statements
made in this release that express the Company's or management's
beliefs or expectations and which are not historical facts or which
are applied prospectively are forward-looking statements. It is
important to note that the Company's actual results could differ
materially from those contained in or implied by such
forward-looking statements. The Company's results could be impacted
by risk factors, including, but not limited to, weather surrounding
racing events, government regulations, economic conditions,
consumer and corporate spending, military actions, air travel and
national or local catastrophic events. Additional information
concerning factors that could cause actual results to differ
materially from those in the forward- looking statements is
contained from time to time in the Company's SEC filings including,
but not limited to, the 10-K and subsequent 10-Qs. Copies of those
filings are available from the Company and the SEC. The Company
undertakes no obligation to release publicly any revisions to these
forward-looking statements that may be needed to reflect events or
circumstances after the date hereof or to reflect the occurrence of
unanticipated events. The inclusion of any statement in this
release does not constitute an admission by International Speedway
or any other person that the events or circumstances described in
such statement are material. DATASOURCE: International Speedway
Corporation CONTACT: Wes Harris, Senior Director, Corporate and
Investor Communications of International Speedway Corporation,
+1-386-947-6465 Web site: http://www.iscmotorsports.com/
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