Well, my brother tossed in the towel on NASCAR and the 6 Hour IMSA Race at the end of the month is his last gig. It really is a bit sad to see 14 years of improvements to the track and pride for his efforts there, come to an end. Now I have to spend $$ to watch races there again-WTF? lol. Track repaved, all new bathrooms, grandstands and a new Media Center are among the improvements he shepherded, $56M worth altogether.

 

Congrats to your brother Chief, he made alot of much needed improvements to WG

 

I really should make a trip up there.

retirement

 

MP on retiring.
Of course, right after gets his P-car, the brother retires from track access.

 

Thanks Legend, yes he did. I remember going there in the 70's/80's and basically peeing in a trough (gutter) that emptied in to a hole. lol.

YES you should!! It is an iconic track for sure. Every major form of auto racing has happened there: F1, Can-Am, Indycar, IMSA, the first SCCA event ever, Vintage racing and on. Incredible.

IKR!!

 

The last two times I drove upstate I got caught in huge snow storms. It's too much for me.

 

Rest of the article is here: https://svra.com/news/parella-motors...13ZpfzqgUEd9vg

 

to brother

 

Congrats. But doesn't this new job require more traveling? You'd think that someone who is slowing down would want to travel less.

 

Zero travel-all work from home. His new boss is super cool and a great guy. Michael bought a house in Summerville, SC a few weeks ago, time time to chillax.

 

So rad:

https://racer.com/2023/07/18/parella...ident-of-svra/

 

So a paper pusher?

 

https://www.mytwintiers.com/williams...ident-of-svra/

This reporter is a great guy but c'mon, "SVCA?"

 

https://racer.com/2024/01/25/printup...orts-holdings/


TransAm

Now that's a historic name.

 

Yeah that announcement was made 2 days before his birthday so very nice indeed though he did know it was coming. Pretty FN amazing to me . . .