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If you know the guy, you know this is a =very= wise move. 

USAC Racing Announces Major Organizational Changes
Davey Hamilton Named Executive Director of USAC Racing

Speedway, IN, March 9, 2015 

The United States Auto Club (USAC) announced today the appointment of Davey Hamilton in the newly created role as Executive Director of USAC Racing. The role will report to USAC President and CEO Kevin Miller and is effective immediately.

USAC's business structure will now encompass three main business segments for reporting and management purposes; USAC Racing, USAC Sanctioning, and USAC Properties & Promotions.

"Our business has experienced tremendous growth over the past seven years as we have diversified our motorsports portfolio to include off-road, rally and other motorsport segments such as snowmobile racing," stated Miller. "We are committed to growing each business area which requires additional focus and attention. As we enter our 60th year as a motorsports leader in 2015, we want to ensure that we are well positioned for growth and new opportunities in a challenging motorsports environment. The appointment today of Davey reaffirms our commitment to enhancing the core of USAC and we are excited to start a new era with such a passionate racing leader".

The pillar of the Club is USAC's circle track division for Silver Crown, Sprint Car and Midget Racing. Davey Hamilton, a former USAC pavement standout and Indycar driver, will lead the Club's future efforts in strengthening USAC's leadership position in sprint car and midget racing across the USA.

"USAC is a storied brand in motorsports and my roots were greatly influenced from the short tracks of America. I am excited to be part of a team that is so passionate and dedicated to taking our motorsport program to the next generation of racing fans" stated Davey. "I've been a driver, car owner, promoter and series owner, which has offered me a great perspective for this new challenge."

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Also see the link to the NSSN article BigFish posted a few entries below on the Forum. 

Great move by USAC but wondering what happens with his winged pavement sprint car series?

My understanding is that USAC is going to sanction his and one other winged asphalt series right away, and begin adding other series over time, including several midget series. 

How does this help open wheel racing in the southwest? The last thing we need is several more series to dilute the pool of cars. More midget series? There were more California midgets at the Chili Bowl than show up for a California USAC midget race. Ask a midget owner what they think of USAC’s western midget program. I don’t think this is the way Davey Hamilton would have gone to fix things. If USAC headquarters is going to tell Davey how to fix USAC open wheel racing, why did they hire him? Maybe it was just to get control of his series so they don’t have to compete with it.

Insanity: Doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different outcome.

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As I understand it, as well as from watching the "Chris Kearns Model" in California, Arizona and Nevada, we can expect (over the long run) to see =less=, not more individual series. Here's how it works (Lance, Chris, Davey, et al, correct me if I'm off here): Each "new" (to USAC) series comes in with what is usually a pretty limited geography, the fringes of which overlap with other series running the same or very similar cars. Over time, the rules are leveled, and the overlapping schedules between these formerly exclusive series are cleared up, making it possible for drivers in both to haul out to run in the other, relatively nearby series. We've watched our USAC 360 and 410 car counts edge upwards here for the past few years as -- for example -- owners with both size engines swap them out to run their chassis in more than one series. . . . . . California is home to about twice as many winged as non-winged cars, with about the same ratio of 360-to-410 engines as among the wingless cars. I don't see John Prentice or the KWS or the other wing show promoters and sanctions here being anywhere near ready to seek something like a USAC "umbrella sanction" because they run very dense schedules already. But for smaller sanctions that do =not= run very dense schedules, hooking up with USAC will probably mean at least slowly increasing car counts over time. . . . . . If I have a question about all this, it's how promoters at "outlier" tracks -- like Santa Maria, Ventura and Victorville with "towing barriers" (usually long, steep grades like those on Highways 101 and 58) between them and the more central tracks and collections of race cars -- will benefit. Long tows are one thing in Arizona where it's mostly flat and relatively easy on the tractors, but another in Cali where it isn't.