TWG International, the investing arm of Mark Walter, and its newly created motorsports division that owns , unveiled two key management additions to employees on the crew’s Indianapolis headquarters after l in 2026, a supply confirmed to IndyStar.
, who has spent practically his final twenty years with Hendrick Motorsports, Chip Ganassi Racing and Spire Motorsports — the majority of that point within the NASCAR world — has been named the chief efficiency officer of motorsports. , who spent greater than a decade as NASCAR’s government vice chairman and chief advertising and marketing and content material officer earlier than serving practically three years as government vice chairman and basic supervisor of Sonoma Raceway, will function chief working officer of TWG International’s motorsports arm and president of Andretti International.
. Workforce officers didn’t return a message from IndyStar searching for remark.
The crew’s new chief efficiency officer spent practically two years as a director inside GM’s racing division from 2003-05 earlier than holding vice chairman and government vice chairman and basic supervisor roles with Hendrick Motorsports (2005-2017). Duchardt then joined CGR in 2018 as its chief working officer over Ganassi’s NASCAR, IndyCar and sportscar groups. Following the sale of CGR’s NASCAR program after the 2021 season, Duchardt held an government marketing consultant function with CGR for practically two years earlier than changing into the president of Spire Motorsports a yr in the past.
Gregory’s main foray into racing got here in 2007, as she spent greater than a decade stewarding NASCAR’s model, advertising and marketing, fan engagement and development methods. In February, she took over operation of Sonoma Raceway for Speedway Motorsports. She’s spent the previous yr spearheading her personal advisory and consulting group.
The subsequent choice:
Dan Towriss, who’s been linked with the Andretti motorsports franchise since 2018 and who in 2022 turned a minority proprietor, not too long ago took over operational management of Andretti International from former CEO and chairman Michael Andretti after the racing legend and longtime crew proprietor . .
In press releases celebrating the crew’s launch into F1 by way of a partnership with Common Motors and its Cadillac model, , which was positioned as the bulk proprietor of Andretti International’s many properties in IMSA (by way of the Andretti-owned Wayne Taylor Racing), IndyCar, Indy NXT, Method E, Supercars, Excessive E and Tremendous Copa. TWG International additionally holds a stake in Spire Motorsports’ NASCAR crew.
Extra:
Longtime Andretti crew chief Rob Edwards will stay in his function as chief working officer of Andretti International, together with his concentrate on the crew’s IndyCar and Indy NXT operation that delivered runner-up () and championship-winning (Louis Foster in Indy NXT) performances in 2024.
With Gregory’s hiring, J-F Thormann, who for greater than 4 many years labored as Michael Andretti’s righthand man and formally served because the longtime Andretti International president, will now shift into a brand new function as the pinnacle of driver growth at Andretti International, in response to The Related Press. The recruitment, nurturing and growth of the crew’s younger stars — notably on the ladder to IndyCar — had been a heightened focus for Thormann of late.
A sneak peak:
Andretti International’s U.S. headquarters are c close to the Indianapolis Metropolitan Airport, a mission initially given a $200 million price ticket for practically 600,000 sq. toes of area for a state-of-the-art, high-performance, community-focused facility when it broke floor in December 2022.
