By Colin Wood
Jan 9, 2024
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Lamborghini,
IMSA,
HSR,
Historic Sportscar Racing,
John Doonan,
David Hinton,
Chris Ward
Photography Credit: Jamey Price/Courtesy HSR
Historic Sportscar Racing announced today that Chris Ward has been chosen as the organization’s new President, with former President David Hinton remaining involved in HSR in both a senior advisory role and as part of the board of directors.
“While I am leaving my familiar and current role, I am certainly not going away and will continue to have a regular presence in the HSR paddock both as an advisor and running Heritage Motorsports,” Hinton said. “I am also deeply honored to be asked to serve on the HSR Board of Directors, but after 11 years running two companies, my partner in all things Denise and I have decided it is time to slow down. I can’t thank John Doonan, Ed Bennett and everyone at IMSA enough for all of the trust and support over the last few years and look forward to helping Chris Ward all that I can to keep HSR’s solid growth going.
In addition to co-founding a Detroit-based marketing agency–catering to brands like Audi, Bombardier, Bentley Motors and Breitling–Ward also served as the Head of Motorsport for Lamborghini North America from 2014-2023, where he oversaw the day-to-day operations of Lamborghini Super Trofeo North America series.
"It is a huge honor to be asked to steer HSR going forward in this new role,” Ward said. “I’d like to thank Ed Bennett and John Doonan for this tremendous opportunity and of course David Hinton for agreeing to remain as an advisor, guaranteeing a seamless transition for our customer teams and drivers. HSR is on a terrific growth trajectory and I’m so looking forward to being a part of its exciting future.”
Ward is also already a familiar face at the track–one that IMSA President John Doonan knows well:
“We look forward to welcoming Chris Ward, who is already a familiar and close colleague in the paddock, to the IMSA team as HSR President and at the same time couldn’t be happier that David Hinton will continue as an advisor and a member of the HSR Board of Directors,” Doonan said. “The timing of and people involved in this positive change couldn’t be better. David first approached us last year to discuss a succession plan to take place in 2024 for the HSR President position at the same time Chris became available. It all fell into place perfectly as we set the foundation for the next phase of HSR’s growth. It is our intent to continue to focus on the core values that HSR was founded on, which are to grow vintage and historic racing in North America.”
HSR plans to kick off its 2024 racing season at Sebring with its annual Spring Fling, set for March 8-10. Visit hsrrace.com for more information.
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