Penske Entertainment separated with the director of Indy NXT, Richard Buck.
Racer learned that the former NASCAR executive, which was announced on December 10 as a leader in the Indycar development series, was published before the beginnings of the Indy NXT season of this weekend in Saint Petersburg . The time of change gives Penske Entertainment the opportunity to start the search for a new NXT director before the race race, and gives Buck the opportunity to find his next station at the start of the season.
Very respected for a whole life of work in motor racing, Buck was hired to replace the outgoing Levi Jones who led the Revitalization by Penske of the Indy NXT series until 2024. Despite Buck’s short term in the role, the NXT team owners have spoken of an expansion of expansion with the offset with the Buck the new NXT leader, which Racer includes led to the days of change before The first NXT event of the year.
An in -depth research of the Jones successor consumed several months during the offseason, and although Penske went from Buck, he has an important cast of candidates to review to find the next director of Indy NXT.
In the meantime, the president of the Indycar series, Doug Boles and Jason Penix, the vice -president of the events and the Indianapolis Motor Speedway track which spent many years in a leadership role in Indy Lights – the predecessor de NXT – should temporarily fill the gap and will be on site in St. Petersburg to help monitor the series during the transition. The rest of the Indy NXT operations group would be unchanged.