Report: NASCAR commissioner a goal to fill PGA Tour CEO function

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NASCAR Commissioner Steve Phelps is reportedly a goal to meet the PGA Tour’s CEO emptiness based on Adam Stern of Sports activities Enterprise Journal. The 62-year-old had served as NASCAR president from September 2018 to final month, the place he was named to his present function, one he particularly requested for with Steve O’Donnell assuming the presidency.

The report states that Phelps is “thought-about an lively and enticing goal,” as articulated by Stern.

“The tour’s search committee is probably going drawn by Phelps’ function in re-energizing NASCAR since he took over the inventory automobile racing circuit in 2018, and he holds nice respect throughout the sports activities enterprise group,” Stern wrote. “His stage of curiosity within the function couldn’t be instantly established, and he thus might wind up staying at NASCAR for years to come back, as he’s a hardcore fan of NASCAR and has nice ardour for the game.”

Phelps, who professes a childhood love of NASCAR, has been on the group since 2004 when he joined as vice chairman of company advertising and marketing.