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    • Source: Steve Phelps

      • Steve Phelps (born December 23, 1962) is an American motorsports executive. He currently serves as the President of NASCAR.


      Early life


      Phelps was born in Burlington, Vermont. As a young man, he attended stock car races at Catamount Stadium.
      He attended University of Vermont and was a member of the track team. After graduating from UVM, Phelps obtained an MBA from Boston College.


      Career


      After graduating college, Phelps worked in New York City for American Home Products as a brand manager for Chef Boyardee and later at Guinness.
      In 1990, Phelps began working for the NFL, first as a marketing manager and eventually as a vice president of Corporate Marketing. He remained with the company until 2004.
      After leaving the NFL, Phelps was recruited by Casey Wasserman to work at the Wasserman Media Group as head of global sales. After one year at WMG, Phelps left to work at NASCAR.
      In July 2005, Phelps joined NASCAR, first as Vice President of Corporate Marketing. In January 2006, Phelps was promoted to Chief Marketing Officer. In January 2010, he was named Senior Vice President. In December 2013, he was named Executive Vice President. Phelps was named Chief Operating Officer in April 2018.
      At NASCAR, Phelps won Adweek's Sports Marketing Executive of the Year. He also won Adweek's Brand Genius Award winner in the “sports” category.
      In September 2018, it was announced that Phelps would be named the fifth President in NASCAR's history, succeeding Brent Dewar.
      As President of NASCAR, Phelps oversaw the merger between NASCAR and the track-owning organization, International Speedway Corporation. He also led the introduction of NASCAR's NextGen race car in 2022. Phelps negotiated NASCAR's 2023 media rights deal, a seven-year, $7.7 billion in value.
      Phelps was twice named to Sports Business Journal's list of "40 Under 40" list of influential sports businesspeople.

      In 2010, Phelps was featured on an episode of the television program, Undercover Boss.


      Personal life


      Phelps is married to wife, Dina. The couple has four children, Katherine, Maddie, Jack, and Ryan.


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