{"id":20022,"date":"2015-12-02T07:48:14","date_gmt":"2015-12-02T12:48:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/?p=20022"},"modified":"2015-12-07T07:49:35","modified_gmt":"2015-12-07T12:49:35","slug":"pemberton-to-depart-nascar-competition-post","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/2015\/12\/pemberton-to-depart-nascar-competition-post\/","title":{"rendered":"Pemberton to Depart NASCAR Competition Post"},"content":{"rendered":"

Pemberton to Depart NASCAR Competition Post<\/strong> – Veteran Racing Executive Oversaw Numerous Racing Enhancements<\/strong><\/p>\n

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (Dec. 1, 2015) \u2013 NASCAR announced today that Senior Vice President of Competition Robin Pemberton will leave the organization at the end of 2015.<\/p>\n

With a racing career that has spanned five decades, Pemberton joined the sanctioning body in August of 2004. Since that time, he has overseen all areas of NASCAR competition and been credited as a key component in bridging the gap between the sanctioning body and the racing community.
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\u201cRobin has left an indelible mark on the sport while at NASCAR,\u201d said NASCAR Vice Chairman Mike Helton. \u201cHe joined us at a critical time and very quickly gave our highly visible competition group the credibility and confidence it needed to be successful with the industry. He traded a successful career as a competitor to help lead the sport for 12 seasons. We\u2019re extremely grateful for his many contributions.\u201d<\/p>\n

During Pemberton\u2019s tenure, NASCAR has seen a great number of technical and safety advancements. Against the backdrop of the massive NASCAR Research & Development Center, Pemberton\u2019s Competition teams overhauled the inspection and rules process and procedures for all vehicles racing in the national series. He oversaw the transitions of NASCAR to Electronic Fuel Injection (EFI) and to race fuels with blended Sunoco E15.<\/p>\n

Among the largest undertakings under his purview was the launch of the acclaimed Generation 6 style car in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series in 2013. That style just completed its third season of on-track racing.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m proud of what we\u2019ve been able to accomplish during my time at NASCAR,\u201d Pemberton said. \u201cThis sport has been my entire professional career and working with all the competitors and the auto manufacturers for the last 12 seasons has been a thrill. I feel good knowing that the work this team has done has had a positive impact on the sport.<\/p>\n

\u201cI look forward to the next challenge.\u201d<\/p>\n

Pemberton will help in the transition to a new competition lead for the balance of the year.<\/p>\n

NASCAR Names Miller as Senior Vice President of Competition<\/p>\n

Veteran Team Executive to Guide Day-to-Day Management<\/p>\n

of Competition Efforts across All Sanctioned Racing Events<\/strong><\/p>\n

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (Dec. 2, 2015) \u2013 NASCAR announced today that Scott Miller has joined the organization as Senior Vice President of Competition, responsible for managing all competition efforts related to technology, inspection, rule development and officiating across NASCAR\u2019s wide portfolio of racing.<\/p>\n

Miller will report directly to Executive Vice President and Chief Racing Development Officer Steve O\u2019Donnell, and work closely with Senior Vice President of Innovation and Racing Development Gene Stefanyshyn. All three are based at NASCAR\u2019s Research & Development Center in Concord, N.C.<\/p>\n

Miller most recently served as Executive Vice President of Competition at Michael Waltrip Racing (MWR). There he was responsible for managing all areas of competition. During his four-year tenure, MWR teams qualified for the Chase for the Sprint Cup in 2012, 2013, and 2015.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re pleased to have Scott, an executive with a wide range of racing experience, join our team,\u201d O\u2019Donnell said. \u201cHe will be an immediate asset to NASCAR, our teams and each of our national series. Scott has worked in a collaborative spirit throughout his career, and represents the forward-looking approach we celebrate within our competition team.\u201d<\/p>\n

A respected leader within the garage area, Miller has more than two decades of NASCAR experience. Prior to his stint at MWR, he served in competition leadership roles at Richard Childress Racing. There he also helped lead teams into The Chase as both a crew chief and while serving as the Vice President of Competition. As a crew chief, Miller enjoyed his most successful season in 2008 when he called veteran Jeff Burton to two wins, seven top-five and 18 top-10 finishes en route to a sixth-place championship points finish. In all, the Bardstown, Ky., native has six NASCAR Sprint Cup Series wins as a crew chief.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m looking forward to using the experience I\u2019ve gained working within teams in an entirely new way at NASCAR,\u201d Miller said. \u201cOur sport has evolved quickly over the last several seasons through advanced technology and its creative application in the garage area. We will strive to continue this forward momentum while assuring a level playing field and competitive racing. It\u2019s a challenging opportunity and a logical next step for me. I can\u2019t wait to get started.\u201d<\/p>\n

Prior to his focus on the mechanical side of motorsports, Miller got his start as a motorcycle racer, eventually advancing to the national level in AMA Motocross. He made the transition to race cars in 1981 and was competing in NASCAR shortly after. In 1983, he was an owner\/driver in the NASCAR Winston West Series. He spent five seasons in IndyCar where he worked as a chief mechanic before joining Tri-Star Motorsports in 1995, competing weekly on the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series circuit.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Pemberton to Depart NASCAR Competition Post – Veteran Racing Executive Oversaw Numerous Racing Enhancements DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (Dec. 1, 2015) \u2013 NASCAR announced today that Senior Vice President of Competition Robin Pemberton will leave the organization at the end of 2015. With a racing career that has spanned five decades, Pemberton joined the sanctioning body […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[45],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20022","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nascar"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20022","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20022"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20022\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20024,"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20022\/revisions\/20024"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20022"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20022"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20022"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}