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John Doonan, President of IMSA, has joined the lineup of featured speakers for the 5th Annual Race Industry Week, taking place Monday through Thursday, December 2–5, 2024. No charge to attend.
IMSA President John Doonan reflects on the record-breaking 2024 season and previews the thrilling innovations coming in 2025 during his keynote at EPARTRADE’s 5th Annual Race Industry Week.
John Doonan visited Road America for the first time when he was 6 weeks old and his father, a grassroots sports car racer, was competing in the June Sprints a couple of hours north of their ...
In 2019, France and his team hired John Doonan to become the new president of IMSA. The Chicago native had been Mazda’s director of motorsports since 2011. At Road Atlanta, almost five years to ...
IMSA President John Doonan said that he’s been in ‘constant communication’ with the FIA and ACO regarding the future of its shared top class platforms, indicating that there could be “more [news] to ...
IMSA president John Doonan talked about the fabled Finger Lakes Region road course and its importance to IMSA. Along with the on-track racing product, Doonan also addressed the business and ...
It’s a pleasant problem to have if you’re IMSA president John Doonan. Doonan and the North American sports-car series have announced a capped field of 60 cars for the 2023 Rolex 24 at ...
LE MANS, France — At the end of opening remarks in the Garage 56 team press availability, IMSA President John Doonan dropped a well-received surprise announcement. A production-version 2024 ...
It is the debut year for the program in IMSA sports car racing, but series president John Doonan ran a similar STEM experience when he was head of Mazda. It took sponsorship from Gainbridge ...
John Doonan, manager of motorsports team development for Mazda, admits that he has his dream job. Getting paid to go to races around the world, 36 weekends a year could be anyone's dream job.