Drive-Thru Operations: NASCAR’s Dave Finley Profiled By WSJ
NASCAR Senior Manager of Series Operations DAVE FINLEY is profiled by the
WALL STREET JOURNAL’s Amy Chozick, who notes Finley is “in charge of planning
everything that happens at the track before the green flag drops and after the
checkered flag waves.” Finley, who makes “just under six figures and typically
works 14-hour days,” is a liaison to network TV, choreographs celebrations in
Victory Lane and drives VIPs around the track. Finley: “I have the best job in
NASCAR. I get to work with everyone: the CEO of Home Depot, the president. It’s
an awesome gig.” Chozick notes Finley was a bartender in N.Y. when a customer
helped him land a job at WFAN-AM. He worked in the Mets’ marketing and promotions
department before becoming an account exec at NASCAR’s N.Y. office in ’99. In
’03, Finley was offered his current job at NASCAR’s Daytona Beach HQs. All major
sporting events have logistics teams, and Turnkey Sports & Entertainment President
LEN PERNA said that jobs like Finley’s “are among the most in demand in
the industry.” NFL VP/Special Events FRANK SUPOVITZ runs a team of 26 people
that “puts on the Super Bowl, the Pro Bowl, the draft and other special events”
(WALL
STREET JOURNAL, 11/15).
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