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Mark Beatty is Brand/Marketing Director for Red Line Synthetic Oil. His career includes time at V. Gaines in Denver, Colorado, as their Business Development Director for V’s family of racing companies, including Winberg Crankshafts, GRP Connection Rods, Gibtec Pistons, Fineline Graphics, and Black Diamond Media Productions. Mark has been a race car guy since high school when he worked at Bandimere Performance. This is the same Bandimere as the speedway, and they once owned 3-speed shops in Denver as well. He was a counter guy at their big store on Alameda. Mark raced his first car, a 63 1/2 Falcon Sprint, then shared a super comp dragster, and worked with Joe Shalkowski on his NHRA B-ED (they ran in Comp). After that, Mark was an announcer at Bandimere Speedway for close to nine years which led to announcing opportunities at KRP and a few other tracks.
SHOW SPONSORS
CAPitalize Your Finances Online Course • Linkage Magazine • Techforce Foundation • RPM Foundation • Cars Yeah TV
INSPIRATION
Mark met Jack Fick while at a race track, and that encounter led to a career path in the racing world that lasted for years.
CHALLENGES
Mark wanted to own his own business since high school; his first business was a sign and graphic business. He ended up selling that business and worked for the buyer for 30+ years. When the opportunity at Red Line came up, it was very challenging to make a change.
SPECIAL AUTOMOBILE
A 1966 VW 18-Window Bus and a 1954 Nash Ambassador, designed by Pininfarina.
BOOK RECOMMENDATION
A Pirates Looks at 50 by Jimmy Buffett
Tales from Margaritaville by Jimmy Buffett
WORDS OF INSPIRATION
Real knows real. Be authentic.
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