<pre> Name: Joseph F. Heitzler (HEIGHTS-ler)
Title: President and Chief Executive Officer of Championship Auto Racing Teams, Inc.
Age: 56
Birthdate: June 16, 1944
Birthplace: Bayonne, New Jersey
Current residence: Rolling Hills, California
Business Background:
2000-98 National Mobile Television Productions, Inc. President /COO
`98-85 VTE Mobile Television Productions, Inc. Chairman/CEO/Owner
`85-82 Sports Communications, Inc. Founder/Chairman/CEO
`82-79 Forum Sports Entertainment, Inc. President/CEO
`79-78 World Team Tennis Commissioner
`78-74 CBS Sports Sr. VP Marketing
`74-71 Six Flags, Inc. Sr. VP Marketing/Comm./Entertainment
`71-69 Travel Lodge International VP of Marketing
Racing ties
Provided mobile production facilities for some ABC/ESPN auto racing events
Assisted in production of inaugural Grand Prix of Long Beach, USAC, Formula One broadcasts for CBS Sports
Oversaw the Travel Lodge International sponsorship of Dick Simon's Champ Car racing team (1969-71)
Raced competitively and won the SCCA National D Production Championship (1968); Northeastern Regional Champion (1968)
Education: Niagara University, 1966 graduate with Bachelor of Arts in History (major) and Political Science (minor)
Personal: Wife, Saundra; Children, James, Chad, Sean
