{"id":72637,"date":"2020-05-21T08:31:29","date_gmt":"2020-05-21T15:31:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/?p=72637"},"modified":"2020-05-21T08:31:29","modified_gmt":"2020-05-21T15:31:29","slug":"dr-jamie-meyer-heads-to-pri-as-new-president","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/dr-jamie-meyer-heads-to-pri-as-new-president\/","title":{"rendered":"Dr. Jamie Meyer Heads to PRI as New President"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Performance Racing Industry Trade Show and media company<\/a> is welcoming a true advocate for the industry as Dr. Jamie Meyer steps into the role of President of PRI.\u00a0 Meyer comes to the organization from General Motors, where he served as the Advance Parts Program Manager, and the Performance Marketing Manager, as well as holding various marketing and advertising roles for Chevrolet, Cadillac, GMC and Buick. While his name has been synonymous most recently with Chevrolet Performance, Meyer has a long and storied history in motorsports and racing and will lead the PRI team in increasing engagement and support for the industry through enhanced programs and services for the motorsports community.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn addition to providing the industry with world-class trade events and publications, PRI is committed to enhancing resources, advocacy and representation for the motorsports industry,\u201d said Chris Kersting, president and CEO of SEMA. \u201cDr. Jamie Meyer will be instrumental in leading the team. He has great knowledge and understanding of racing businesses, teams and drivers, and he will be a valued leader to help motorsports and the industry grow.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI have always enjoyed sportsman motorsports,\u201d said Meyer. \u201cI was influenced early on by local circle track racers and that lead to a fascination of fast street cars and drag racing. I am looking forward to bringing that passion and energy to the PRI community and working with an already established team of industry leaders.\u201d<\/p>\n

COPO Camaro fans might be familiar with Meyer, who was crucial in the revival of the COPO Camaro, as well as other successful projects like the E-ROD crate engine, LSX race block and engine family. Meyer also led several events such as the Chevrolet Performance US Nationals, LSX Shootout, and sponsorship of the NMCA series of drag races. Meyer was also instrumental in onboarding the Force Family to Chevrolet as well as multiple marketing activities with NASCAR drivers.<\/p>\n

Most recently, Meyer developed the performance parts and racing parts strategy for all General Motors vehicles including their full-size truck lineup, C8 Corvette, current Camaro models, and the coming portfolio of battery electric vehicles. Meyer\u2019s marketing efforts include the development of multiple websites, national advertising campaigns, trade show strategy development, and the formation of the social media suite of offerings from Chevrolet Performance.<\/p>\n

Meyer began his racing career in upstate New York when he formed Mom\u2019s Racing, a grass-roots, non-profit drag racing sanctioning body designed to give street racers a safe alternative at their local drag strips. Meyer\u2019s drag racing efforts continued with Fun Ford Weekend, World Ford Challenge, and support for the formation of the National Mustang Racers Association (NMRA). He was also the lead announcer, in charge of racer relations, as well as a freelance contributor with hundreds of published articles.<\/p>\n

Based in Indianapolis, Meyer will lead efforts to establish a new office and permanent presence in the area as he serves and engages the racing community develops programs and services for the motorsports industry and continues to lead the PRI Trade Show, one of the top 40 trade events in the United States.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Dr. Jamie Meyer has accepted the role of President of the Performance Racing Industry (PRI) Trade Show and media company.<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":72641,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3470],"tags":[2110,7793,2052,41,277,1632],"class_list":["post-72637","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-chevy-performance","tag-dr-jamie-meyer","tag-events","tag-news","tag-pri","tag-racing"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/WebNews_Meyer.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p42YSK-iTz","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72637","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/17"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=72637"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72637\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":72642,"href":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72637\/revisions\/72642"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/72641"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=72637"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=72637"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=72637"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}