Staff Directory Entry
| Mr. Barry Toepke
Vice President, Historic Races 831-242-8291 Bio: Barry joined MRLS in October 2009 from RWB Marketing & Communications where he was VP of new business and corporate and product communications at Mitsubishi Motors North America. Prior to RWB, he was director of communications at the Los Angeles Auto Show, which was formerly a longtime client of his at his own agency, VL Communications Group. As president of VL he oversaw such clients as Automobili Lamborghini USA, Bonhams & Butterfields, American Cancer Society and General Racing, producer of the Monterey Historic Automobile Races, among many others. Hometown: ChicagoCollege: Long Beach State University Favorite Racing Series: It’s a toss-up this year between Pinewood Derby and F1. Both are filled with intrigue. Favorite Racer: Juan Manuel Fangio Favorite Sport Activities: Tennis and basketball First Time You Realized You Like Racing: As a six-year-old watching the Indy 500 and pretending to manually shift (Graham Hill took the checkered). Favorite Book: The last one I read: “How Successful People Think” Favorite movie: Rendezvous. Even, though it was a Mercedes and not a Ferrari speeding through the sleepy early morning streets of Paris (but hey, at least LeLouch dubbed in a Ferrari engine) and it wasn’t traveling as fast as it seemingly appears, it’s still a lively nine minutes. Favorite music: Eclectic. I like it all, except for the song a certain office mate continually plays over and over and over again. Hobbies: Goofing around with family and three extraordinary children. Something no one else knows about you: I once hosted a local game show in Los Angeles |
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