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INDYCAR Announces Baughman As Track Safety Mgr.
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Tim Baughman, a member of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway track safety crew since 1982 and a member of INDYCAR’s safety team since its inception in 1996, takes on a new role as INDYCAR’s manager of track safety in 2018.
In this role, Baughman manages the 30-person AMR INDYCAR Safety Team that travels to every Verizon IndyCar Series event to care for drivers, team personnel and fans at tracks.
Baughman’s at-track duties won’t change with his new role.
He’ll still be the crew leader of Safety 2, one of three on-track units utilized by INDYCAR around each racetrack. Baughman replaces the previous manager of track safety, Mike Yates, an original team member who retired following the 2017 season. Yates and Baughman were also members of Indiana Task Force One, which responded to the World Trade Center after the Sept. 11 terror attacks in 2001.
Baughman, who has nearly 25 years of leadership in the Indianapolis Fire Department and will remain there as a fire chief until retirement, says his goal in leading the AMR INDYCAR Safety Team is to develop the talent around him, make each member more well-rounded and the entire unit stronger.
“It used to be that the young guys would have to earn their way up from the pits,” Baughman said. “We don’t have that much turnover, so we’ve asked the whole team to do more rotation this year so that everyone gets more well-rounded in what they’re doing.
For more information on the appointment, visit here.
In this role, Baughman manages the 30-person AMR INDYCAR Safety Team that travels to every Verizon IndyCar Series event to care for drivers, team personnel and fans at tracks.
Baughman’s at-track duties won’t change with his new role.
He’ll still be the crew leader of Safety 2, one of three on-track units utilized by INDYCAR around each racetrack. Baughman replaces the previous manager of track safety, Mike Yates, an original team member who retired following the 2017 season. Yates and Baughman were also members of Indiana Task Force One, which responded to the World Trade Center after the Sept. 11 terror attacks in 2001.
Baughman, who has nearly 25 years of leadership in the Indianapolis Fire Department and will remain there as a fire chief until retirement, says his goal in leading the AMR INDYCAR Safety Team is to develop the talent around him, make each member more well-rounded and the entire unit stronger.
“It used to be that the young guys would have to earn their way up from the pits,” Baughman said. “We don’t have that much turnover, so we’ve asked the whole team to do more rotation this year so that everyone gets more well-rounded in what they’re doing.
For more information on the appointment, visit here.
