Veteran racing industry executive Richard Buck has been named director of INDY NXT, the developmental series of INDYCAR.

Buck assumes the new role after 35 years of motorsports experience, including operations and project management, competition officiating, engineering and race strategy in NASCAR and INDYCAR.

Buck most recently served as the president and CEO of motorsports consultant 3194 Motorsports and as the managing director of the NASCAR Cup Series from 2014-2019. Before that, he was the vice president of racing operations in IMSA from 2013-2014 before stints as the managing director for GRAND-AM, NASCAR's Touring Series and NASCAR's Racing Development in Canada and Mexico from 2005-2013.

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