I felt for Tony George today while watching him become emotional at the press conference announcing Penske Corporation’s purchase of the remaining assets of Hulman & Company, the Hulman George family’s business that includes the iconic Indianapolis Motor Speedway and the NTT IndyCar series. It was the final corporate asset divested after earlier this year selling off the company’s iconic Clabber Girl Baking Company, the product line that not only gave the Hulman family the funds to purchase the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in 1945, but which also played a big part of my professional career leading me to where I am today.
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