2016 First Friday Focus - October

Featuring: Pat Warren, President of Kansas Speedway
Topic: "The Economics of Race Day"

Pat Warren, who joined Kansas Speedway in July, 2006, was named President of Kansas Speedway on March 29, 2010. In his new role, Warren will provide strategic leadership across all aspects of the facility’s operations including financial and capital planning, ticket sales, event execution, sponsorship sales, marketing and public relations.  He will also represent Kansas Speedway within the industry and community, continually elevating the facility’s profile both regionally and nationally.

Warren was previously Kansas Speedway’s Vice President and was responsible for developing and executing marketing plans, developing all corporate partnerships, overseeing the development and execution of media relations plans for Kansas Speedway and its events, and community relations. Warren joined Kansas Speedway from Embarq, a spin-off company of Kansas-based Sprint-Nextel, where he worked in consumer marketing. Prior to that, he was an associate athletics director at the University of Kansas in Lawrence, Kan.

An Overland Park, Kan. native, Warren holds a bachelor’s degree in political science from the University of Kansas and a law degree from the University of Kansas School of Law. He holds a Master of Business Administration with a concentration in marketing and finance from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business.

Pat and his wife, Kellie, live in Leawood, Kan. with their children.