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Mark Rushbrook, Global Director, Ford Performance, has joined the impressive, growing list of featured speakers during the 4th Annual Race Industry Week, Monday through Friday, Nov 27-Dec 1.

Rushbrook joined Ford Performance in 2014 as an engineering manager and became global director in December 2017. He oversees all of Ford’s racing initiatives in NASCAR, IMSA, NHRA and Formula Drift in North America and WRC and Supercar overseas.

Rushbrook came to Ford Performance after spending 2013 as the Noise and Vibration Harshness Manager for all North America programs, including Fiesta, Focus, Fusion, Mustang, Taurus, Escape, Edge, Explorer, Flex, Expedition, F-150, F-250, MkZ, MkX, MkS, and MkT.

He spent two years (2011-12) as the Lincoln MKC vehicle engineering manager after having a five-year run (2005-10) as the North America vehicle dynamics manager, working on every major product in the company portfolio. Rushbrook has also played a major role in the history of Mustang, as evidenced by a two-year stint as vehicle development manager from 2002-04.

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A group of new additions to the featured speaker list has been announced for the 4th annual Race Industry Week, to be held Monday through Friday, Nov. 27-Dec. 1:

Stephan Papadakis, owner of Papadakis Racing; Stephane Fillastre, head of Brand, Licensing & Retail for the FIA; Jason Robinett, owner of the Ultra4 Racing USA Series and Multiple Off-Road Events; Melissa Eickhoff, Executive Director of the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb; Chris Stewart, founder of Gridlife; and Jason Dienhart, President / CEO of Global Time Attack and Super Lap Battle.

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Hugues de Chaunac, chairman of ORECA, has joined the list of featured speakers for the 4th annual Race Industry Week, Monday through Friday, Nov. 27-Dec. 1.

Hugues de Chaunac began his career as a mathematics teacher in Paris. It was at this time that he made his racing debut as an amateur driver. In 1973, he decided to create the company ORECA (ORganisation Exploitation Compétition Automobile) to run a racing team.

After its first victories in 1973 and 1974 in the French F3 Championship, the team won its first prestigious title in 1975 with Jacques Laffite as European Formula 2 champion. It was the start of a remarkable sporting epic for the company, which would reveal a large number of talented young drivers in the following years, including René Arnoux, Didier Pironi, Jean Alesi and future four-time Formula 1 world champion Alain Prost.

Alongside its successes in single-seaters, ORECA saw the need to diversify in all types of competition: single-seaters, rally, rally-raid, endurance, and more.

Originally the boss of a racing team, de Chaunac is now the chairman of an SME with an international reputation. The ORECA Group, which employs 300 people, is made up of three divisions:

• ORECA Technology: in 2007, ORECA officially became a racing car manufacturer. The engine department based at Magny-Cours has become one of Europe’s benchmarks in the preparation, design and development of propulsion systems for manufacturers, promoters and private teams.
• ORECA Store: a benchmark in multi-channel sales, offering more than 30,000 items via its www.oreca-store.com and https://pro.oreca.com/ websites and its catalogue. Over the last ten years or so, ORECA has extended its digital platform by creating ORECA Digital Retail, an e-commerce operator in the world of cars and sport (football, rugby, etc.).
• ORECA Events: the company’s events department, which works with a large number of carmakers in a variety of areas, including network events and training, press launches and the driving experience.