Pay attention to the man behind the curtain (Dean Case)

After graduating from Cal Poly San Luis Obispo with a Mechanical Engineering degree, our guest joined Mazda R&D in Irvine, California. And while at Mazda he worked on the original Miata, second-generation MX-6, first-gen MPV, and third-gen RX-7.  While he loved the people and the work at Mazda, he wanted to try something new… working at a larger car company.  That opportunity came in 1993 when he joined Ford as a layout engineer in the electric vehicle department. And in 1997, he was able to transfer to the Ford Motorsport effort in the SCCA Trans-Am Championship. While the Ford experience was professionally rewarding, he wished to return home to Southern California.  

A little later, acting as the EV Q&A technical expert on a Nissan media event in 2000 - a life changing event that would lead his career from engineering to communications -  He became the Nissan Product PR Manager from 2001 through 2006 where he worked on every Nissan brand product launch, including the return of the Z, the launch of NISMO, and the first Nissan 360 global event.  

Fast forwarding to today… our Break/Fix guest is one of those legendary behind the scenes people in Motorsports, Dean Case - Public Relations manager for SRO Motorsports America, where he works to promote the premier GT and Touring Car series in the U.S. And he’s here to share some of his most fascinating paddock stories with us... As if the intro wasn’t enough, right?

This episode is part of our ROAD TO SUCCESS SERIES - inspiring stories that help shape the future of the autosphere.

This episode is brought to you by SRO Motorsports America and their partners at AWS, Crowdstrike, Fanatec, Pirelli, and the Skip Barber Racing School. 

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