Pro Sportsman Association hires Todd Veney

Pro Sportsman Association hires Todd Veney

The newly formed Pro Sportsman Association announced today the hiring of veteran racer/journalist Todd Veney to handle media and marketing duties for the 2012 season. Veney and the PSA will work to increase media exposure and fan awareness of the Top Alcohol Dragster and Funny Car categories.

Veney, son of drag racing legend Ken Veney, has an extensive résumé as not only a journalist but as an alcohol driver. He worked as an associate editor at NHRA’s National DRAGSTER from 1988 to 1999 and has free-lanced for the past 12 years. On the track, after several stints with his own car, he now drives Jay Blake’s Permatex/Follow A Dream Top Alcohol Funny Car and finished seventh in the national standings the past two years.

With the start of the racing season right around the corner, Veney is excited about starting his new job with the PSA. "This is right up my alley and something I'm really looking forward to," he said. "I've loved alcohol cars above all others since dragsters and Funny Cars still ran against each other in the 1970s in Pro Comp. I think we can really make something of this, and I look forward to working with the PSA board and with racers, tracks, and the media to give our kind of racing the coverage it deserves."

PSA President Will Hanna feels the new association has the right man for the job.

“As the board started putting this association together, naturally one of the first questions was, ‘Who do we hire?' ” stated Hanna. “Todd was everybody's first choice. He not only has the journalistic experience that we're looking for, but there probably are only a handful of people in the world who care about the Top Alcohol classes more than he does. In any kind of business, when you get someone who is not only qualified but passionate about their work, it’s hard to go wrong.

“Todd is going to get down in the trenches to get the alcohol classes media exposure on not only a national level, but on a local level in regional event markets,” Hanna continued. “There are so many racers in the alcohol classes who have a story, not to mention all the behind-the-scenes angles on the competition side. I’m not only excited as the President of the PSA, but as a life-long fan of the alcohol classes about what is in store this year.”

The Pro Sportsman Association is a non-profit organization formed to build the value and the brand of Top Alcohol racing. The PSA is primarily funded by the membership dues of racers, racing businesses and fans who have a vested interest in seeing Top Alcohol racing reach the proverbial ‘next level.’ By building the Top Alcohol classes’ value to both the tracks and to NHRA, we hope to not only maintain but increase the number of events that feature our classes as front-gate draws. By raising awareness through media and other promotions, the PSA hopes to build the Top Alcohol classes’ fan following in the long term and to help bring new teams to Top Alcohol racing.

The PSA is offering an introductory discount of $100 off ($595 per year) their yearly dues for racers and businesses that join before March 1st. After March 1st, dues will be $695 per year.

For more information on how to become involved, email Will Hanna at will.hanna@insidetopalcohol.com. The PSA hopes to have their website, www.prosportsmanassociation.com up and running within the next few weeks.

Contact: Todd Veney/Pro Sportsman Association
tv@toddveney.com