Viper Powersports Names New Board of Directors [Travel & Leisure Close – Up]

Viper Powersports announced new appointments to its Board of Directors effective December 30, Grant Lynch, Tim Wellborn, and James Shields.

The Company said Grant Lynch is the Chairman of Talladega Superspeedway and Vice President of Special Projects with International Speedway Corp. Grant came to Talladega in 1993 after 11 years with R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co., where in his last post as Senior Manager of Operations and public relations, he managed R.J. Reynolds's involvement in NASCAR Winston Cup racing.

Tim Wellborn is the past CEO and owner of Wellborn Forest Products, and is the owner of the Wellborn Muscle Car Museum that houses the Mopar classic car collection. He has served on the Talladega International Motorsports Hall of Fame Board of Directors since 1985. In 2008 Tim was presented with the Lee Iacocca Award.

According to a release, James Shields is a senior partner in the Texas Law Firm Shields, Britton & Fraser. The firm's area of expertise is Litigation, Real Estate, Estate Planning, Bankruptcy, Employment Matters, and Mergers & Acquisitions. Jim is a racing and motorcycle enthusiast. Jim races SCCA on his off weekends and loves competition.

Viper Powersports designs, manufactures and markets a line of American V-Twin Super Cruiser motorcycles, V-Twin aftermarket engines and other related aftermarket products through an independent dealer network.

More information:

www.vipermotorcycle.com

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