Kerry Tharp has been named president of Darlington Raceway, replacing Chip Wile – who had accepted the track president’s position at Daytona International Speedway in April. Both facilities are owned by International Speedway Corporation, parent company of MRN. Tharp most recently served as senior director of racing communications for NASCAR.

He is a native of Louisville, Kentucky, and joined NASCAR in 2005 after twenty years as the associate athletic director for media relations at the University of South Carolina in Columbia.