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BROWNSBURG, Ind. HendrickCars.com has inked an extension of its drag racing partnership with John Force Racing and its drivers, the team revealed Tuesday.
Cornerstone of the endeavor is primary sponsorship of two-time NHRA Top Fuel champion Brittany Force at both NHRA tour events contested this year at ZMax Dragway the original 4Wide Nationals (April 26-28) and the newly-minted Carolina 4Wide Nationals, second race in the Countdown to the Championship (Sept. 20-22).
Beyond its star turn with Force at ZMax, HendrickCars.com will serve as major associate sponsor on her dragster for the other 18 events in the NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series season.
Additionally, HendrickCars.com will assume the role of major associate sponsor on the Chevrolet SS driven by defending Funny Car champion Austin Prock, and again will be an associate on the companion Chevrolet driven by Jack Beckman on behalf of recovering JFR founder and CEO John Force.
Its an honor and a pleasure to work with Rick Hendrick and HendrickCars.com on this partnership, Force said. Ive known Rick a long time. He sets the standard when it comes to excellence and success in motorsports. Im excited for my daughter and hope our teams can bring home a few Wally winners trophies for HendrickCars.com.
Im honored to be teamed up once again with HendrickCars.com, said Brittany Force, winner of last Octobers NHRA Nevada Nationals at Las Vegas, and were looking forward to celebrating a victory in their hometown.
The JFR collaboration gives HendrickCars.com an across-the-board World Championship presence in an NHRA series in which it also sponsors six-time and reigning NHRA Pro Stock Champion Greg Anderson and his Chevrolet. John Force and Anderson are the only pro drivers in the sport to have won as many as 100 tour events.
While Hendrick is known for his success in the NASCAR Cup Series in which Hendrick Motorsports drivers have won a record 312 events and 14 Cup championships, he actually traces his competitive roots to drag racing.
Ive had a lifelong passion for drag racing. Its how I first fell in love with motor sports, going to the local dragstrip with my dad. said the chairman and CEO of Hendrick Automotive Group. Ive been a fan of John and his family for a long time, and our company is proud to partner with everyone at John Force Racing.
Theyre terrific representatives of HendrickCars.com, and we look forward to another exciting season.
Brent Crews Vaults To Trans Am with Nitro Motorsports

Brent Crews is back for more.
After earning the 2023 Trans Am TA2 National Championship and leading the series in wins since entering the class in 2022, Brent Crews is shifting his Trans Am focus to the TA class in 2025.
Crews will be back with Nitro Motorsports in another run for a championship behind the wheel of an all-new Riley-prepared vehicle.
I have raced and won in just about everything you can race and winning the TA class at Road America last year was probably the most fun Ive ever had in a race car, explained Crews. I am super excited to finally get to the track and see just how fast this package that Riley, Brembo, Nitro Motorsports and the rest our partners have put together.
Crews has his head down and is focused on race wins and the series crown while he also contests a mixed 18-race ARCA Menards Series and NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series schedule.
Brent is a generational talent that we have been working with since he was seven years of age, and we are excited to have him back in the Nitro Motorsports program in 2025, explained Team Owner Nick Tucker. We have goals set that we want to reach on the track but are also looking to add to Brents partner program and ensure a proper program for a complete season.
Carrying over the Brembo Brakes and Mobil 1 partnerships from their TA2 program, the team has several opportunities for both primary and associate partners in 2025.

MESA, Ariz. The NHRA offseason has produced about as many news items as the regular season usually does. Some of it centers on the merry-go-round of team additions and subtractions, and some of it raises more questions.
One of the latest personnel moves is Funny Car racer Alexis DeJoria joining Joe Maynards JCM team as a teammate to eight-time Top Fuel champion Tony Schumacher and presumably 2023 FIA European Top Fuel champion Ida Zetterström, whenever the popular Swede finds enough funding to return to the dragstrip.
The switch, which few saw coming, ends DeJorias four-year stint with team owner Del Worsham.
But she said, I want to share my appreciation for Del Worsham and all he has done for me and my career. He has been with me since day one. I licensed in his Funny Car way back in 2011. He was my first crew chief at Kalitta Motorsports. Del and I have really been in the trenches as teammates. Hes my mentor, my closest confidante, and really, my brother. We had several candid conversations over these last few months about the future of the team. He expressed wanting to take some time to reevaluate the direction of his career, and I wholeheartedly support that.
She said, Its been many years since I was part of a multi-car operation, and Im excited for that opportunity. From my very first conversation with Joe about us potentially teaming up, I knew this was going to be a good fit. His enthusiasm for the sport is incredible, and the impact he has made on this industry in just a few years time is undeniable. I have unfinished business on the track, and I have no doubt our Bandero team will be dialed in and ready to perform when we get to Gainesville for the Gatornationals season opener in two months.
Its clear to me that Alexis is a racer through and through, Maynard said of the six-time Funny Car winner. Were both here for the love of the sport, and thats important to me. Shes hungry for race wins and a championship, and wed love nothing more than to give her the tools and support to go out there and become NHRAs first female Funny Car world champion.
Also in the Funny Car class, Blake Alexander has left Jim Head Racing to team with Chad Green, and Jack Beckman is back in the PEAK Chavy Camaro he drove to a second-place finish in the standings as a substitute for the injured John Force earning points for himself this time.
That means, of course, that Force will not be back in the seat in 2025. And Austin Procks multiyear deal with Cornwell Tools signals that Robert Hight, the three-time champion who took medical leave last year, will not return to John Force Racing on the track, either.
But dont be surprised if Hight is slightly more visible in 2025 as he resumes his position as president of the organization.
Multiclass winner Greg Stanfield will join son Aaron Stanfield at Elite Motorsports, returning to the Pro Stock category, as the company expands even further.
In Top Fuel, Josh Hart has added seasoned crew chief Jason McCulloch to his team. That indicates something is shifting in the Torrence/Capco Racing camp. McCulloch was Billy Torrences tuner. And rumors abound that Billy Torrence and/or his four-time champion son Steve Torrence wont be back this season. No official word has come from the Kilgore, Texas, team yet.
Mike Salinas says hes ready to come back to the Top Fuel class following heart bypass surgery. But he has so many ambitions, so what will he try? He has talked about racing in the Pro Stock Motorcycle class and driving a Pro Modified. The NHRA doesnt permit a racer to compete in two pro classes at the same event, so Salinas would have to jettison something. Stay tuned.
And what will happen with Tony Stewart and wife Leah Pruett after this coming Top Fuel season? With newborn son Dominic James arriving on the final day of the 2024 season, Pruett has said shes sitting out the 2025 campaign.
And Stewart said he is just filling in until Pruett comes back to the cockpit. He also said he has no pre-determined plan for the course of his career, so who knows how the spirit will move him?
Another question that comes to mind is How much money did gambling on NHRA drag races fetch in 2024? No one seems to have any dollar figures on the handle. Shouldnt that be transparent?
And to the NHRAs credit, it has tried to inject some excitement into its schedule but are its new initiatives the kind of gimmicks the sport needs? In what appears to be a keeping-up-with-the-Penskes-and-NASCAR move, following The Clash in stock cars and The Thermal in the IndyCar Series, the premier drag-racing sanctioning body has come up with the Peach State Showdown of Speed and a four-wide race at Charlotte during the Countdown.
Neither seems to be timed right. The Peach State exhibition, at Valdosta, Ga., will come toward the end of the Countdown, which makes no sense and makes for some curious logistics (bringing action east when the series is heading west to wrap up its championship chase). Drivers, for the most part, dislike four-wide racing.
They publicly say they admire and respect the Bruton Smith familys passion for the sport, but theyre glad to be back in tradition two-wide format afterward. They already have two four-wide events early in the season (at Las Vegas and at the first of two visits to Charlotte). The NHRA already has the gimmick of points and a half payout at Indianapolis just before the Countdown starts and again at the finale at Pomona, Calif., why throw another monkey wrench in the works? Fans have overwhelmingly expressed displeasure with the idea. The NHRA needs to listen to them.
And finally, Toyota is giving drag racing one more year, so what OEM will step up to fill that void starting in 2026?
The season will open with questions, and the answers should start coming by the schedule-opening Gatornationals in March at Gainesville, Fla.

Editors Note: The NASCAR Cup Series returns to Bowman Gray Stadium for the first time since Aug. 6, 1971 this weekend. Heres the story covering that race from the Aug. 11 issue of National Speed Sport News.
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. The first confrontation of NASCARs large and small sedan circuits proved a box office bonanza for the promoters at Bowman Gray Stadium here Friday night (Aug. 6, 1971) and a headache for the Grand National regulars.
Bobby Allison, driving a 1970 Mustang, trailed pole winner Richard Pettys full-size Plymouth for 112 laps of the 250-lap race before going into the lead for good. Petty, who had to stop for a tire, finished second in the same lap as Allison.
The race was the first under the new NASCAR ruling which allows the smaller sports sedans of the Grand American circuit to mix with the larger cars in Grand National events. It attracted a crowd of 14,000. The blend is limited to events on tracks smaller than one mile in circumference, and drivers of the smaller cars do not receive points toward the $100,000 Winston Cup.
The next five finishers in the 62.5 mile race all hadled the smaller Grand American sports sedans. Third through seventh were Jim Paschal, 70 Javelin; Buck Baker, 71 Firebird; Dave Marcis, 69 Camaro; Tiny Lund, 69 Camaro; and Wayne Andrews, 71 Mustang.
Jabe Thomas 70 Plymouth was eighth followed by David Boggs in a 71 Firebird; Walt Ballard, 71 Ford; Bill Champion, 70 Ford; Randy Hutchison, 69 Camaro and J.D. McDuffies 69 Mercury was 13th and the last car running.
The advertised field of 22 was opened up to 29 under NASCARs rule which permits up to eight additional places to accommodate Grand National cars. All of the GN cars present made the field which included 10 GA machines. There were eight of the smaller cars present that failed to qualify.
Pettys time trial run of 15.793 seconds was a new track record for Grand National cars. The yellow flag waved six times for 36 laps. Accident ictims included Ken Rush and winning speed was a modest 44.793 mph.
The sentiment following the race on the part of the Grand National drivers, who had five of 19 around at the finish, was that they dont like the new arrangement. The Grand Am set, with eight of 10 finishing, seemed delighted.
Wild lose top scorer Kaprizov for at least a month

Kirill Kaprizov will miss at least four weeks as he will have surgery on a lower-body injury, Minnesota Wild general manager Bill Guerin said Tuesday.
Guerin said that while the Wild's star winger be out of the lineup, it is not a season-ending injury. He said Kaprizov will be week-to-week.
A three-time 40-goal scorer, Kaprizov was having what appeared to be the strongest season of his career. He entered late December as a Hart Trophy candidate for the league's most valuable player. He was tied for second in the NHL in goals while tied for fourth in scoring, just seven points behind Colorado Avalanche center Nathan MacKinnon for the league lead.
Kaprizov then sustained a lower-body injury that kept him out of the Wild's lineup for a month. He returned Jan. 23, logging zero points in 16:39 of ice time in a 4-0 loss to the Utah Hockey Club. Kaprizov would play two more games, registering an assist in both contests while averaging more than 21 minutes in each game before Guerin's announcement.
"I think he's handled it the best that he could," coach John Hynes said. "To his credit, he does everything that the doctors ask. He's a workhorse. He does anything he can do to get himself ready to play even though he's not feeling great, he's certainly done that."
The provided timeline suggests the earliest Kaprizov could return to the Wild would be late February or early March. One detail that could minimize Kaprizov's absence would be the 4 Nations Face-Off tournament that runs Feb. 12-20. The Wild have six games before the four-team international tournament featuring Canada, Finland, Sweden and the United States.
Minnesota's first game back from the 4 Nations Face-Off would be Feb. 22.
"We just need to deal with the situation," Guerin said. "It's not the end of the world. We're going to keep playing and continue to get better. When Kirill's healthy and all healed up, he'll be back, and we'll be even better."
Regardless of how many games Kaprizov misses, his absence is expected to play a significant role in the Wild's bid to reach the playoffs after missing the postseason in 2023-24. Previously, the Wild had made the playoffs in four straight seasons while only missing the postseason once since the start of the 2012-13 campaign.
Minnesota (29-17-4) opened the season with a 20-6-4 start only to go 9-11 since Dec. 14. Since then, they've had two separate three-game losing streaks but remain in the hunt for a playoff spot.
The Wild entered Tuesday third in a rather tight Central Division race in which they are a point behind the second-place Dallas Stars and two points ahead of the Avalanche, who hold the first of two wild-card positions.

Neymar will return to his boyhood club Santos, the team's president announced on Tuesday, a day after he ended his disappointing 17-month stay with Saudi Pro League side Al Hilal.
Neymar, 32, won six titles with his boyhood club Santos, including a Copa Libertadores trophy in 2011. He will return to the club after a frustrating spell at Al Hilal, where he played only seven matches and scored once.
"It is the time [to come back], Neymar. It is time for you to come back to your people. To our home, to the club in our hearts," Santos president Marcelo Teixeira said in a social media post.
"Welcome, our boy Ney! A boy of Vila [Belmiro, Santos' stadium]. Come back to be happy again with the white and black shirt. The Santos nation awaits you with open arms."
Neymar spent much of his time in Saudi Arabia on the sidelines due to an ACL injury he picked playing for Brazil in October 2023.
ESPN reported on Sunday that Neymar was nearing a return to his native Brazil. He had been linked with a transfer to the Chicago Fire, but sources told ESPN his preference was always to rejoin Santos over a move to Major League Soccer.
Since leaving Santos for Barcelona in 2013, Neymar established himself as one of the sport's biggest stars. His move to the Camp Nou saw him team up with Lionel Messi and Luis Suárez to form a feared frontline that came to be known as "MSN."
That partnership resulted in a Champions League crown, two LaLiga titles and three Copa del Reys during his four years at Barcelona. In 2017, he made made a stunning move to Paris Saint-Germain for a world-record fee of around 222 million ($231m).
While the club had little difficulty in earning success on the domestic front, Neymar and his fellow stars -- that later included Messi and Kylian Mbappé -- failed to win the Champions League, coming closest in 2020 when they were beaten by Bayern Munich in the final.
Slot: Similarities to Klopp key to Liverpool success

Liverpool head coach Arne Slot believes the similarities between his own playing style and that of Jurgen Klopp have helped to make his transition to English football a seamless one.
Slot's team is currently six points clear at the top of the Premier League table and have already guaranteed automatic qualification for the round of 16 in the revamped Champions League with a game to spare.
The Anfield club need only a point against PSV Eindhoven on Wednesday night to top the league phase table ahead of Barcelona, though Slot is set to field a much-changed side at Philips Stadion, with nine first-team players -- including Virgil van Dijk, Mohamed Salah and Trent Alexander-Arnold -- having been omitted from the matchday squad.
Reflecting on what has helped his team reach such a commanding position, Slot said: "The way I work is I think about is how I can bring in my style of play as soon possible with this team.
"The reason that the club ended up with me is because of many characteristics that I share with Jurgen Klopp, some personalities too -- that is the first focus. As a group, I'm happy to be in the position we're in. Thanks to the new Champions League format, it doesn't matter if we win or lose tomorrow."
Slot added: "It took me a while to understand this format, but now I can be 100% sure that it doesn't matter at all if we end up one or two as we play [the team that finishes] 14th, 15th, 16th or 17th and then it's a draw to see who we're going to face.
"This is a game for us that has no importance in terms of the result for league table. But a very wise man said to me I've never seen anything good from losing a football game, so we will do everything we can to try and win."
Slot was joined for his news conference by forward Cody Gakpo, who has recorded an impressive tally of 14 goals and five assists for Liverpool in all competitions this term.
Asked whether Liverpool can learn from the disappointment of falling away in the Premier League title race last season, Gakpo said: "I think the biggest difference at this point is that last season we had a lot of injuries.
"A year has gone by and as a team you get more experience, more togetherness as well. I think we were growing together last year, we're growing this year as well, so hopefully we can bring it to a good end."

MLS announced the guidelines for their 30 teams that will take part in four North American cup competitions in 2025 and 2026, which will see an increased presence in the U.S. Open Cup, and a decreased number of teams at the joint Leagues Cup with Liga MX.
"The framework for MLS club participation in North American cup competitions rewards club performance, manages player workload, and ensures that every MLS club has the opportunity to compete in at least one, but no more than two, North American competitions that run concurrently with the MLS league season," said a statement from the league that also outlined participation in the Concacaf Champions Cup and Canadian Championship.
As opposed to 2024 in which every MLS side took part in the Leagues Cup competition against Liga MX, 18 will now be selected to match the total number of clubs from the Mexican top flight. Set to be played from July 29-Aug. 31, MLS' participants are decided by the top nine teams from each conference from the previous season.
The Vancouver Whitecaps, who finished eighth in the Western Conference last season, will not take part in the Leagues Cup due to their involvement in a maximum of two cup competitions through the Concacaf Champions Cup and Canadian Championship.
In their place, expansion side San Diego FC will take their spot in the 2025 Leagues Cup. According to the league, this "allows for all 30 MLS teams to compete in at least one, but not more than two, North American cup competitions."
Through the new guidelines, the number of MLS first teams will double in the U.S. Open Cup from eight in 2024 to 16 in 2025, expanding the footprint for the league's top sides after last year's controversial decision to trim that number to 8.
Any U.S.-based MLS team that didn't qualify for the Leagues Cup or Concacaf Champions Cup, will take part in the U.S. Open Cup.
The final seven of the 16 MLS first teams were selected through standings in 2024's Supporters' Shield table -- not including those who are going to take part in the Concacaf Champions Cup.
In the previous U.S. Open Cup, MLS made headlines after initially attempting to only send affiliated third division teams from MLS Next Pro to the oldest soccer tournament in the country, then later agreeing to a limited participation with eight senior teams.
One year later, MLS' 16 senior teams will be joined by 10 MLS Next Pro teams for the U.S. Open Cup in 2025.
Criteria for qualifying for the Concacaf Champions Cup, which will feature 10 MLS teams in the tournament that runs from Feb. 4-June 1, was previously set by Concacaf. In the Canadian Championship, which will run from April-Oct., all three Canadian MLS teams are automatically invited.
Qualification parameters for involvement in the four North American cup competitions in 2027 and beyond will be reviewed at a later date.
Outside of the Concacaf region, MLS' Seattle Sounders and Inter Miami will also take part in the Club World Cup wfrom June 14-July 13.
The regular season will be paused from June 15-24, and if Miami or Seattle were to advance to further stages in the Club World Cup, scheduling adjustments in MLS would be considered for either team.
Full list of MLS clubs' North American cup participation for 2025:
Eastern Conference
Atlanta United FC: Leagues Cup
Charlotte FC: Leagues Cup, U.S. Open Cup
Chicago Fire FC: U.S. Open Cup
FC Cincinnati: Concacaf Champions Cup, Leagues Cup
Columbus Crew: Concacaf Champions Cup, Leagues Cup
D.C. United: U.S. Open Cup
Inter Miami CF: Concacaf Champions Cup, Leagues Cup
CF Montréal: Leagues Cup, Canadian Championship
New York City FC: Leagues Cup, U.S. Open Cup
New York Red Bulls: Leagues Cup, U.S. Open Cup
Nashville SC: U.S. Open Cup
New England Revolution: U.S. Open Cup
Orlando City SC: Leagues Cup, U.S. Open Cup
Philadelphia Union: U.S. Open Cup
Toronto FC: Canadian Championship
Western Conference
Austin FC: U.S. Open Cup
Colorado Rapids: Concacaf Champions Cup, Leagues Cup
FC Dallas: U.S. Open Cup,
Houston Dynamo FC: Leagues Cup, U.S. Open Cup
LA Galaxy: Concacaf Champions Cup, Leagues Cup
LAFC: Concacaf Champions Cup, Leagues Cup
Minnesota United FC: Leagues Cup, U.S. Open Cup
Portland Timbers: U.S. Open Cup, Leagues Cup
Real Salt Lake: Concacaf Champions Cup, Leagues Cup
San Jose Earthquakes: U.S. Open Cup San Diego FC: Leagues Cup
Seattle Sounders FC: Concacaf Champions Cup, Leagues Cup
Sporting Kansas City: Concacaf Champions Cup
St. Louis City SC: U.S. Open Cup
Vancouver Whitecaps: Concacaf Champions Cup, Canadian Championship
MLS Next Pro teams participating in the 2025 U.S. Open Cup
Carolina Core FC (Independent), Chattanooga FC (Independent), FC Cincinnati 2 (FC Cincinnati), Columbus Crew 2 (Columbus Crew), Inter Miami CF II (Inter Miami CF), LAFC2 (LAFC), Real Monarchs (Real Salt Lake), Sporting KC II (Sporting Kansas City), Tacoma Defiance (Seattle Sounders FC), Ventura County FC (LA Galaxy).

Arsenal midfielder Myles Lewis-Skelly will not serve a three-match suspension after the club's appeal against his red card at Wolves was upheld by a Football Association (FA) disciplinary commission.
Lewis-Skelly was sent off by referee Michael Oliver in the 43rd minute of the Gunners' 1-0 victory at Wolves on Saturday, with the 18-year-old deemed to have committed a serious foul play challenge on Matt Doherty. Oliver's decision was supported by the VAR, Darren England.
The FA and Arsenal confirmed the decision in a joint-statement.
Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta said he was "absolutely fuming" about Lewis-Skelly's dismissal, which would have seen him miss Sunday's home game against Aston Villa in the Premier League, the second of the Carabao Cup semifinal at Newcastle United on Feb. 5 and the trip to Leicester City on Feb. 15.
It is the third time this season that a player has won an appeal against a red card in the Premier League, despite VAR being in operation as a safety net. In September, Manchester United captain Bruno Fernandes was dismissed against Tottenham Hotspur. Then in November, Brentford skipper Christian Nørgaard was sent off on the advice of the VAR due to a high challenge on Everton goalkeeper Jordan Pickford.
United and Brentford successfully appealed the red cards to the FA, with a panel of three former players convened to vote on the referee's decision. In both cases, the panel reached a split 2-1 judgement to overturn the red card. The written reasons behind Lewis-Skelly's appeal should be published at the start of next week.
Fabian Schär (Newcastle United, serious foul play), Daichi Kamada (Crystal Palace, serious foul play) and Jhon Durán (Aston Villa, violent conduct) have seen appeals turned down this season.
Police have launched investigations into "threats and abuse" aimed at Oliver and his family after the controversial red card.
Former Premier League referee Mike Dean took a step away from the game for a short period in 2021 after reporting death threats to the police. It came after he sent off West Ham United midfielder Tomás Soucek against Fulham.

"It has been a privilege to serve as the Chief Executive Officer of the International Cricket Council," Allardice said. "I am incredibly proud of the results we have achieved, from enhancing the global reach of cricket to the commercial foundation put in place for ICC Members.
"I'd like to thank the ICC Chair, the board of directors and [the] entire cricket community for their support and collaboration over the past 13 years. I believe this is the right time for me to step down and pursue new challenges. I am confident that cricket has exciting times ahead, and I wish the ICC and the global cricket community every success in the future."
"On behalf of the ICC Board, I want to sincerely thank Geoff for his leadership and commitment during his tenure as Chief Executive," Shah said. "His efforts have played a key role in advancing cricket globally. We are truly grateful for his service and wish him all the very best in his future endeavours."
Allardice, like his predecessor Dave Richardson, maintained a lower profile as CEO than predecessors such as Haroon Lorgat or Malcolm Speed, but he was an instrumental administrator within the ICC. In particular, during his stint as general manager cricket he can claim some significant achievements: overcoming the BCCI's early concerns with DRS and ensuring it was implemented as standard across the international game; standardising and implementing the processes around illegal actions; overseeing the creation of the World Test Championship and the (now-defunct) ODI Super League as a means of bringing context to bilateral cricket. In an era in which domestic, cash-rich T20 leagues mushroomed, the latter was an important addition.
When he took over as CEO in an interim capacity, it was thought he had done so with some reluctance. And when he took on the role permanently, it was at a difficult time for the game, navigating its way through the end of the Covid-19 pandemic. But one of his major achievements as CEO was to get cricket into the Olympic Games, which could have a lasting consequence for the growth of the game. Overseeing a first ICC world event in the USA - the T20 World Cup last year - should have been a similarly seminal moment in the growth of the game, but the operations of that tournament have become the subject of an audit since, and board members have expressed unhappiness with the way it was run.
The ICC said in a statement that its board will "initiate the next steps to identify" Allardice's successor, but it has not clarified if Allardice was leaving with immediate effect or whether he will stay until the end of the Champions Trophy in February-March.
Allardice is the latest in a spate of departures of senior ICC management, following the exits of Alex Marshall (the anti-corruption head), Chris Tetley (head of events) and Claire Furlong (general manager marketing and communication) in recent months.