INDIANAPOLIS -- IndyCar founder Tony George has been renamed the chairman of the board of Hulman & Co., which owns Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
George was forced out of that job by his mother and sisters in 2009.
Although the company made no announcement about the move, George was introduced with the title before he instructed the Brickyard 400 drivers to start their engines for Sunday's race. A track spokesman confirmed that the family had reinstated George to his previous post during a recent board meeting.
George was in charge of the historic speedway from 1990 to 2009 and rejoined the company's board of directors in early 2013.
Mark Miles is the CEO of the family business, which serves as the parent company of the IndyCar Series.