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Darrell Gwynn
Darrell Gwynn is President of Darrell Gwynn Ventures, parent company of Hot Rods & Reels.
A brand/lifestyle that combines America’s two favorite past times: recreational fishing and automotive enthusiasts.
Before his tragic 1990 accident, Gwynn won an NHRA World Championship in 1983 (Top Alcohol Dragster). In 2001, he was voted one of NHRA’s “50 Greatest Drivers All-Time”. In 2002, he was inducted into the prestigious International Drag Racing Hall of Fame.
Gwynn is also the creator and president of the Darrell Gwynn Foundation, a 501(c)(3) organization dedicated to the cure of spinal cord-induced paralysis. The foundation funds leading-edge scientific research while giving life-enhancing assistance to the underprivileged through Quality of Life Grants.
Gwynn is a corporate spokesperson for the following corporations: Sunrise Medical Corporation (Quickie Wheelchairs), and The Miami Project to Cure Paralysis.
Bob Abdellah
Bob Abdellah is Vice President of Marketing Communications at Just Marketing Inc. and a partner in Hot Rods & Reels.
Abdellah is a veteran sports marketing specialist with more than 25 years experience providing marketing and public relations programs on behalf of clients including General Motors, Anheuser-Busch, DuPont de Nemours, The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company, Nabisco and Quaker State Corporation, among others. His field work for those and other clients includes the following motorsports series: NASCAR, NHRA, IHRA, CART, IRL, FIA European Drag Racing Series SCCA, World of Outlaws (WoO), Indy Lights, ARCA, USAC and IMSA.
A former automotive journalist, Abdellah has previously held senior management positions in the areas of Corporate Communications, Investor Relations and Motorsports Marketing within the automotive after-market industry.
G. Clifton Pennell
G. Clifton Pennell (Cliff) is Owner & President of STONEBREAKER LLC, a Strategic Services Consulting Company based in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. STONEBREAKER, established in January 2000, provides strategic assessment and input to clients such as NASCAR, B.A.S.S., Professional Bull Riders, International Speedway Corporation and Richard Childress Enterprises. In addition, STONEBREAKER is also involved in several capital and business venture initiatives and has worked collaboratively with companies such as Chartwell Investments, Powell-Tate and Coyne-Beahm Inc.
Pennell has been named as one of the most influential people in motor sports (Racer magazine ’98) and one of the 25 most powerful people in NASCAR (That’s Racin’ ’98 – ’03). He has been a speaker at numerous seminars, conferences and educational institutions on topics ranging from general business strategy to optimizing sponsorships. STONEBREAKER’s “Strategic Management Process”, designed by Pennell, is considered to be one of the most disciplined and reliable strategic frameworks available.
Prior to starting his own business, Pennell spent more than twenty years with R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company where he served on the Company’s Executive Committee and in many different capacities throughout sales, marketing and corporate strategy. Among those positions he held at RJR were Senior Vice President – Marketing and Senior Vice President – Business Strategy & Planning. Pennell also served as President of Sports Marketing Enterprises, a division of RJR and one of the largest event marketing companies in the nation. Pennell is a board member of the Darrell Gwynn Foundation along as well as a partner in Hot Rods & Reels.
Todd Payne
Todd Payne is a partner at Zebersky & Payne, LLP in Hollywood, FL. Practicing law for over 17 years, Payne specializes in commercial litigation, corporate law, leases and leasing, real estate and foreclosures. He is a member of the University of Miami Iron Arrow Honor Society; University of Miami Alumni Association; University of Miami School of Law Alumni Association, President-Elect, 2005; Broward County Bar Association; American Bar Association; and the Agent for Attorney’s Title Insurance Fund, Inc. Payne also serves on the Board of Directors at the Darrell Gwynn Foundation, and is a partner in Hot Rods & Reels as well.