He’s presumably well known in American racing circles, but I’d not heard of Humpy Wheeler, until he was mentioned as the potential replacement in denied reports that Tony George has been ousted from Indianapolis Motor Speedway.

Howard Augustine Wheeler, Jr. is his full name, Wikipedia tells me, though he’s better known as H.A. or Humpy. Now retired, he was boss of Lowe’s Motor Speedway, and it seems like he was kind of a big deal, in NASCAR particularly.

But more importantly, he has a good name.