In Conversation With... Paul Pfanner

Join us on for an exclusive, candid conversation with motorsports media trailblazer Paul Pfanner.

Paul Pfanner has spent more than five decades at the intersection of automotive and motorsports media, brand strategy, and leadership advisory. As an artist, designer, and writer by training, he became a trusted counselor to industry leaders navigating pivotal transformations.

He founded Southern California–based Pfanner Communications and Racer Communications, building influential media properties including RACER, RACER.com, SportsCar, and IndyCar Series magazines, and producing content for platforms like SpeedTV.com. After selling a majority stake to Haymarket Publishing in 2001 and serving as President through 2005, he reestablished his advisory practice in 2006. In 2012, he helped reacquire RACER and led Racer Media & Marketing as CEO and Board member until 2025.

Inducted into the SCCA Hall of Fame in 2022 and the recipient of their highest honor (the Woolf Barnato Award) in 2023, Paul is also the 2026 recipient of the Society of Professional Motorsport Journalists Russo-Marvel Founders Award.