Anne Marie Brooks Named Communications Director for Star Mazda Championship

February 15, 2007 - The Star Mazda Championship Presented by Goodyear announced today that it has hired Anne Marie Brooks as its' Communications Director, effective immediately.  She will be present at all of the Championship events, working with drivers, teams and media.

Brooks earned her degree in journalism with a sports writing concentration at the University of Tennessee Knoxville. While attending school, she played on the women's rugby team and followed the Vols all over the country as a member of the Pride of the Southland Marching Band.

Brooks has an established history in motorsports, covering general sports for The Lebanon Democrat, where she developed her specialty, while also working for Speedway Media's Racing News, Middle Tennessee Racing News, among others, and co-hosting a weekly radio show on Nashville's 104.5 The Zone Sports Talk Radio.  She worked for the Bristol Herald-Courier in 2006, when she moved home to help with the family business.

Although Brooks grew up deep in NASCAR country, she says she has especially enjoyed covering open wheel teams and events and is looking forward to working with some of the up-and-coming stars in motorsports.