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MEMA CEO enjoyed fast track

Indy days: Bill Long, now CEO of MEMA, posed with this racecar earlier in his career. Something about being named to the board of the Automotive Hall of Fame, as he was on May 14, really revs Bill Long's engine. And why not? The new CEO of the $17 million-revenue Motor & Equipment Manufacturers Association rebuilt his first engine with his father at age 12. "I sat around the radio in the garage listening to the Indianapolis 500 when I was a young boy with my dad," Long told CEO Update. "And that kind of became a tradition." "My father was involved in motorsports and racing," Long said. "He worked as a NASCAR official for 20-odd years, mostly at the small tracks… Read More