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NHRA PRO MOD DRAG RACING SERIES
LINDA LOUIE
NHRA Vice President and General Counsel
Linda Louie joined NHRA in 1999. Her job expanded to corporate
counsel in 2000, and she was promoted to general counsel in 2002.
In 2006, she was promoted to vice president and general counsel.
In 2013, Louie also will become a member of the Board of Directors
for the Wally Parks NHRA Motorsports Museum.
Louie received her B.A. in English from University of California, Los
Angeles and her J.D. from the University of Southern California. She
has been a lawyer for more than 20 years. Before going in-house with
NHRA, she spent approximately 10 years as a business litigator in
private law firms, including Arnold & Porter and Hughes Hubbard & Reed.
Louie is married to Gregory Louie, with whom she has three wonderful children. She has served in
a variety of volunteer positions.
JOSH PETERSON
NHRA Vice President, Racing Administration
Josh Peterson was promoted in March of 2011 to NHRA’s vice
president of racing administration, reporting directly to Senior Vice
President of Racing Operations, Graham Light.
Peterson joined NHRA as general manager of sport compact racing,
later assuming the role of director of racing administration in the fall
of 2007. In that position, he managed the National Field Office and
Competition office, with his role expanding to include administration
of the racer points system, event registration system, hard-card system
and national event competitor credential system.
He is also actively involved in racer disciplinary actions and servicing NHRA member tracks
and has been the liaison with the Legal Department on racer/member track compliance and
incident issues. At national events, Peterson manages VIP credentials and racer registration and is
responsible for staffing major areas of the events.
He serves as NHRA’s representative for ACCUS legislations and FIA grants.
In addition, he is a member of the NHRA Competition Committee and NHRA’s sportsman racing
programs. NHRA’s seven division directors report directly to Peterson and together they work on
strategic planning, member track support and other aspects of divisional racing and operations.
Peterson came to NHRA from the Pontiac-GMC division, where he was a product analyst and
before that a program manager for GM’s front-wheel-drive drag racing program.
Peterson received his bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering from the Milwaukee School of
Engineering and holds a master’s of business administration from the University of St. Francis.
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