IHRA, a division of Live Nation Motor Sports, has promoted Ellen Watts to Marketing Manager – Norwalk Properties. She will be responsible for establishing and executing programs to increase ticket sales for all Norwalk Properties, including the eMax Nitro Jam™ National Event Series and the Kumho Street Warriorz and Thunder Jam events.

"Ellen's promotion is well deserved and I look forward to working with her to grow the IHRA properties," stated vice president of marketing Jim Marchyshyn. "Her passion, energy, positive attitude and competitive spirit is exactly what we need to reach our goal of selling more tickets.”

IHRA, a division of Live Nation Motor Sports, has promoted Ellen Watts to Marketing Manager – Norwalk Properties. She will be responsible for establishing and executing programs to increase ticket sales for all Norwalk Properties, including the eMax Nitro Jam™ National Event Series and the Kumho Street Warriorz and Thunder Jam events.

"Ellen's promotion is well deserved and I look forward to working with her to grow the IHRA properties," stated vice president of marketing Jim Marchyshyn. "Her passion, energy, positive attitude and competitive spirit is exactly what we need to reach our goal of selling more tickets.”

"This is an incredible opportunity,” said Watts. “I have enjoyed working with the Norwalk team and track partners for the past couple of years, and am very excited to be a more integral part of this amazing organization. We are going to do great things, and I am looking forward to working with everyone collectively to 'raise the bar' for our Norwalk properties."

Watts has worked as promotion manager for Live Nation Motor Sports for four years, demonstrating a strong ability to produce incredible results and take on any challenge while managing Monster Jam, Supercross, Arenacross and other events. In addition, she’s managed select IHRA events for the last two years.

Watts will be based out of the company’s Aurora, Ill., office.