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IMSA & Indycar Entrant Harry Brix Dies at 61
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02/03/2009
Charlotte, NC
 
Harry Brix first came to racing prominence with his involvement with his championship winning Brix Racing factory Oldsmobile IMSA GTS program. (Marshall Pruett) ยป More Photos


Former IMSA and Indycar entrant Harry Brix has passed away. The 61-year-old passed away on Sunday in his home town of Los Gatos, California after suffering a cardiac arrest some days ago.

Harry Brix was a charismatic and highly respected character, well known to both the sports car and open wheel racing communities as a team owner in the 1990s and, latterly, as father to Grand-Am and ALMS driver, Harrison. As a former driver himself, Harry knew what it took to achieve success and his Brix Racing team enjoyed several years at the forefront of the IMSA championships, most notably as 1995 IMSA GT Champions with Jeremy Dale and 1996 GTS Champions with Irv Hoerr and Darrin Brassfield.

Brix Racing ran the official factory program for General Motors’ Oldsmobile brand, using Aurora cars prepared by Pratt & Miller, the success of which arguably paved the way for GM’s super-successful Chevrolet Corvette program of today. The team, entered as Brix Comptech Racing, also competed in
the 1996 Indy Car Championship with a Reynard-Honda in the hands of Parker Johnstone.

But Harry Brix was more than just a passionate racing man. He was an astounding businessman who saw potential in the telecommunications industry before there was ever such a thing as the telecommunications industry. In 1971, he founded the "Motor Sound Corporation" with the intent of distributing car audio products in the San Francisco Bay area. The company distributed Panasonic and Motorola radios and sold them primarily to electronics specialty stores.

Motor Sound Corporation was renamed The Brix Group, Inc. in 1998 and has grown into one of the largest wireless and car audio distributors in the US. The company is privately held by Harry Brix, with his daughter Kristina as President and CEO of American Wireless, a division of the group.

Harry died with his devoted wife, Mariann, at his bedside together with son Harrison and daughter Kristina and son-in-law Michael Reed.


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