LONG BEACH, Calif. — Former SCCA Pro Racing President Dan Greenwood died Friday.
Greenwood served as president of SCCA Pro Racing from 1994-1998. Prior to his time at SCCA Pro Racing, he was vice president of the Los Angeles Olympic Organizing Committee for the 1984 LA Olympic Games.
His motorsports career began after the games, serving as president of Riverside Raceway for four years.
Following Riverside’s closing, Greenwood was a sports marketing consultant for the 1990 Goodwill Games and the Paramount Pictures movie “Days of  Thunder.” He even had a cameo appearance in the Tony Scott-film as a reporter.
Following his departure from SCCA Pro Racing, he was the vice president of Pikes Peak Int’l Raceway.