BAKERSFIELD, Calif. — Famed motorsports attorney, promoter and race car owner Cary Agajanian has been named an honorary Board of Directors member of the West Coast Stock Car/Motorsports Hall of Fame.
Agajanian, managing partner of Agajanian, McFall, Weiss Tetreault & Crist LLC in Los Angeles, California, is a 2011 inductee into the West Coast Stock Car/Motorsports Hall of Fame, joining his late father, J.C. Agajanian, a member of the Hall’s inaugural class.
He is the third honorary member of the organization’s Board of Directors, along with record executive and motorsports sponsor Mike Curb of Nashville, Tenn.; and Craig Keough of Las Vegas, Nevada, a longtime member of the racing industry.
“Cary and I have been good friends for many years and his father, J.C. Agajanian was one of my mentors,” said Ken Clapp, Chairman and CEO of the West Coast Stock Car/Motorsports Hall of Fame. “We are pleased and honored that he has accepted Board membership.”
Agajanian, a graduate of the University of southern California school of law, has personally represented and advised more than 20 sports and leisure sanctioning bodies in liability suits during the past 50 years, including Championship Auto Racing Teams (CART), the United States Auto Club (USAC), Formula One (FISA) and the National Association of Stock Car Auto Racing (NASCAR) among others.
An important part of his practice is motorsports litigation and general liability law. He has argued numerous motorsports-related cases, many resulting in published California Court of Appeals opinions enforcing waiver and release and assumption of risk agreements.
A much sought-after lecturer on risk management in motorsports, Agajanian conducts seminars to groups across the United States. Prior to founding AMWT&C, he served as Deputy City Attorney for the City of Los Angeles, prosecuting hundreds of criminal actions and representing the city in major civil liability cases.
Agajanian has managed the careers of many of American racing’s top competitors, including Tony Stewart, Kasey Kahne, Bryan Herta and the late John Andretti. In a partnership with Mike Curb, the two own the Curb-Agajanian Performance Group that has owned and entered cars across the racing spectrum for four decades.