Teddy Mayer
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Teddy Mayer (born September 8, 1935) is an American motor racing team manager who has enjoyed success in several categories of racing, including Formula One and IndyCars.
Mayer was born in Scranton. While studying law at Cornell, he became involved in the Rev-Em Formula Junior team who's drivers included his brother Timmy and Peter Revson. After graduating in 1962 Mayer followed his bother and Revson to Europe and helped Bruce McLaren to set up his Formula One team. Despite the death of his brother in 1964, Mayer continued to be involved in motor sport and assumed control of the McLaren team after Bruce McLaren was killed in 1970.
For much of the 1970s McLaren enjoyed considerable success, with both Emerson Fittipaldi and James Hunt taking the drivers title. In addition to Formula One, McLaren also competed in CART and CanAm racing under Mayer's management.
Towards the end of the decade the teams results began to decline and title sponsor Marlboro engineered a merger with the Project 4 team run by Ron Dennis. Mayer remained as joint managing-director until 1982, when he sold his shares and left the team he had helped to create.
Mayer continued to work in motor sport, firstly in CART racing, running the Texaco Star team under the Mayer Motor Racing banner, and then in 1986 returning to Formula One as manager of Haas/FORCE, a new team he co-founded with Carl Haas and running 1980 World Champion, Alan Jones. While the results were poor, the team showed great potential, until the acquisition of sponsor Beatrice forced the team's withdrawn.
Following a years retirement, Mayer then returned to CART racing, joining the Penske team, as Vice-Chairman of Penske's motorsports operations, presiding over the teams' success in the 1990s.
He moved to a consultancy role with Penske, which he continues (2006).
Mayer lives in England. He was formerly married to Sarah (Sally) Bryant (whom he divorced from in 1993) and has two children: Tim (named after Teddy's brother), who is also in motorsports, and Anne. Both live in the United States.
