Brother of the late Tim. Since being involved with the Beatrice Lola firm, Mayer worked for Penske as a consultant. Died after a long period of ill-health in his adopted home of the UK, after fighting Parkinson's Disease for over ten years. Son Tim, named after his late uncle, was involved in sportscar administration. Mayer got involved through his brother and also his friend, Peter Revson. Despite Tim's death, Mayer stayed in racing, helping Bruce McLaren with management and then was one of the key figures that kept the team going after Bruce's death in 1970. Mayer remained at the team until 1982 before running a CART team and taking on the aforementioned Haas Lola effort in the mid-1980's.

Biography last updated 1 Jan 2017