Alan L. Wilson is an American designer of motorsports road course

Road racing

Road racing is a general term for most forms of motor racing held on paved, purpose-built race tracks , as opposed to oval tracks and off-road racing...

 race track

Race track

A race track is a purpose-built facility for racing of animals , automobiles, motorcycles or athletes. A race track may also feature grandstands or concourses. Some motorsport tracks are called speedways.A racetrack is a permanent facility or building...

s.

Considered one of the most prolific track designers, Wilson has designed and built more than 20 race courses, including Miller Motorsports Park

Miller Motorsports Park

Miller Motorsports Park is an auto, motorcycle, bicycle and kart racing facility located in the unincorporated Erda area just outside Tooele, Utah.- The Track :...

, Calabogie Motorsports Park, Barber Motorsports Park

Barber Motorsports Park

The Barber Motorsports Park is a multi-purpose racing facility located on the eastern fringes of Birmingham, Alabama, USA near Leeds. The facility was the vision of George Barber, and includes the Barber Vintage Motorsport Museum. In July 2009 officials announced that Barber will be the site of...

, Motorsports Park Hastings, Gingerman Raceway

Gingerman Raceway

GingerMan Raceway is a road course located east of the town of South Haven in Southwest Michigan.Built in 1995, the track opened for its first full season of racing sports cars and motorcycles in 1996...

 and BeaveRun Motorsports Park, as well as overseeing the 2000-2001 redesign of Circuit Mont-Tremblant.

Wilson has also played major roles in a number of motorsports venues, including serving as the Director of the Sports Car Club of America

Sports Car Club of America

The Sports Car Club of America is a club and sanctioning body supporting road racing, rallying, and autocross in the United States. Formed in 1944, it runs many programs for both amateur and professional racers.-History:...

's Pro Racing series between 2000 and 2004 and Chief Steward for CART

Champ Car

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 in 1985. In 1982, his work as chairman of the Brands Hatch

Brands Hatch

Brands Hatch is a motor racing circuit near West Kingsdown in Kent, England. First used as a dirt track motorcycle circuit on farmland, it hosted 12 runnings of the British Grand Prix between 1964 and 1986 and currently holds many British and international racing events...

 racing club (1978-1982) was honored by the Formula One Constructors' Association

Formula One Constructors Association

The Formula One Constructors' Association is an organization of the chassis builders who design and build the cars that race in the FIA Formula One World Championship...

 for orchestrating the best organized Formula One

Formula One

Formula One, also known as Formula 1 or F1 and referred to officially as the FIA Formula One World Championship, is the highest class of single seater auto racing sanctioned by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile . The "formula" designation in the name refers to a set of rules with which...

 Grand Prix

1982 British Grand Prix

The 1982 British Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at Brands Hatch on July 18, 1982.- Classification :-Standings after the race:Drivers' Championship standingsConstructors' Championship standings...

 that year.

In 1975, Wilson married Desiré Wilson

Desiré Wilson

Desiré Randall Wilson is a former racing driver from South Africa, one of only five women to have competed in Formula One. She entered one Formula One World Championship Grand Prix in 1980 with a non-works Williams FW07 prepared by Brands Hatch Racing, but failed to qualify...

, one of only five women to compete in the Formula One World Championship series and, thus far, the only woman to win a race in an F1 series. The couple does not have any children.