During Memorial Day Weekend the Sports Business Association took a road trip to North Carolina.  We were invited down by Charlotte Motor Speedway to work for them that weekend.  We drove down on Friday night and got settled down into the hotel.  We showed up at the track on Saturday around 9:30 am to find out our events for the day.

On Saturday we worked the Nationwide event.  During the race CMS had us working the general admission seats patrolling for alcohol and smokers.  Just for that race CMS had that area blocked off for families and boy scouts.  So we spent the entire race walking the stands looking for open containers and people smoking for which we politely asked them to leave.  We left the track at 6:30 pm.

On Sunday we showed up around 11:30 am for the Coca Cola 600. We were in charge of getting people on and off the track for Driver Introductions.  When we first arrived CMS had us driving around golf carts and hanging up signs for Driver Introductions.  After we took care of the signs we placed ourselves in position walking the track and answering any questions spectators had.  We walked spectators down to the track for the Driver Introductions and made sure they stayed within the restricted area.  As soon as the Driver Introductions were over we moved everyone off the track and took down the movable fence. During the race the SBA had the pleasure of watching the race from the VIP suite.

~ Written by Andrew Wade, Ohio University Sport Management Senior ~