NASCAR is among the nation's most popular spectator sports, attracting literally hundreds of thousand to events. Their surging trend has taken a dip lately due to the economy, gas prices, and the lack of larger than life action and characters driving.
I attended a vendor meeting in Raleigh North Carolina the heart of NASCAR country. Our first evening we had an event at the NASCAR hall of fame where Junior Johnson( famous nascar driving(who knew) and runner of moonshine) spoke in his barely discernible English, he speaks this backwoods language that is just everything slurred together) about the old days of NASCAR ; juxtaposed by Rusty Wallace (another NASCAR hall of famer (watch his wow how did you walk away from that one crash) who is more from the trained pr school.Interesting but not compelling. The southern food was tasty - gotta like barbecue.
The next day, after a variety of tech updates, primarily focused on ultra books - the latest in slim, light and powerful laptops and convertibles we had the opportunity to go to the race track. WOW can't say I've ever been in a car going around 170 mph around a race track. It was crazy. A very physical experience as it torques you as you take the corners and gives you pause as you drive break neck into those same corners. Only went around the track a couple of times - but must admit it was cool.
Afterward, a calmer activity as we became teams of pit crews changing a tire. My group could do it in 15.3 seconds, the winning was a bit quicker at 13.8 seconds. A good lesson in problem solving and team work using cognitive building blocks.
In fact, it was one of the better team building activities that I have participated in and is good learning for any projcet that requires a group effort* you experiment - practice - focus* then benchmark* try and fail* adapt* innovate* execute* have fun
Having problems with my photos - will add them later
