WSSU will hold motorsports camps

With the help of Matt Murphy, the 15-year-old racing sensation, the motorsports management program at Winston-Salem State University will introduce young people to the many sides of racing during Diversity in Motion Initiative camps this week, WSSU said in a statement.

The two camps are free and for local students from kindergarten through high school:

9 to 11:30 a.m. Monday at the Little Creek Recreation Center, 610 Foxcroft Drive, in Winston-Salem.

9:30 a.m. to noon Wednesday at the Martin Luther King Jr. Community Center, 2001 Pittsburg Ave., in Winston-Salem.

“The Diversity in Motion Initiative camps are designed to expose youth to career opportunities that exist in motorsports beyond what they may see on television,” said Clay Harshaw, an assistant professor at WSSU and coordinator for the university’s motorsports management program.

“Our motorsports management program provides students with the education and training they need to work in the management, marketing and communications aspects of this global business,” Harshaw said. “These camps help us get young people to look at these opportunities in the field besides being a driver, an engineer or a mechanic. Plus, we make the events a lot of fun.”

Compiled by John Hinton