University Of North Carolina-Charlotte Gets Gift To Foster Car Engineering

The University of North Carolina at Charlotte on Thursday will announce what it's calling a significant gift to its motorsports engineering program.

By: Associated Press | News Channel 7
Published: October 15, 2009

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CONCORD, N.C. (AP) - A fan of the science that goes into car racing plans a gift to encourage advances from a North Carolina university's engineering students.
The University of North Carolina at Charlotte on Thursday will announce what it's calling a significant gift to its motorsports engineering program. The same donor plans a give to the engineering program at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.
UNC Charlotte Chancellor Philip Dubois and NASCAR race team owner Felix Sabates are joining in the announcement at Lowe's Motor Speedway in Concord.
The announcement comes as the speedway begins a weekend of NASCAR racing.

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