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

    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.