NEW NASCAR TEAM WEBQUEST

START YOUR OWN NASCAR WINSTON CUP TEAM

A WebQuest for 5th Grade (Literacy, Math, and The Arts)

Designed by

William S. Ladabouche

Milton [VT] Town School District

wladabou@Earthlink.net

Introduction

TASKS

Pick your team role here.
          You belong to a new racing team in the high - pressure expensive world of NASCAR Winston Cup racing. You know that your team will not last long if you do not: a.) choose a highly-capable driver and crew chief, b.) secure a very good sponsor, c.) choose the most successful make of car to use for the team, and pick a good site at which to base the team's operations..

PROCESSES

Car Graphics Designer

Sponsorship Finder

Automobile Make Chooser

Team Site Selector

Personnel Director

The best teams have a big name product or company for a sponsor. Sponsors give millions to a race team.

RESOURCES

See Processes
Top drivers like 2002 Winston Cup Champion Tony Stewart don’t come cheaply and work only for good teams

EVALUATIONS

Your new team needs to make a good impression, both to attract a good sponsor, but also to impress a good driver to take a chance on a new, unproven team. You need to get arrangements made as soon as possible.

You and your new team now have some hard work to do....and fairly soon. Will your team end up - like so many others - as a struggling group that hangs around the Winston Cup for a couple of

seasons and then drops out without having finished very well in any of its races ? Or, will you be the next NASCAR success story.

Get busy, and make your own luck through hard work.

CREDITS

CONCLUSION

TASKS Pick your team role here.	You belong to a new racing team in the high - pressure expensive world of NASCAR Winston Cup racing. You know that your team will not last long if you do not: a.) choose a highly-capable driver and crew chief, b.) secure a very good sponsor, c.) choose the most successful make of car to use for the team, and pick a good site at which to base the team's operations..
PROCESSES Car Graphics Designer Sponsorship Finder Automobile Make Chooser Team Site Selector Personnel Director		The best teams have a big name product or company for a sponsor. Sponsors give millions to a race team.
RESOURCES See Processes	Top drivers like 2002 Winston Cup Champion Tony Stewart don’t come cheaply and work only for good teams
EVALUATIONS	Your new team needs to make a good impression, both to attract a good sponsor, but also to impress a good driver to take a chance on a new, unproven team. You need to get arrangements made as soon as possible. You and your new team now have some hard work to do....and fairly soon. Will your team end up - like so many others - as a struggling group that hangs around the Winston Cup for a couple of seasons and then drops out without having finished very well in any of its races ? Or, will you be the next NASCAR success story. Get busy, and make your own luck through hard work.
CREDITS
CONCLUSION