The Team Site Selector

 

The jobs of the sponsorship finder are:

1. decide upon the city and state at which you will locate team headquarters

2. write a small piece convincing the team and sponsors why this is the place to locate

Click here to see how you will be assessed.

 

Historic Kitty Hawk North Carolina

Thomas Jefferson's home, Virginia

There are steps to approach your job:

1. research the various Nascar Winston Cup race locations.

2. figure which city is closest to the most races at a time [It will be Southern] Look at the Winston Cup race schedule.

3. take into consideration the highways nearby andmaybe how many other teams are located nearby [that helps]

4. pick a city

5. write a small piece telling the team why this is the best choice. Include location, highway systems, other attractives for entertaining your sponsors’ kids, etc.

 

RESOURCES

STATE MAP AND INFORMATION SITES:

http://www.50states.com/ This is a website with outline maps of the states you can copy. It also has a map on which you can see major cities and highways for each state.

http://www.sitesatlas.com/Maps/Maps/usstates.htm This is a website with state maps

http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/united_states.html  This has some other information on the area you chose.

http://www.nascar.com/  This has the listings of the various races and where they are held. You really need this info.

Historic Fort Moultrie, South Carolina

SITES WITH STATE MAPS

 

http://www.50states.com/maps/

http://g-lea.tamu.edu/smap.htm

http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/united_states.html 

You may click on the map to go to a map site.

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