CONCORD, N.C. — NASCAR Cup Series driver Daniel Hemric and the 2023 Bank of America ROVAL winner AJ Allmendinger worked alongside 64 local fifth graders to paint the “turtles” ahead of the upcoming Oct. 11-13 Bank of America ROVAL 400 weekend.
As part of the speedway’s year-round STEAM (science, technology, engineering, arts and math) program, students designed and painted six-inch-high steel rumble strips that will be installed around the road course ahead of next month’s pivotal NASCAR Xfinity and Cup Series races. The 100-pound kerbs will be bolted to the track surface to help keep drivers on the newly reconfigured 17-turn, 2.28-mile course.
Students from Our Lady of Assumption, Mt. Pleasant Elementary School, Paw Creek Elementary School, First Ward Creative Arts Academy, Mint Hill Elementary School, Hickory Ridge Elementary School, Rocky River Elementary School and University Park Creative Arts Academy each creatively decorated their “turtle” in a “What does STEAM Mean to You?” theme. The colorful designs varied from robots and computers to paint brushes and test tubes…