With just one race left in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series regular season, the Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup playoff field is almost set. To kick off the playoffs, Homestead-Miami Speedway and the Museum of Discovery and Science are teaming up to host one of the Sprint Cup Series drivers for a day of fun and engaging activities with Broward County high school students on Tuesday, September 15.
The driver, who will be competing in the Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup which ultimately culminates at Homestead-Miami Speedway in November, will visit the Museum of Discovery and Science with the Solar Cats Racing Team from Western High School in Davie, and interact with the driver on a tour of various exhibits throughout the Museum. The Solar Cats Racing Team recently built a fully functional solar-powered car and competed at the Solar Car Challenge at Texas Motor Speedway, where they were judged by the distance the car ran and whichever team completed the most laps around the track won. The Solar Cats finished 10th out of 15 teams in the classic division, running 265.5 miles. The team was also one of only two teams from Florida to compete.
The group will also be joined by Miss Sprint Cup, Julianna White, who serves as an official public figure for the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series and Sprint.
The appearance is part of NASCAR’s Chase Across North America tour, which previews the Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup. NASCAR’s playoffs — the Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup — is a 10-race culmination to the season that crowns a battle-tested champion. Starting with a 16-driver field, four drivers will be eliminated after every three races, setting up a “winner take all” championship showdown at Homestead-Miami Speedway Nov. 22 (3 p.m. ET on NBC). The top finisher among the Championship 4 in Miami will win the 2015 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series championship.
The NASCAR Sprint Cup Series driver, who will be determined after the final regular season race at Richmond on September 12, will visit the various exhibits at the Museum, including the Everglades Airboat exhibit, EcoScapes exhibit where they will interact with the animals in the exhibit, enjoy a 7D-multi-sensory theater capsule experience and ride in a MaxFlight full motion simulator, among other exhibits.
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