09/07/2026
CLEMSON UNIVERSITY — I’M PUBLICLY ASKING YOU TO STEP UP FOR GREENVILLE PICKENS SPEEDWAY. 🐅🏁
For three years, I have fought to save one of the most historically significant racetracks in South Carolina. Now that we finally have a signed purchase agreement and an opportunity to preserve it, I have to ask a question:
Where is Clemson University?
This isn’t a random connection.
Clemson’s CU-ICAR is right here in Greenville, educating the next generation in automotive engineering and technology.
Clemson has Clemson Tiger Racing, where students get hands-on experience building, maintaining and RACING real cars, learning everything from engineering to pit crew operations.
Clemson has produced athletes who have literally transitioned from Death Valley to pit road.
Former Clemson offensive lineman Landon Walker went on to become a NASCAR pit crew member with Hendrick Motorsports.
And now former Clemson National Championship safety Tanner Muse has made the transition into NASCAR pit crew work as well.
The connection between Clemson, automotive engineering, motorsports and NASCAR is already there.
And Greenville Pickens Speedway is sitting right here in Clemson’s backyard.
Coach Danny Ford himself stood at an event supporting this speedway and said what Greenville Pickens Speedway means to this community.
So I’m asking Clemson University publicly:
Why aren’t we working together to save it?
Imagine what could happen if Clemson became part of this mission.
A historic racetrack could become a living laboratory for automotive engineering.
Students could gain real-world experience in motorsports, vehicle dynamics, race operations, technology and engineering.
Children could be introduced to STEM through programs that make engineering exciting and tangible.
Clemson Tiger Racing could have another connection to an actual historic racing facility practically in its own backyard.
And together, we could preserve a piece of South Carolina and American motorsports history instead of watching it disappear.
I’m not asking Clemson to simply write a check. I’m asking Clemson to come to the table.
Let’s talk about funding.
Let’s talk about sponsorship.
Let’s talk about grants.
Let’s talk about CU-ICAR.
Let’s talk about STEM.
Let’s talk about Clemson Tiger Racing.
Let’s talk about research, internships and student opportunities.
Let’s talk about what a Clemson partnership with Greenville Pickens Speedway could look like.
Because if Clemson believes in automotive innovation, hands-on education, motorsports and strengthening the Upstate community, I cannot think of a more natural opportunity than helping preserve Greenville Pickens Speedway.
I’ve spent three years fighting to get this track to this point.
Clemson, I’m asking you to help us get it across the finish line.
🐅 TIGER NATION — TAG CLEMSON. SHARE THIS. LET THEM KNOW SOUTH CAROLINA WANTS TO SEE THIS CONVERSATION HAPPEN. 🏁
