Lowes Motor Speedway in Charlotte and the NASCAR Coca Cola 600 and Fox Sports played host to the newest industry initiative undertaken by the Sports Video Group and its member and sponsor partners: exposing college students to the world of sports broadcasting and engineering.

The day-long event took place on May 24 and allowed 25 college students from Wake Forest, North Carolina State, Appalachian State and other schools to get a behind-the-scenes tour of the massive NASCAR broadcast compound that is home to Fox Sports, ESPN, Speed, DirecTV, and NASCAR Images and features production trucks from NEP, Game Creek and others.

Michael Davies, Fox Sports director of field operations, put together the intensive program that was highlighted by a complete tour of the broadcast compound. "Fox Sports has always been a strong advocate of students being our future," says Davies. "And the more students we can affect and expose to the industry the better off this industry will be in terms of finding new people to do the jobs tomorrow."

Students also had a chance for hands-on EVS training as Bexel brought in rental equipment for the students to use. Robert Nudo, one of Bexel's two VP's and Chief Marketing Officer, was on hand. "This is a great experience for the students and we are very pleased to be a part of it," he says. "I could see it in their faces: they were seeing behind-the-scenes tools and technologies that could surely guide their future career choices."