The Official NASCAR Members Club (ONMC) will hold its inaugural national convention this week in Charlotte, with members from 34 different states coming together for the two-day event. Highlighting the ONMC’s first national convention is a kickoff awards celebration on Thursday night for hundreds of the club’s most avid members and their guests. The ONMC, a membership organization created early last year by the sport to recognize its most loyal fans, is kicking off the 2006 national convention on Thursday, May 18, with an awards celebration at the Charlotte Convention Center. NASCAR driver Kenny Wallace will host the event, with partners, tracks, champion drivers, teams and members being presented with various awards. On Friday, May 19, the ONMC will present workshops for local chapter presidents at Joe Gibbs Racing’s Huntersville, N.C. campus. Five workshops will hit on topics ranging from how to work with local businesses to how to organize charity events and manage NASCAR programs in their communities.
In addition to Thursday’s awards banquet and Friday’s workshops, ONMC members that attend the convention will also be given preferred seating and discounted ticket deals to Wednesday’s Pit Crew Challenge, Friday’s NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Quaker Steak & Lube 200 and Saturday’s NASCAR NEXTEL All-Star Challenge. The ONMC, which includes as charter members 15 legendary NASCAR Champions including Bobby Allison, Bill Elliott, Benny Parsons, Tony Stewart, Jeff Gordon and ONMC National Membership Chairman Richard Petty, currently has more than 1,100 local chapters across all 50 states. More info at nascar.com/members_club.(5-18-2006)
UPDATE: see a story on the convention at NASCAR.com: ONMC kicks off first national convention .(5-20-2006)
