Great News

Right now I am really stressed out with all of the exams and projects I have to work on within the next week until they are due. But, I am beginning to get good at managing my time wisely. I'm just going to be extremely relieved once everything is all done and over with!

I had a meeting with a man from Stafford Motor Speedway, a racetrack in Stafford Springs, Connecticut that I have raced at for several years. He said he would like me to race his car this coming season! This is a really great opportunity seeing as I have been absent from the racing world for about a year now, focusing on school, learning about sponsorship, and trying to gain some knowledge on where to go from where I had left off. Stafford Speedway has a lot of people who follow the buzz within the raceway. By this I mean, it is a great place to build awareness that I will be returning to racing. If you're wondering more about how I started racing and what I race exactly, you can visit my webpage - which I have to admit, hasn't been touched in about a year and a half, but I plan on revisiting the editing process very soon. There is a bunch of information on my racing career at http://www.laurencooperracing.com/.

Bill, the man who is interested in having me race his car is an awesome man. He claims he had been asking around Stafford where I'd been and why I wasn't racing. Everyone had come to the conclusion that the funding for me to race just wasn't there anymore. He saw some talent in me that he'd like to take advantage of. I am more than willing to work with him this coming season and race as much as I can. Stafford Speedway races on Friday nights, unless there is a special weekend such as Spring Sizzler (opening weekend) or Fall Final (closing weekend) in which we race Friday thru Sunday. For more information on Strafford Speedway and how you can come watch me race, go to http://www.staffordmotorspeedway.com/.

I will definitely be updating you on what is going on with Bill and how the racecar is looking for the 2012 season.

First Blog Ever!

I must say, I was the type to admit blogging was something I'd never take part in. But with the continuous increasing rates of use among corporations, small businesses, employees, students, professors, and many others I can see it has the same social media effects as Facebook and Twitter. Blogging is essential in the marketing world. People can have access to quick information on a specific topic or business they'd like to learn more about. It's sometimes easier for a consumer of a product to go read blogs written on products or related brands of a product, even corporations employees blogging about the the ins and outs of the business they work for without all of the extra information that could be placed on a website. After being introduced to a blog, someone may spark interest in the organization that was blogged about, thus leading them to possibly visit their website and in turn creating an even more populated media market for that particular product or company.

I can now welcome myself into the blogging world with confidence that this can bring me great knowledge amongst this end of the social network. I am very familiar with LinkedIn, Twitter, and Facebook which are also great social networking sites that I have a background with regarding that spectrum of marketing.

This blog will be based on day to day experiences that we all can relate to as well as some information on marketing that I'll be obtaining from courses I'm enrolled in at Western Connecticut State University. I will also be posting some up-to-date information on how my racing career is going.

This is a picture of the racecar I drive, it is an SK Light Modified and can be raced at Thompson Speedway, Waterford Speedway, or Stafford Motor Speedway (all located in Connecticut).

The #25 car was mine about 2 years ago, but my family sold it because we couldn't supply the expensive funding it requres any longer.

I'm excited to have a blog because it is somewhere I can post my thoughts, ideas, and updated status on racing for those who are interested. It can really help me out in the future!