Bachelor Degree (B.A.) in Motorsport Management

Accelerate Your Success

There’s no state like North Carolina for motorsports, and there’s no college like the Abbey to prepare you for a thrilling career in this fast-paced industry. Your keen interest in racing as well as in marketing, finance, and other areas of business, will drive you toward success. The Abbey will lead the way, with foundational courses in business, leadership, sports law, and risk management; unmatched internships; and inspiring instructors who are well-connected in the industry. A BA in Motorsport Management from the Abbey can lead to careers in NASCAR, Formula One, and Roush, to name a few.

Possible career paths:

• Sponsor Relations
• Management
• Marketing
• Public Relations
• Logistics

Curriculum

Course Requirements

Lower-level courses to be completed prior to enrolling in any 300 level or higher Motorsport Management course:

• MM 200: History, Culture, and Philosophy of Motorsport
• MM 201: Introduction to Motorsports

Six (6) of the following:

• MM 320: Administration, Governance, and Policy in Motorsport
• MM 330: Motorsport Marketing
• MM 340: Motorsport Facility & Event Management
• MM 360: Motorsport Business and Finance
• MM 370: Public Relations & Media in Motorsport
• MM 399: Special Topics in Motorsport Management
• SM 310: Organizational Theory & Leadership in Sport
• SM 335: Social Media Management in Sport
• SM 350: Sport Law and Risk Management
• SM 370: Sport Broadcasting

Motorsport Management Senior Capstone courses:

• MM 410: Senior Seminar I Motorsport Sponsorship
• MM 411: Senior Seminar II Capstone Project & Portfolio
• MM 450: Internship (3-hour minimum)

Required business courses:

• EC 201: Introductory Economics I
• BU 265: Spreadsheet and Database Applications
• BU 315W: Business Communication

General Elective Courses (25-28 hours):

• A minor in Business and/or Digital Sports Media is highly advised.

*It is the student’s responsibility to verify that all degree requirements for graduation are fulfilled.

Internships Opportunities

In this major, you will have the opportunity to intern at hundreds of local businesses in the Charlotte area, putting your career on the fast track.

Abbey Motorsport students have gone to intern with many of the top names in North American Racing, including the Atlanta Motor Speedway, Charlotte Motor Speedway, Daytona International Speedway, DIRT, Earnhardt Ganassi Racing, NASCAR, NASCAR Foundation, NASCAR Hall of Fame, and many more. Our alumni are becoming leaders in the industry holding positions with NASCAR (Justin Swilling, Account Executive, Industry Services), the NASCAR Hall of Fame (Mike Laheta, see below), Chip Ganassi Racing (Andrew Mulhearn & Ian Moye), Jeff Gordon Inc. (Dan Guffey, see below) and RSM Motorsport (Paige French) to name a few. With our new Executive Director, Pat Wood focused on enhancing partnerships and adding new ones, the Motorsport Management degree is creating real-world business experiences that allow our students to take a giant leap in their careers.

Driving the business of racing

Ten years ago when racing legend Humpy Wheeler brought the idea for an academic program built around motorsport, newly minted President Dr. Bill Thierfelder was intrigued. A decade later the Belmont Abbey College Motorsport Management program has evolved from a field of concentration to a full degree major and has become a viable resource for the racing industry.

Home to more than 1,400 students

Belmont Abbey College is a small, Catholic, Benedictine liberal arts institution. We find our center in Jesus Christ and believe in the development of the whole person—in mind, body, and spirit.

Our mission is to provide an education that will enable our students to lead lives of integrity, succeed professionally, become responsible citizens, and be a blessing to themselves and others.

A 1,500 year old tradition

Founded in 1876 by Benedictine monks we continue to celebrate the 1,500-year-old Benedictine monastic tradition of prayer and learning. Though we are founded on our Catholic, Benedictine traditions we welcome a diverse body of students regardless of religious affiliation.

Experience Southern hospitality

Located just 10 miles west of Charlotte, NC, Belmont Abbey College is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The Abbey is the only Catholic college between northern Virginia and Florida.

We invite you to explore our website, visit our campus and join the Belmont Abbey College family.

2020 Best Southeastern colleges - the Princeton Review

The Cardinal Newman Society calls Belmont Abbey College one of the top Catholic colleges in America for faithfulness and affordability, and First Things Magazine recently named the Abbey America’s #1 “School on the Rise, Filled with Excitement.” In addition, we have received a “Top-Tier Ranking” by U.S. News and World Report and recently named “A best Southeastern College” by The Princeton Review.

Mission Statement

Our mission is to educate students in the liberal arts and sciences so that in all things God may be glorified. In this endeavor, we are guided by the Catholic intellectual tradition, the Apostolic Constitution Ex Corde Ecclesiae , and the Benedictine spirit of prayer and learning. Exemplifying Benedictine hospitality, we welcome a diverse body of students and provide them with an education that will enable them to lead lives of integrity, to succeed professionally, to become responsible citizens, and to be a blessing to themselves and to others.

Vision Statement

Belmont Abbey College finds its center in Jesus Christ. By his light, we grasp the true image and likeness of God which every human person is called to live out. We aim to renew that likeness in all dimensions of life for our students and members of our community through curricular and co-curricular programs of excellence and virtue-based in the liberal arts as practiced in the Catholic and Benedictine intellectual traditions.

By excellence and virtue, we mean the skills, attitudes, and stable dispositions of character that make possible the consistent practice of the good throughout the full range of human pursuits (scholarly, professional, community, personal). Recognizing that each field has its own standards of excellence, we strive to achieve them, led by St. Benedict’s desire “that in all things God may be glorified.”

As a Benedictine institution, we find this glory especially revealed in the development of the whole person, guided by the liberal arts, as a responsible steward of the true, the beautiful, and the good. We welcome the talents of everyone, from any background and tradition, who are committed to fostering that development and contributing to the mission of the college. To the members of the Belmont Abbey College community, we offer an environment and community animated by this vision where they may work towards their own full potential.