Clemson Research Campus Will Make SC an Automotive and Motosports Research Hub
A 400-acre automotive research campus, to be developed by Clemson University, promises to make South Carolina a hub of the nation’s automotive and motorsports industry. (Read more here.)

Clemson Finalizes Location for Automotive Reserach Campus
Clemson University's private real estate foundation plans to purchase up to 250 acres of property at the intersection of I-85 and Laurens Road in Greenville, where the university will develop a research campus dedicated to automotive research. (Read more here.)

BMW, Clemson and the State Begin Historic Partnership
Clemson, BMW Manufacturing Corp. and S.C. Gov. Jim Hodges announced in late September a partnership to build an automotive engineering graduate education center in Upstate South Carolina. The center will provide research support and engineers with advanced degrees needed by BMW, its suppliers and the state’s growing automotive industry. (Read more here.)

Motorsports abroad
Don Rice, director of the Brooks Institute for Sports Science, was a speaker at the Britain-based Motorsport Industry Association’s (MIA) “America Day” in July. The event marked the launch of the association’s study into American motorsports, which MIA estimates to be a $16 billion-a-year industry. (Read more here.)