Hunter receives lifetime achievement award
By SceneDaily Staff Report
Tuesday, December 11, 2007
The International Conference on Sport and Entertainment Business has presented NASCAR Vice President Jim Hunter with its Lifetime Achievement in Sport and Entertainment Award.
Hunter, the vice president of corporate communications/regional touring/NASCAR Dodge Weekly Series, has worked in the motorsports industry since 1968. He previously was president of Darlington Raceway. He also served as sports editor for The State newspaper in Columbia, S.C., and a writer for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. He has also written books on stock-car racing, University of South Carolina football and youth league football. He attended the University of South Carolina, where he was a three-year letterman in football and a two-year letterman in baseball.
"Jim Hunter exemplifies a world-class 'Carolina' gentleman whose career has produced a passion for NASCAR, love of family, respect of colleagues and friends with a humbleness that should be a model for us all," said Dr. Tom Regan of the Department of Sport and Entertainment Management.
The Lifetime Achievement in Sport and Entertainment Award recognizes an industry veteran for achievements of lasting impact over a number of years in the fields of sport, entertainment or venue management. He or she embodies the professionalism, commitment to excellence and business savvy that has propelled sport, entertainment or venue management to become a key industry in the 21st century.
