Command and General Staff College Foundation News Spring 2022 - 29

NASCAR driver Carl Edwards headlines
Foundation event at Kansas Speedway
Story and photos by Mark H. Wiggins, Managing Editor
The CGSC Foundation hosted a fundraiser at the Kansas
Speedway on April 15, 2022. Kansas Speedway President
Pat Warren, who is also a member of the CGSC Foundation
Board of Trustees, was the co-host of the event along with
Foundation Chairman Bryan Wampler, President/CEO Rod
Cox and Director of Operations Lora Morgan.
Cox and Warren welcomed all the attendees and Warren
spoke to the group about the track and a bit of its history.
After the welcome, ticket holders at the event had the
opportunity to drive laps around the speedway, ride in the
pace car and mingle at the reception. As part of their ticket
purchase everyone also received tickets
to the NASCAR race at Kansas
Speedway on May 15.
The special guest for the
day was Carl Edwards, a
renown NASCAR driver
from Columbia, Missouri.
When he arrived at the
event Edwards volunteered
to drive the pace car and guests
were all delighted to be taken around the
track by a professional driver. During the laps around the
track Edwards explained how drivers followed certain lines
to get the most speed and also demonstrated how to enter
the pit lane and a pit stall with each group of passengers.
After Edwards drove his last group of passengers around
in the pace car, he met up with the crowd and signed
autographs and took photos with everyone. Foundation
President/CEO Rod Cox presented him with a Foundation
coin. Edwards thanked Cox and thanked the attendees
who were mostly veterans and others with ties to Fort
Leavenworth and the Command and General Staff College.
" [Earlier] today we took a group over to the Churchill
Museum in Fulton, Missouri, " Edwards said. " It's timely
because as we went through there we all kind of understood
what Churchill did and how important his stand was,
his understanding of the bigger picture at a time in our
history. It really makes me appreciate what you guys do. -
Training people to see the big picture, to understand what's
happening, how to lead people, lead them in the right
direction for a great outcome. Thank you for doing that. It's
an honor to be in your presence. "
Read the article online and watch the video of Edwards remarks,
plus get links to all the photos of the reception and attendees driving on the track:
https://www.cgscfoundation.org/nascar-driver-carl-edwards-headlines-foundation-event-at-kansas-speedway
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NASCAR driver
Carl Edwards
having a fun
time as the
volunteer pace
car driver
giving rides
to attendees
at the CGSC
Foundation
fundraising
event at
the Kansas
Speedway on
April 15, 2022.
Rodney Morris, assistant professor
in CGSC's Department of Distance
Education, revels in the moment as
he takes laps around the track in
his Porsche Boxter-S with Paige Cox,
daughter of Foundation President/CEO
Rod Cox .
Kansas
Speedway
President Pat
Warren, left,
and CGSC
Foundation
President/
CEO Rod Cox
welcome
attendees.
NASCAR driver
Carl Edwards
autographs
hats for a
family during
the CGSC
Foundation
fundraising
event at
the Kansas
Speedway on
April 15, 2022.

https://www.cgscfoundation.org/nascar-driver-carl-edwards-headlines-foundation-event-at-kansas-speedway http://www.cgscfoundation.org

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