Student project to race around province this summer

A winning design by St. Clair students will be hitting the road this summer when it’s wrapped on a race car – CTV Windsor’s Bob Bellacicco reports.

A student project will be on display at racetracks across Ontario during the upcoming race car season.

Jacob Wright, a graphic design student at St. Clair College, won a challenge and his design will adorn Nathaniel Greenaway’s stock car this season.

“Just blown away. I’ll be honest. I’ll just I didn’t expect it. I could do that for him.” Wright told CTV News.

The wrap was part of a one-day project. Greenaway was in class to share his story, military background and what he was hoping for.

Students had until 4 p.m. to submit their ideas.

“Real reality check timelines, deadlines and so this project was just a fantastic fit for all parties. I don’t know what’s underneath that car wrap,” said graphic design professor Nick Kuipers.

Neither did the students. Friday’s build up was palpable as students gathered to see which of the 26 submissions won.

Creating a project on a computer was the task, but seeing it in real life was an experience for Wright. Better than that was the reaction he saw from Greenaway.

“I was really happy for Greenaway,” Wright said. “Giving them a product that they were happy to represent the rest of the season. That was my main goal out of it.”

Greenaway said their top five submissions were strong, but Wright’s design popped.

“The pictures did not do this justice at all,” Wright said. “In person, it just looks way more incredible and to have the student riding along with us all season long is going to be awesome.”

Wright will be riding with Greenaway, in spirit, as his design will make a lot of left turns at tracks across the province as part of the Ontario Sportsmen Series.

“The element I like the most is the white digital camo. It really, really pops. We get to tie in a lot of the military guys that’ll show up and a lot of the guys with veteran history so for us, it gives us that link and connection with them as well,” said Greenaway.

Kyle Walton, co-owner of Rogue Meat Company, is excited for Greenaway’s season, “Super pumped. We’re sponsoring Nate Greenaway right now, Greenaway racing and we can’t wait to see how the season goes.”

The season opener is May 16 at Delaware Speedway, near London.