NASCAR events are a big stimulus to the Charlotte, North Carolina economy. Without a doubt, the most famous NASCAR promoter of all time is the Charlotte and NASCAR legend H. A. “Humpy” Wheeler. Now, Jay Howard, a former gopher of Wheeler, has taken the reigns for all of NASCAR’s biggest on track and off track events.
While a freshman in college in 1981, Howard became Wheeler’s gopher for the next four years during the race weeks in Charlotte. The following three years Howard worked for Charlotte Motor Speedway full-time.
Howard moved on to PRN for three years, and in 1987 while managing their entertainment and pre-race shows, he started his own promotions company. In 1995 JHE Production Group, Inc. hired its first employee. - Full Story by Jesse Medford
