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Rockingham Speedway
Role Videographer · Photographer · Editor
Category Brand Campaign · NASCAR
Client Rockingham Speedway
Year 2024 – 2025
Overview

Rockingham Speedway hadn't seen NASCAR in over a decade. Brought in alongside business partner Ian Gillen to build the visual case for its revival — documenting the rebuild through track events, open houses, and investor showcases. The work wasn't just promotional, it was instrumental. By Spring 2025, the owner had secured a NASCAR contract and The Rock was back.

Videographer: Carl Essa Jr & Ian Gillen Photographer: Carl Essa Jr Editor: Carl Essa Jr & Ian Gillen
NASCAR Xfinity 2025 2025
About

After years of collecting dust, we assisted in the revival of Rockingham Speedway. Through developing target marketing and high-impact media that worked its image for NASCAR's return — this is the film that documented the payoff. The Xfinity Series back at The Rock, exactly where it belongs.

NASCAR Returns to The Rock 2025
About

The same milestone, a different perspective. Ian Gillen's cut of the NASCAR Xfinity return — a complementary take on the event we both shot side by side. Two filmmakers, the same track, one historic moment captured two ways.

Track Events & Investor Promos 2024 – 2025
About

The campaign content that made the case. Open house events, investor showcases, and general track promos — all shot on-site as the rebuild progressed. Each video was built to show the right people what Rockingham was becoming, and why it was worth betting on.