The sleek blue 2023 Corvette Z06 eased around the Daytona 500 track in February, pacing the racers as they approached the green flag. Hunter Drake, PRA class of 2018, watched with pride that he hadn’t felt before. In his first year as a creative exterior designer at General Motors, Drake’s theme for the design of the pace car was chosen. The design featured a unique dot matrix fade created with the logos of the vehicles respective brands. It was a moment that was unfathomable to Drake not long ago.
This level of success so early in a career is unusual in the field. Drake said young designers, including himself, have much to learn from real-world experience so having his design chosen wasn’t something he expected.
