On the mound today…the Fort Worth team! CCSWB heroes welcome the Recognition Roadtrip Bottle to Globe Life Field just outside Fort Worth on March 22, 2022. Globe Life Field, which opened in 2020, is the home stadium for the Texas Rangers MLB team, part of the American League West.
Play ball! The Recognition Roadtrip Bottle prepares to throw the first pitch on the pitcher’s mound of Globe Life Field on March 22, 2022. Fun fact: the distances from home plate to the outfield walls are designed to honor five former Texas Rangers players whose numbers have been retired by the club.
“Take me out to the ball game, take me out with the crowd!” Fort Worth heroes take over the stands with the Recognition Roadtrip Bottle at Globe Life Field on March 22, 2022. The stadium can seat more than 40,000 fans on seven seating levels.
Fort Worth hero Jesse Castro, Sales Execution Manager, loads the Recognition Roadtrip Bottle into its protective case for its trip to the next Fort Worth destination on March 22, 2022.
Fort Worth heroes arrive with the Recognition Roadtrip Bottle in the Fort Worth Stockyards on March 22, 2022. The Stockyards date back to the mid-1800s, when drovers trailed more than four million cattle through Fort Worth – which gave the city its nickname still used today: “Cowtown.”
Fort Worth heroes take the Recognition Roadtrip Bottle for a carriage ride through the Fort Worth Stockyards on March 22, 2022. At the height of WWI in 1917, the Stockyards served as the largest horse and mule market in the world, drawing military officers from Allied countries who purchased animals for the war effort.
Fort Worth heroes with the Recognition Roadtrip Bottle on a carriage ride through the Fort Worth Stockyards on March 22, 2022. In 1976, nearly thirty years after the decline of the Stockyards, the North Fort Worth Historical Society was founded to help restore key landmarks and traditions from the past. Today, the Stockyards has become one of the most popular tourist destinations in Texas.
The Recognition Roadtrip Bottle meets a Texas longhorn in the Fort Worth Stockyards on March 22, 2022. In honor of its history, the Stockyards still hosts the world’s only twice-daily cattle drive. Visitors can watch the cattle drive along the historic streets of downtown Fort Worth, where modern cowboys guide the cattle along East Exchange Avenue.
Fort Worth hero Cerita Carpenter, Business Manager, takes a ride on the Texas longhorn alongside the Recognition Roadtrip Bottle in the Stockyards on March 22, 2022.
Yeehaw! Fort Worth hero Joe Rios, Special Events Supervisor, takes a ride on the Texas longhorn alongside the Recognition Roadtrip Bottle in the Stockyards on March 22, 2022.
Fort Worth hero Brady Self, Distribution Manager, takes a ride with the Recognition Roadtrip Bottle and the Texas longhorn in the Stockyards on March 22, 2022.
The Recognition Roadtrip Bottle speeds over to Texas Motor Speedway, a Texas-sized speedway just outside Fort Worth that hosts NASCAR and Indycar races, as well as hundreds of other races and events throughout the year. The Texas Motor Speedway, known as “The Great American Speedway,” is the fastest track on the NASCAR circuit with speeds nearing 200 miles per hour.
Fort Worth and the Recognition Roadtrip Bottle meet Rob Ramage, the General Manager of Texas Motor Speedway, in its famed garage on March 22, 2022. Texas Motor Speedway boasts more than 44,000 square feet of garage space that visitors can enter when not in use to see retired vehicles or vehicles being repaired.
The Recognition Roadtrip Bottle meets the Mello Yello car in the garage at Texas Motor Speedway on March 22, 2022. Coca-Cola brands are popular at the races…each year, people drink enough Coca-Cola, Dasani water, coffee and hot chocolate to fill the 34,000-gallon Texas-shaped pool at the Lone Star Tower Clubhouse on the TMS property.
“Ladies, Gentlemen and, ahem, Bottles…Start your engines!” Fort Worth heroes prepare the Recognition Roadtrip Bottle in front of the grandstands for a race around Texas Motor Speedway on March 22, 2022. The front grandstand is constructed of 15,000 tons of steel and 2 million pounds of aluminum – enough to produce 61 million Coca-Cola cans!
“And the winner of the Recognition Roadtrip Race is…” The Recognition Roadtrip Bottle crosses the finish line of Texas Motor Speedway as Greg Artkop, Director of Communications, waves the checkered flags to signify the end of the race.
Everyone is a winner at CCSWB! Fort Worth heroes celebrate with the Recognition Roadtrip Bottle in Victory Lane at Texas Motor Speedway on March 22, 2022. Victory Lane marks the space where race winners celebrate a successful day by donning (what else?) cowboy hats surrounded by artificial flames and cheering fans.
Fort Worth heroes with the Recognition Roadtrip Bottle in Victory Lane at Texas Motor Speedway on March 22, 2022.
