Comments on: So You Want to Work in NASCAR? Part Two http://www.thenascarinsiders.com/2008/06/29/so-you-want-to-work-in-nascar-part-two/ A blog by insiders for outsiders Thu, 09 Feb 2012 00:03:01 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Michele http://www.thenascarinsiders.com/2008/06/29/so-you-want-to-work-in-nascar-part-two/comment-page-1/#comment-15321 Michele Wed, 30 Sep 2009 22:34:54 +0000 http://www.thenascarinsiders.com/?p=103#comment-15321 So, while alot of this I kind of figured, what about someone that wants to do photography in motorsports? Any suggestions? So, while alot of this I kind of figured, what about someone that wants to do photography in motorsports? Any suggestions?

]]> By: Aaron http://www.thenascarinsiders.com/2008/06/29/so-you-want-to-work-in-nascar-part-two/comment-page-1/#comment-4617 Aaron Thu, 08 Jan 2009 06:11:56 +0000 http://www.thenascarinsiders.com/?p=103#comment-4617 I graduated from Nascar Technical Institute in August of 2007. The only students that actually get any help getting on a team through the school had to have at least a 3.7 gpa, which is usually the top 10 percent. At the time that I graduated they were only averaging 12 percent of those students actually getting jobs in some form of racing, and I mean SOME form. Most I knew went to a steel company that manufactured the tubing used to make the chassis. Some got lucky and got into engine teardowns. And the ones who got on teams had a few things in common: 1. they came from a racing background 2. they knew people My class started with 300 students of which 70 percent wanted to get into racing. When I graduated, forty other people graduated with me. Now some others were doing longer courses. But if its what you wanna do go for it, the one thing I learned, you have to wanna get into racing because you love racing, not because you want to make alot of money. I graduated from Nascar Technical Institute in August of 2007. The only students that actually get any help getting on a team through the school had to have at least a 3.7 gpa, which is usually the top 10 percent. At the time that I graduated they were only averaging 12 percent of those students actually getting jobs in some form of racing, and I mean SOME form. Most I knew went to a steel company that manufactured the tubing used to make the chassis. Some got lucky and got into engine teardowns. And the ones who got on teams had a few things in common:

1. they came from a racing background
2. they knew people

My class started with 300 students of which 70 percent wanted to get into racing. When I graduated, forty other people graduated with me. Now some others were doing longer courses. But if its what you wanna do go for it, the one thing I learned, you have to wanna get into racing because you love racing, not because you want to make alot of money.

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