Posts under ‘In the Shop’

In any sport, there is no success without chemistry.  A team must have it to work cohesively as a unit, towards a common goal.  A lack of it can destroy an organization.  NASCAR is no different.  And one major obstacle in building chemistry within a race team is finding a way to get the two major factions [...]

One of the most frequent questions asked of myself and Journo by readers, is how one can go about getting a job in racing.  In email responses and our many posts on the subject, we try to be as helpful as possible, while hopefully keeping people’s expectations realistic.  Racing, at the highest levels, is a very [...]

Working in racing is unlike anything I’ve ever done previously.  It seems like all the rules that apply to normal jobs and job searching are completely irrelevant.  Resumes aren’t as important as your reputation.  There are no job boards or websites.  Sometimes you can get hired without ever even meeting a crew chief.  What your past [...]

Amid all of the hub bub from last week’s Media Tour, it was announced that NASCAR was adding the drug policy to it’s rule book for each series.  The 2009 season was the first for a hard and fast policy against substance abuse for NASCAR, and needless to say, it didn’t go so well.  An [...]

After a nice (but brief) vacation, both myself and Journo are returning to action this week.  As Journo said last week, we are going to cut down our posting frequency during the off-season to a post for Monday, Ask The Insiders on Wednesday, a post for Friday, and the Saturday links post.  If something interesting pops [...]

After years of complaints from fans (and drivers for that matter) over the looks of the Cup Series COT, NASCAR undoubtedly didn’t want a repeat as they developed the Nationwide COT. This weekend we got our first glimpse of all four stickered up Nationwide COT’s. I don’t know how you feel about the cars, but [...]

This post may end up sounding self serving, but hear me out first.  I think it’s time that NASCAR and the media partners start putting more of the spotlight on the faces behind the drivers.  If the fans knew some of the people that work in the garage, shop, and on pit road every week, I think it [...]

Although that would be really nice, it just isn’t true.  There was a piece written by Dustin Long that came out on Monday that revealed some numbers about a specific crew member’s pay.  And while numbers like these are a reality for some, it certainly isn’t the standard. Former Roush Fenway Racing employee Jason Myers is suing [...]

This weekend’s Coke 600 at Charlotte marks the end of a five week southern swing of races.  The stretch included stops at Talladega, Richmond, Darlington, and Lowes; all being within about a six hour drive from Charlotte.  These races close to home allow the teams to regroup and prepare for the busy summer ahead. After this weekend’s [...]

Charlotte race weeks are quickly approaching and that means teams are opening their doors for fan appreciation days and drivers are signing autographs throughout the region. We here at TNI wanted to get all Charlotte bound fans prepared for the next two weeks, so we have compiled a list of events and things to do. [...]