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 [...]
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Not Every Crew Guy Is Making $100K A Year
August 12th, 2009 
T.C. 
Posted in In the Shop, Over The Wall, The Business of NASCAR 
Tags: bonus, car chief, compensation, Crew Chief, crew member, Jason Myers, lawsuit, mechanic, pay, pit crew, Roush Fenway Racing, salary 
5 Comments »Southern Swing Allows Teams Chance To Catch Breath
May 17th, 2009 T.C. 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 [...]
Posted in In the Shop, Over The Wall Tags: charlotte, crew, Cup Series, Darlington, Lowes Motor Speedway, Nationwide Series, Richmond, Schedule, talladega 3 Comments »UPDATED: Things To Do In Charlotte During Race Weeks
May 10th, 2009 Journo 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. [...]
Posted in In the Shop, NASCAR News, Those Crazy Race Fans Tags: charlotte, coca cola 600, coke 600, ifavorite, pit crew challenge, race shops, Race weeks, things to do, tours 4 Comments »Final Thoughts on Truck Series Rule Changes
February 1st, 2009 T.C. In what appeared to be an eleventh hour decision, NASCAR announced last week that they were changing the pit stop rules for the Truck Series, but not to what we had previously reported. They will allow five guys over the wall, and will not allow fuel and tires on the same stop as we said. They [...]
Posted in In the Shop, NASCAR at the Track, NASCAR News, Over The Wall Tags: crew member, engine rule, hard cards, limit, Over The Wall, pit crew, pit stops, rule changes, Truck Series 16 Comments »It’s Zero Hour
January 25th, 2009 Journo As it stands right now there are only 13 days until the Budweiser Shootout and 20 days until the Daytona 500. That’s good news for all the fans anxiously waiting for the start of the season but for those who work in the sport this time means 12 hour days and six day work weeks. Go time is [...]
What Have You Done For Me Lately?
November 6th, 2008 T.C. NASCAR is a performance based business. I think (and hope) that this is a reality that everyone in the sport and around the sport should know and understand very well. All we have as employees in the sport is our performance, and in most cases our most recent performance, to go on. Let me explain [...]
Posted in In the Shop, Over The Wall, The Business of NASCAR Tags: crew member, employee, employment, job, performance No Comments »Tough Off-Season Ahead for Crew Guys
October 27th, 2008 T.C. I wrote a post a while back about the Silly Season for crew guys kicking off, and we are currently neck deep in it. For me personally, there may be a few opportunities to go somewhere else for next season, but as we move ever closer to Homestead, I’m starting to feel like maybe I [...]
Posted in In the Shop, Over The Wall, The Business of NASCAR Tags: crew, crew member, Economy, employment, job, off-season, pit crew, team 2 Comments »Hey, Nice Body…
October 6th, 2008 T.C. After a weekend of madness at Talladega, I wanted to clarify something and let our readers in on a little secret. Engines and horsepower are important, but success at the superspeedways all comes down to how good the sheetmetal is on your race vehicle. Aerodynamics are vital at high speed, and even though the importance [...]
Race Shops Revealed
August 28th, 2008 T.C. As race team employees, we’ve all seen them. You’ll be driving through Lakeside Business Park, down Highway 3, or out Derita Road and you get behind the Ford pickup with Texas tags that has a Dale Jr. sticker in one corner of the back window, and a Tony Stewart sticker in the other; and they’re [...]
Posted in In the Shop Tags: body shop, chassis, crew member, fabrication shop, lakeside, race fan, race shop, repair 3 Comments »Cheating is a Team Sport
August 18th, 2008 T.C. Here we go again. For those of you that don’t know, after the Nationwide Series race at Michigan on Saturday, the Joe Gibbs Racing Nationwide Series teams were discovered to have put magnets under the accelerators so NASCAR inspectors wouldn’t be able to get an accurate read on horsepower on the chassis dyno. If you’ll remember a [...]
Posted in In the Shop, NASCAR News Tags: Dave Rogers, David Poole, Jason Ratcliff, Joe Gibbs Racing, Nationwide Series, Toyota 22 Comments »