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 [...]
Posts Tagged ‘employment’
A NASCAR Career Isn’t For Everyone
April 5th, 2010 
T.C. 
Posted in Getting a Job in NASCAR, In the Shop, Over The Wall 
Tags: career, employment, job, NASCAR, Patrick Reynolds 
9 Comments »Wait, You Do What For A Living?
March 24th, 2010 T.C. In case you don’t know what I do, I will take this opportunity to tell you. I’m on pit road every weekend changing tires for one of the many NASCAR teams. If you’ve watched a race live or seen one on TV, you have no doubt seen me work. You probably didn’t know it, but I [...]
Ask The Insiders Wednesday #64
March 2nd, 2010 T.C. The Nationwide Series gets its first off week of the year, while the Truck and Cup Series head to Atlanta this weekend. It’s only midweek though, and that means another round of reader questions and answers. If you don’t know what this post is, we answer any and all reader questions every Wednesday, right here. So if you’ve [...]
Posted in Ask the Insiders Tags: A.J. Allmendinger, Daytona, employment, fatback mcswain, jeff burton, NASCAR, pit box, ryan newman, spoiler, tv, wind tunnel 6 Comments »Sometimes You’ve Got To Make A Move
February 11th, 2010 T.C. 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 [...]
Posted in Getting a Job in NASCAR, In the Shop, Over The Wall Tags: decision, employment, job, reputation, team, Tire Changer, turnover 6 Comments »It’s Worth a Shot
December 2nd, 2008 Journo Humpy Wheeler along with the North Carolina Motorsports Association have created what they are calling the “Motorsports Employment Task Force” to help keep some of the presently displaced NASCAR workforce in North Carolina. The committee met for the first time last week with representatives from a wide range of academic, governmental, and trade groups. They discussed different ways they could [...]
The NASCAR Life: The Off-Season Update
November 24th, 2008 Journo A couple of months ago I wrote a post for “The NASCAR Life” series talking about the off season. The trials, the tribulations and the plain hard work that continues past the final race of the season. Since then of course things have changed quite dramatically. The economy is in the worst shape it has [...]
Posted in The NASCAR Life Tags: business, Economy, employment, getting a job, job, jobs, NASCAR, nascar business, NASCAR Jobs, off-season, Testing 2 Comments »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 »