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 [...]
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It’s Zero Hour
January 25th, 2009 
Journo Big Team vs. Small Team: Working in NASCAR’s Trenches
September 14th, 2008 Journo The great divide that separates businesses large and small in corporate America exists rather prominently within the world of motorsports. From differences in corporate governance to travel, working at either end of the size spectrum can be a very different experience. Let us first look at the average large team. Usually there are several vice presidents in [...]
So You Want to Work in NASCAR? Part Four
July 10th, 2008 Journo So we come to the end of the “So You Want to Work in NASCAR?” series. Throughout the last several posts I have discussed some of the ways for you to obtain (and not obtain) that coveted position in NASCAR. While these are certainly not the be all end all of ways to get a job [...]
So You Want to Work in NASCAR? Part Three
July 3rd, 2008 Journo I do not know if you have noticed, but a common theme has begun to emerge in these posts. Contacts and relationships are vital to success within the sport. I know, I know, that is true other places too, but in NASCAR without that contact it is very difficult to even get your foot in the [...]
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1 Comment »So You Want to Work in NASCAR? Part Two
June 29th, 2008 Journo Over the last 10 years the billion dollar motorsports industry has spawned dozens of motorsports related schools and programs. All of them sell a chance at a career in NASCAR, but some have more success actually doing it than others. Perhaps one of the most prominent and well advertised NASCAR schools is Universal Technical Institute’s NASCAR [...]
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