NASCAR Pit Crew Person

For most people, making a “pit stop” means pulling over on a long road trip to use the restroom and load up on snacks. For NASCAR Drivers, however, a pit stop is a seriously strategic racing reprieve that’s used for refueling, repairing, and refreshing the racecar on its way to victory.

As a NASCAR Pit Crew Person, you’re therefore a critical tool in the NASCAR Driver’s toolbox. Employed by a NASCAR team, which consists of an owner, Driver, sponsor, Engine Builder, and pit crew, among others — all committed to the same car — as a NASCAR Pit Crew Person, you’re a fast-moving Auto Mechanic who mans a pit stop along the racetrack and executes an assigned maintenance or repair task.

What, exactly, your assigned task is depends on which Pit Crew Person you are: the Crew Chief is the boss who tells every NASCAR Pit Crew Person what to do and how to do it; the Car Chief prepares the racecar for the race and makes sure it complies with all NASCAR standards, as well as the Crew Chief’s directions; the Jackman raises and lowers each side of the car so its tires can be changed; the Gas Man fills the car with gasoline; the Tire Changers change the front and rear tires; the Tire Carriers fetch and position the new tires; and the Seventh Man, or Utility, cleans the windshield and tends to the Driver.

No matter which Pit Crew Person you are, your goals are speed and accuracy. A critical cog in the racing machine, you’re a Surgeon who operates on racecars to make them better, faster, and stronger!