06-27-2006, 01:45 PM
What's up MM,
I wasn't sure how this would pan out at first so I kept it quiet. Now that it's going well I thought I'd share. I still have my main job at WildWires, but I've found something pretty fun to do once or twice a month for roughly 6 days.
That's me in the Baklava holding the extinguisher:
![[Image: img_6219.jpg]](http://www.85xr.com/Events/GrandAm_4-22-2006/GrandAmRolexRace422232006/img_6219.jpg)
Blackforest Motorsports has brought me on for the rest of the season to crew with them as they campaign their five Mustang FR500C's in the Grand Am Cup races. That pic was at VIR and since then I've been to LimeRock and just got back from Mid-Ohio. That was my first race so I got all the newbie jobs (like being the E-man) but now that I've been with them I get cooler jobs. It looks like my roll on pits for now is jack man. On the paddock I do everything from pad changes to an engine swap last week. It's fun to work on $130,000.00 race cars with pro race mechanics. I can hold my own on the mechanics so they let me have quite a bit of freedom. The most frustrating part is working with people that refer to one type of tool by five different names, or they give you conflicting requests.
I think what I enjoy most is the atmosphere of the Rolex/GrandAm series. The owner is good to discuss strategy with me as well as let me tag along to some meetings and such. I enjoy the business side more anyhow. I also get to converse with the Ford engineers that support the program.
It's exhausting and there's no way I could crew 365 days/year, but once/twice a month for 6 days is pretty darn cool.
For those of you interested, the VIR 12 hour is the final event of the season. Look up some teams and shoot them an email to see if they need help. They just might!
Just wanted to share.
Pete
I wasn't sure how this would pan out at first so I kept it quiet. Now that it's going well I thought I'd share. I still have my main job at WildWires, but I've found something pretty fun to do once or twice a month for roughly 6 days.
That's me in the Baklava holding the extinguisher:
Blackforest Motorsports has brought me on for the rest of the season to crew with them as they campaign their five Mustang FR500C's in the Grand Am Cup races. That pic was at VIR and since then I've been to LimeRock and just got back from Mid-Ohio. That was my first race so I got all the newbie jobs (like being the E-man) but now that I've been with them I get cooler jobs. It looks like my roll on pits for now is jack man. On the paddock I do everything from pad changes to an engine swap last week. It's fun to work on $130,000.00 race cars with pro race mechanics. I can hold my own on the mechanics so they let me have quite a bit of freedom. The most frustrating part is working with people that refer to one type of tool by five different names, or they give you conflicting requests.
I think what I enjoy most is the atmosphere of the Rolex/GrandAm series. The owner is good to discuss strategy with me as well as let me tag along to some meetings and such. I enjoy the business side more anyhow. I also get to converse with the Ford engineers that support the program.
It's exhausting and there's no way I could crew 365 days/year, but once/twice a month for 6 days is pretty darn cool.
For those of you interested, the VIR 12 hour is the final event of the season. Look up some teams and shoot them an email to see if they need help. They just might!
Just wanted to share.
Pete
http://www.85xr.com
1985 Merkur XR4Ti Track Car
2013 Ford F-150 FX4 Ecoboost
E46 BMW 330Ci Sport 5spd
1973 Honda CL125S
1985 Honda CX500
2013 Arctic Cat 700 ATV
2017 Onewheel +
1985 Merkur XR4Ti Track Car
2013 Ford F-150 FX4 Ecoboost
E46 BMW 330Ci Sport 5spd
1973 Honda CL125S
1985 Honda CX500
2013 Arctic Cat 700 ATV
2017 Onewheel +