Also called: Pit Crew Member
Builds, tunes, and fixes race cars, and may work on the pit crew.
You rebuild a transmission overnight, change setups between practice runs, and jump over the wall on race day for a lightning-fast pit stop.
Top-series crew members earn far more; lower series pay less.
Approximate: anchored on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for a broader job group.
Certificate, about 2 years after high school. Motorsports technology program; many start as volunteers on local race teams.
Ways in: Trade school, On-the-job training. Training cost: $15k – $60k.
Majors to look at: Motorsports Technology, Automotive Technology.
Growing about average. No separate BLS projection for this specialty; rating is an estimate based on industry trends.
Low risk for 10 years. Data engineers use AI on telemetry, but building, tuning and fixing race cars in the pits stays hands-on.
Classes: Auto shop CTE, Physics, Machine shop or welding.
Official data: O*NET occupation 49-3023.
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