The Job Fair

First off, I just want to thank everyone out there who has supported "The Hot Pass" store. It has been fun to find and offer the official gear, and I hope you have had fun recieving the items. They are unique pieces, and I hope everyone that wears the stuff to the track feels like a little more of a badass that they circumvented the merchandise trailers and gotten the good shit. I have some great items on deck, so keep your eyes peeled. If anyone has requests for specific teams or sizes, send me a note and I can try to track it down.

So, unless you are an athelete or have some anomaly of the job world, you have been to a job fair. When I was in college they used to beg and plead for us to go as it was billed as having life changing potential. They encouraged us to dress up as if we were going to an interview, and indeed most of the kids got dolled up like they were on the way to the prom. Usually these events were held in some aweful stuffy place like a gymnasium, so it was a bit of a trip to blast through the doors of the job fair and smell the sweat soaked floors yet see everyone all dressed up and trying to network. I never felt right at these events, and just to be a jerk I would go to the job fair in a ratty sweatshirt and filthy jeans, grab some free pencils, and then go and do some more homework.

Luckily for me, the "job fair" (ahem....Charlotte test) was in town this week, and I zinged over to the speedway to get some face time with some of the people I've been soliciting for jobs. This may seem a little weird or something the common fan might not think of, but tests at Charlotte are notorious for bringing out the job hunters. Whether you have been in the buisness and have gotten launched, or are trying to break into the buisness, it is primetime to get your face seen and your resume in the right hands.

It was the first time I've been around a moving Cup car in a while (Chicago Race) and it felt good to be in the middle of the circus again. At the tests, the teams use both the Cup garage and the Nationwide garage. The top teams in points use the Cup garage, and the scrubs use the Nationwide garage. It doesn't mean anything really, but naturally I went into the Cup garage first. I stayed at the test for about an hour and a half and talked to a bunch of people and got a few more leads, so it was good.

I talked to the old boss RG too. He was quite excited about the new engines this week, so maybe he'll go and grab another decent finish.

Kansas is a bit of an anomoly. With Homestead, it is the one of the circuits that is visited only during the chase. The configuration and banking of the track are similar to Chicago, so it is not as if the crew chiefs and engineers are flying blind going there. Cars that have been running good at mile and half tracks all year should be just fine this week. I would expect to see 8-10 of the top spots held by chasers at the end of the day. Obviously it will be crucial for Robby to outrun the 00 and the 77 this week so as not to have to qualify on time for Talladega.

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Comment by Lance on September 29, 2008 at 8:56pm: Thanks for the posts. Good luck finding work!

Comment by Billy on September 28, 2008 at 6:52pm: Jeremy, Thank You for answering a question I asked about the use of the "flat jack" way back when on the Uprising. I never got to thank you before it was off the internet, Good Luck , Billy

Comment by WJM on September 28, 2008 at 12:27pm: Sage advice, Fly. That's why I left Cosworth. 80 hour week + travel = No Life.

"When work is a pleasure, life is a joy! When work is a duty, life is slavery." - Maxim Gorky

Comment by FlyHiFlyLo on September 27, 2008 at 1:32pm: Hey big dawg, have you tried a normal 9-5 engineering job search... I too love motorsport and cars in general. While I was a designer for BMW and Audi I was "living a dream". However the 60 hour work weeks and spurts of working 48-72hours strait took my 60K salery into a 19 dollar an hour meat grinder. I love my carrer now... 35-45 hours a week and 100K plus. I had to re-fall in love with cars over time. But now I really love my job using my brains and talent day to day with steady results and continous victories of a differnet type but equally satisfy my brain. And guess what? I got an equal ammount of my time and my employer's time.

Work to live bro. Don't live to work. At the end of the day... Whatever we accoplish while being paid by someone else will never be ours. Time of our own should be what we work for in life. Because, time is one thing you can't buy. It must be made.

Keep up the the good fight bro.

Comment by Mike Kenyon on September 26, 2008 at 3:51pm: Thanks for the posts,I enjoy reading them.May luck be with you on finding a great job.Mike

Comment by Sarah on September 26, 2008 at 3:10pm: Good luck on the job search. Fingers and toes crossed as I like to say!

Comment by Racingwench on September 26, 2008 at 2:54pm: I love your blog. Keep up the good work.
Here's hoping that your search brings you what you are looking for.

Comment by Turtle7 on September 25, 2008 at 9:39pm: I hope the job search went well and you get a few bites. Your point about 'dega is important as we know this year's RGM plate car sucks up great in the draft but out of the draft, it isn't a great qualifier.