Nascar has an aviation department ?

 

Nascar jumped the shark after Sr died. They went WWE on the rulebook trying to get that party kid Jr to even get into the Chase, which they made specifically for the kid so he had some semblance of hope of going for/winning a championship during the second half of the season. Needless to say it didn't work until he got his stuff together here recently. In doing so they came up with a 10 car Chase nobody liked then they made it 12 cars. Then they came up with the Lucky Dog to get Jr back on the lead lap.

Now they can't quit following and talking about Danica Patrick who is one of the worst drivers on the track each week. It's pretty sad when year after year historic tracks like Bristol are 40% full. Not to mention the world has evolved over time and not many people have 4 hrs to watch a race on Saturday night or Sunday afternoon, nor do they have an entire weekend to waste at track.

 

Used to work at JQF...

There are team planes and owner planes, and some driver planes. The ones based out of JQF are:

Stewart-Haas: 2x CRJ-200
Joe Gibbs Racing/Hendricks: 3x Saab 2000's (each)
Penske: At least one CRJ -200
Robby Gordons team: Saab 340
A few more...

Smaller teams go in together and currently charter 2 Miami Air 737's. RCR has an EMB-120 for his team out of EXX (Lexington, NC). And as previously stated, Roush has 2x 727's based at CLT. The above mentioned are the planes that the crew members ride on, of course the owners and drivers have much swankier jets (gulfstream, citation, falcon, beech, etc). Obviously if you want any chance working for NASCAR its best to go to the Charlotte area and network like crazy. Good luck!

 

Hendrick's also has a new CL300 and a GV.

GF

 

Is one of these the replacement for JJ's Gulfstream that had the incident in EYW a while back with Mr Hendricks onboard?

 

99% of NASCAR team pilot jobs are filled by networking. I was offered one more than 15 yets ago because someone I knew who flew a different driver recommended me. The amount of time it takes between testing, races, PR events is incredible. In the end I decided it wasn't for me. Unfortunately, the driver is no longer with us.

As a side note, I currently work with former pilots for Earnhardt Sr and Robert Yates.

 

Gurl,
PM me with your questions. I have a friend that is Chief pilot for one of the teams and I interviewed a year ago with the entity you are interested in. The whole thing is a mixed bag. Some departments are forward thinking and operate according to SOPs - and are proactive about it - other are are lot more...well let's just say can't spell SOP. Remember the drivers "HAVE" to be there.

I would encourage you to read the accident report on the corporate crash:
http://www.ntsb.gov/doclib/reports/2009/AAR0901.pdf

Doing so is insightful about the corporate culture at the time.

 

The 300 replaces the G150 that was written off at KEYW.

GF

 

We are based out of SVH, we happened to manage a Bravo for a Team owner and get to talk/deal with a lot of the other pilots during the waits at the races. It's tricky to get into those gigs but not impossible. Not sure about the NASCAR Corporation but plenty of Teams and Owners do it themselves...if you fly a Drover himself you do get some of the "I have to be there"

 

Just gently explain to the driver that mountains don't have SAFER barriers...