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DaSkinnyGuy
03-01-2010, 09:56 PM
Not many of you know who i truly am. Except a few i reconize each day. So heres my chance for you to understand what ive been doing. Doing all this while working 40 hours a week sometime overtime as much as 66 hours a week.

*graduated hopatcong high 2008

* graduated Nascar technical institute Nov 2009 good GPA, good attendence,directors honors list.

* Jan 4th,2010 i started Pit crew U this is not part of NTI it is a school in its own. Its a 8 week pit crew training class to find out if you have the althletic abilitly and mental ability to pursue a job as a pit crew member. ( Im attaching a video link below so you can further understand what the training program is).

http://www.5off5on.com/pit-crew-u/

*Sept 2006 I got the opportunity to go volunteer for a north busch series race at lime rock park in CT for joey mccarthy whos no longer around. I loved every second of it and knew this was a job for me. I was asked by the crew chief to come to CA for a race but being i was still in High school i couldnt take off.

* Sum it up im that much closer to a job as a tire changer either front or rear, tire carrier i could do with more practice but i have the body build of a changer and quickness. Im not tall enough for a jack man nor weigh enough the more ideal person for that is a 6'4" guy maybe 220lbs

*It could be anywhere from 6 months to a year of more training and hopefully by next season have a job on either an ARCA series team or a Camping world truck series team. These two series is where you start at and as you gain experience maybe a year to 3 years move up to the nation wide or sprint series. there is no particular team i want to work for anything in either the ARCA series or camping world truck series where ever there is the job.

~DaSkinnyGuy~

Whiplash Performance
03-01-2010, 10:07 PM
That's awesome dude! Good luck!
I always wanted to go to NTI but my parents refused to help me go that direction.

Tru2Chevy
03-01-2010, 10:13 PM
Congrats Man! I didn't realize that you had graduated from NTI already.

- Justin

69BirdX
03-01-2010, 10:27 PM
Congrats. I want pit passes

Frosty
03-01-2010, 10:49 PM
Best of luck man. :)

BigRocsFirebird
03-01-2010, 11:09 PM
very amazing matt. once again congrats dude! i'm driving down this summer

mtg6486
03-01-2010, 11:27 PM
good luck

79T/A
03-02-2010, 08:42 PM
Excellent to hear! Way to go!

T69SS
03-03-2010, 08:39 AM
Pretty awesome news! Good luck with everything, that sounds like a blast

88Z-Man
03-03-2010, 08:53 AM
Good deal Matt!! Congrates and good luck! I to was lucky enough to work on a pit crew for a few ARCA races and a Busch race in the 90's. Its a blast till Swervin' Ervinin' wipes out your car on lap 8 at Charlotte and you have trouble refulling for the rest of the race. :)

BurninrubberGT
03-03-2010, 08:55 AM
congrats man!!

Tsar
03-03-2010, 08:57 AM
Good luck!

Do those guys pull good money? How about F1 guys? And how much training and ass kissing do you need to do in order to get to F1? :lol: