ISMA wants you to be a race official. (and swmbo said being a trackrat would never pay!)
ISMA wants you to be a race official. (and swmbo said being a trackrat would never pay!)
I wonder how much it does pay!
Tempting.
In reply to rustybugkiller:
Not sure, but doing an HPDE event at a track before working a race there becomes pre event research and tax deductible.
Pace car driver was in the description. That would be cool but also could be very boring.
In reply to dean1484:
The person who normally drives the pace car is the person who doesn't ask to and has the most radio experience
I flag at PDXs for WDCRSCCA. They give you a free track day if you volunteer three times. It's like getting paid $80/day, but no taxes.
In reply to snailmont5oh:
And a lunch ticket and shirt (shirt one per a year)
That's interesting as I've worked 7 IMSA races in the last few years and the only one I know that is paid is race control, stewards, and scrutineers. I know PCA and BMWCA pay the best. Typically $100-$110 a day. Track day clubs are about $80-$100 a day. Nascar is $50 a day. PWC, WEC, F1, MotoGP and IMSA are all volunteer for F&C locally. I mean you get a shirt, food, and usually a hat and some other things but nothing of substance. I have a closet full of COTA hats and F1 shirts.
In reply to captdownshift:
But they never have a 4x :(
As tech inspector at a local dirt track, years ago, I got paid $50 every Sat. night.
We hire a group called the PA Posse to flag our Pocono events. We control pit in / out, they man the work stations. Good group of people.
bmw88rider wrote: That's interesting as I've worked 7 IMSA races in the last few years and the only one I know that is paid is race control, stewards, and scrutineers. I know PCA and BMWCA pay the best. Typically $100-$110 a day. Track day clubs are about $80-$100 a day. Nascar is $50 a day. PWC, WEC, F1, MotoGP and IMSA are all volunteer for F&C locally. I mean you get a shirt, food, and usually a hat and some other things but nothing of substance. I have a closet full of COTA hats and F1 shirts.
Dang. That's better than I used to get from a 6 hour valet shift, but it's nearly twice as long, a haul to get there & back, and a long time in the bugs and the heat. Still, it seems like you would learn a lot doing it. If something's going wrong for me on track, I can usually get advice from the corner worker in that section on how to fix it.
Yeah, The money isn't great if you have to travel but if the track is local, you can make a little bit of extra spending money. I know the college kids love it in college station.
car39 wrote: We hire a group called the PA Posse to flag our Pocono events. We control pit in / out, they man the work stations. Good group of people.
How do you get some of the nation's top 410 sprint car drivers (who drive at and dominate Pennsylvania's dirt ovals) to flag at your events?
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