A Shortage Of Crew Members

When this year’s Indianapolis 500 field was stuck at 32 entries in April, there remained plenty of interest from team owners and drivers wanting to participate in the famed race. You can go to FedEx and make as good a money as being an IndyCar mechanic. Davis says his team has had to go to grassroots racing to find mechanics and train them to work on sports cars. Now, it’s tech companies and it’s all business-to-business relationships and they run race teams now like corporations. “There are not many other teams that can come and do one-offs like they used to in the past. Some of the mechanics don’t want the IndyCar grind anymore, so they prefer working on a Lights team or F2000 team. In the past, Foyt’s team has expanded to four entries at the Indianapolis 500.

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