2007-02-27 22:54:57 · 6 answers · asked by iamlgnd 4 in Sports ➔ Auto Racing ➔ Other - Auto Racing
Sure they are risking their lives. All the money made in the race gets split up amongest everyone, just the owner of the car and the driver get the most.
2007-02-27 22:58:14 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 3⤋
yes they make good wages. after all without them the drivers could not win. wages are more competitive today than in the past.following are some direct facts:)-
"Like so many other aspects of stock-car racing, the pit crew of the 21st century has jettisoned its good-ol'-boy image in favor of rigorous, high-tech specialization and training. What once was the province of guys in overalls tossing tires and gasoline while a cigarette dangled from their mouths has become a well-oiled operation dominated by physical-fitness regimens, nutritionists, and detailed analysis."
"As Sunday's Daytona 500 launches a new NASCAR season, the value of those working on pit road has never been greater. How valuable? Enough to earn as much as $100,000 or more annually and to have been awarded with a new nationally televised pit-crew competition - staged before thousands of fans in a North Carolina basketball arena - last year."
"It's gone from 22 seconds [per stop] down to almost 12 doing the same job," says Mark Martin, a NASCAR star entering his 25th season on the circuit. "It's changed a lot. A lot more emphasis has gone into it - there was no practice before, no physical routine, no studying videotape to analyze it, and no pit-crew coaches."
2007-02-28 13:15:03 · answer #2 · answered by katlady927 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
well most teams do pay their pit crews well, but like in the case of Kirk Sheldermine, sheesh don't know I spelled that right, in any case I knew his gas man personally and he made 250 a weekend plus lodging and airfare for each race weekend, for him wasn't the love of money, was the love of the sport.
2007-02-28 15:01:01 · answer #3 · answered by michael_54550 4 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Most make enough to support themselves and thats it. They do it because it is what they love doing. It is there lifestyle. The fringe benifits are the only valuable thing in the deal.
2007-02-28 13:05:51 · answer #4 · answered by Oatmeal 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It depends on the circut
2007-02-28 18:48:10 · answer #5 · answered by allstar-quarterback 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
not as much as you'd think. it's a lifestyle for them, not a check.
2007-02-28 12:14:31 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋