NASA Mid-Atlantic

Thanks for your interest in working at a NASA Mid-Atlantic Event!

No matter what your experience or interest, we can use your help, and we always love to see a new face.
Please contact laura@nasaracing.net if you have questions about the below worker information.

Positions Available:

Grid: You may have a variety of responsibilities such as checking driver wristbands, tech stickers, placing cars in proper order, etc. May be issued radio and headset. There will be worker breaks and you must have permission of the chief if you need to vacate your spot at any other time.

Timing and Scoring: You will be present in timing and scoring for all race practices, race qualifying sessions, and races for all race groups. You will write down car numbers as they cross the finish line. This documentation provided by 3 people is the back-up system in case we had a computer failure for our timing system. Due to the fact that there is more free time built into the schedule for timing and scoring helpers, we generally ask those people to also help with Tech and Registration Friday evening or early Saturday morning. Sign up now! The T&S positions go quickly because our Chief of Timing & Scoring is undeniably the coolest guy at the track and a lot of fun to work with - and ladies, he is single...

Registration: Assist during registration hours of accepting entries, checking for duplicate car numbers, assisting with touring lap signup, handing out worker lunch tickets, etc.

Tech: Assist during tech hours with making sure drivers in tech lines have pre tech form completed, checking that racers have required NASA stickers, checking to make sure drivers have removed all personal belongings from car prior to being teched, etc.

Announcer: Making announcements for drivers to report to grid and other general announcements.

General Help: Given a variety of responsibilities such as making sure coolers are kept full with water, helping with party setup and trophies, helping with touring laps at lunch time, carrying supplies to timing and scoring or grid, etc.

Flagger: Must be trained. Communicates safety information to drivers from an assigned corner station. Is issued radio and headset.

General Info: For each full weekend worked, a worker earns 16 credits (8 per day) unless you are a trained corner flagger (see below for that info). To drive a weekend for free, you need 32 credits (or two full weekends). You do not have to have prior training to be a worker, but you must be 18.

You will be issued a worker logbook which you have the responsibility of maintaining. If you lose the book, you have lost your credits. You can transfer work credits to someone else. Please use your credits within 2 years and contact me prior to expiration if this is not possible.

CORNER FLAGGERS:
If you are a trained corner flagger, you will receive your choice of either $75 per day or worker credits. You should register 4 weeks in advance since we have to notify the tracks at that time of our contract needs.

Training: Throughout the year we offer training for corner flaggers. For your first weekend of training, you do not receive pay or credits but you are given lunch and dinner on Saturday.

For the second weekend when you continue to be paired with an experienced flagger, you can begin to be paid in either cash or credits. If you have a satisfactory performance for your first 2 weekends of training, you will be expected to be a solo flagger for your third and future events.

Events: To register to work an event, you may register online at the driver registration link provided on nasaracing.net, or you may e-mail Laura Cobetto at laura@nasaracing.net. Please include all your contact information with your e-mail.

Registrations are accepted on a first come, first serve basis, and we do have a limited number of regular worker positions.

Depending on our needs for the weekend, you will be assigned a position or you will be offered your choice. Many positions have a variety of responsibilities such as working in grid, in timing and scoring, in registration, in tech, helping with party, etc. If you are uncomfortable about working a particular job, please let Laura know.

You will be e-mailed 7 days prior to the event and given your schedule and responsibilities. If you cancel less than 5 days prior to an event, you may be put on probation and not allowed to work for a certain number of events. If you are a no-show and do not attempt to contact us in any way, we have the option to void previous work credits, shave your head, tar and feather you, etc.

All Workers are Officials, and we try when possible to provide tan Official shirts to all staff. If you use one of these shirts, please leave it with us on Sunday evening so that we can have it dry cleaned for the next event.

Workers receive 2 lunch tickets, and dinner and drinks are available on Friday and Saturday evening. We also keep the coolers filled at the Cobetto Trailer with water, and this is for all workers.

END OF EVENT:
At the conclusion of the event, you must have the Chief of your specialty sign off on your logbook. If you work two different specialties (Grid on Saturday and T&S on Sunday), you must have the Grid Chief sign off on Saturday and the T&S Chief sign off on Sunday.
You must ask the Chiefs to sign off on your logbook by Sunday evening of that event, and that is your responsibility. If you do not have your logbook signed, you may not receive credits.

To use your credits: You must mail your logbook in advance to Laura Cobetto. Please keep in mind that HPDE 1 and HPDE 2 can fill up 4-5 weeks prior to an event, so you will want to notify us ASAP if you want to drive a particular weekend.
When I receive your worker logbook I will mark off your credits and return the book to you.

We do appreciate your hard work at our events, and we wouldn't be where we are today without the help of all our enthusiastic Officials! Thanks for coming out to play with us!

Please e-mail me at laura@nasaracing.net with any questions you may have or to register for an upcoming event.

Laura Cobetto, Event Planner
NASA Mid-Atlantic
4225 Vauxhall Rd
Richmond, VA 23234