On Thursday, March 28, NASCAR will be holding a pit crew combine for student-athletes at University of Miami. Approximately 10 student-athletes from the university will undergo a series of strength and conditioning tests in hopes of becoming a member of a NASCAR pit crew. The combine will be overseen by Phil Horton, who currently serves as the pit crew coach for NASCAR’s Drive for Diversity program. From this combine, three participants will be selected to move on to the regional combine in Charlotte on May 24.
The pit crew combine comes to Miami as part of NASCAR’s Drive for Diversity program, an initiative that aims to engage people of diverse racial and ethnic backgrounds in all facets of the sport, including pit crew, drivers and front office employees. The Drive for Diversity program already features two South Florida drivers, Southwest Ranches resident Ernie Francis Jr. and Homestead native Nick Sanchez.
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