_____ ---------------- MIT Industrial Performance Center Presentation on the NASCAR Motorsports Industry Open to the MIT Community >From Junior Johnson to Jimmy Johnson, from craftsmanship to FEA, CFD and advanced manufacturing, there is much more to NASCAR motorsports than it seems: 60 years of technology history, high-performance teams, high-performance engineering, an innovation-intensive multi-billion dollar industry, 450 businesses and ~18,000 jobs clustered in the "Motorsports Valley" around Charlotte, NC, and much more. The World of NASCAR Motorsports Speaker: Andy Papathanassiou Executive Director of the North Carolina Motorsports Association Date: Tuesday, September 18th Time: 12-1pm Location: E51-372 About the speaker: A highly-successful three-sport athlete through his years as a bachelor's in Economics and master's in Organizational Behavior student at Stanford University, Andy Papashanassiou has been involved in NASCAR motorsports since 1991. Two months after sneaking into the garage area and volunteering for a team on race day at the Infineon Raceway in Sonoma, CA, Andy moved to Charlotte and started work as a garage hand for several years in various NASCAR crews. He detected an opportunity to organize the work of pit crews and in 1992 he was offered a job with Hendrick Motorsports as the first ever pit crew coach for the newly formed Dupont race team, driven by Jeff Gordon. Andy's pioneering efforts to build strength, coordination and improve the timing of pit crews helped Hendrick Motorsports teams win the 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2001 and 2006 NASCAR Nextel Cup Championships, and became a standard procedure throughout the industry. Today, Andy continues as the Pit Crew Coordinator for all of Hendrick Motorsports, which has 560 full-time employees including pilots, mechanics, engineers, business and administrative staffs. From 2000-2006 Andy was the company's Personnel Director where he worked with contracts, bonus programs, HR, safety & compliance, employee and driver development. In 2006 Andy was elected as Executive Director of the North Carolina Motorsports Association (NCMA). In that role he is involved in public policy, workforce development and other events benefiting the 5.9 billion dollar North Carolina Motorsports industry. For more information contact Dr. Carlos Martinez-Vela, [EMAIL PROTECTED], 617-253-7871. ----------------
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