FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE (Boogertown, North Carolina)
Earlier last week 52 Pickup Racing opened up its social media channels to questions for team member Todd Lefferts. Here’s three:
“Hi there. What do you do for 52 Pickup Racing?” —Tommy Parent, Radio Promotions Consultant (Geneva, Illinois)
“Well as the only full-time team member beyond the crew chief and driver, I do a little of everything. I’m the jack man at the track, I’m the lead engineer back at the shop, where I also schedule all the part-time guys, volunteers, and hangers-on. I also do a little marketing work on the side, and so far I’m the only one who’s figured out how to get the race shop toilet to stop running (you gotta jiggle the handle but stop the moment the water starts running). —Craig
“What’s it like working for a small, independent race team? How is it different from working for one of the bigger organizations?” —Sammi Alexander, College Student (Los Angeles, California)
“I spent a little time with Michael Waltrip Racing early in my career, and I gotta say its a very different experience. Here I might do over a dozen things in one day. At MWR my only responsibility was hair gel replenishment.” —Craig
“Is it confusing working for a team with fifty-two different co-owners?” —Manny Horn, Brewer (Bluefield, West Virginia)
“Oh, not really. Why there’s one of our team owners now. Its, uh, Jack…Jeff, no wait…Jerry, that’s it, Jerry…MacReady, right?” —Craig
QUOTES: “Uh, Craig, that’s John McLaughlin.” —T.B. Dee, driver of the 52 Pickup Racing Monday Cigarettes race car.
“Actually, it’s Jim.” —Jim McLaughlin, co-owner of 52 Pickup Racing.
ABOUT 52 PICKUP RACING: 52 Pickup Racing is NASCAR Cup’s newest race team. Based out of Boogertown North Carolina, the team employs up-and-coming driver T.B. Dee and will start introducing a name tag system around the shop.
For more information please visit the 52 Pickup Racing website at www.52pickupracing.com
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