PIT

UNCC offers summer camps to interested students that specialize in different career fields.

The UNCC Medcamp class toured PIT to learn how Athletic Trainers have become a valuable part of today’s NASCAR teams, and see live demonstration pit stops up close!

On June 14th, SPEED Channel’s camera crew used PIT’s state-of-the-art facility as a shooting ground for an upcoming series on the Chevrolet Corvette.

Twenty-five maintenance personnel from the USAF Dover Base attended PIT’s two day Team Building program on June 1-2.

The first day consisted of a theatre presentation in the morning and pit crew experience in the afternoon. A breakdown of their experience and a tour of Michael Waltrip Racing took place on the second day.

PIT held its second annual Open House on Wednesday, May 25th, 2011. Approximately 200 people stopped by to enjoy the evening’s activities.

Special thanks to Jeff Hammond, Timothy Peters and Miguel Paludo who spent the evening signing autographs and talking with fans.

We’d also like to thank Mark Pardue with Apex Tools Group for having the awesome displays setup, Red Horse Racing for the sheetmetal for the raffle, Sports Page for supplying the food the Monster Energy team for the samples and 103.7 WSOC!

Performance Instruction & Training (PIT) is hosting its Second Annual Open House on Wednesday May 25th, 2011. The open house will take place from 6:00 - 9:00pm at PIT’s five acre campus in Mooresville, NC.

During the Open House, you will get to tour PIT’s 35,000 square foot facility which includes a ¼ mile race track, six pit stall pit road, fourteen show cars and trucks, a full fitness center, and more. Red Horse Racing (RHR) drivers Timothy Peters and Miguel Paludo, as well as FOX Analyst and six-time championship crew chief Jeff Hammond will be signing autographs from 6:30pm - 7:30pm. 103.7 WSOC FM will be on-site as well and will with free give-a-ways (free oil changes, other goodies, etc). Monster Energy Drink will also have a team on-site with free give-a-ways. In addition to all of the above mentioned activities, there will also be live demonstration pit stops throughout the evening. Sports Page, a local restaurant, will also be on-site with free food!

PIT is the home of Pit Crew U, the oldest and most successful pit crew training program in the nation. Since 2001, more than 900 students from 48 states and four countries have completed Pit Crew U and have become the most sought after athletes on pit road.

We hope you will be able to attend, as we’ve got a very exciting evening planned for all to enjoy. Please pass this information on to your students, so they can attend as well. Go to www.visitpit.com or look us up on Facebook at Pit Crew U / 5 Off 5 On Race Team Performance or Performance Instruction & Training (PIT) for more information about our program.

Thanks for your time, and we look forward to seeing you Wednesday, May 25th!

Tune into WSOC 103.7 for our live broadcast

February 16, 2011

A team of engineers from Borg Warner participated in an abbreviated version of PIT’s award winning Team Performance U program on February 16th, 2011.

After a brief theater presentation, the participants suited-up and hit pit road for their hands-on team building experience.

Discover how high-performance motorsports teams use lean principles through a one-of-a-kind combination of classroom presentation, discussion, hands-on learning activity, and site visits to a race shop utilizing lean concepts.

Class Dates:

• September 20-23, 2011

• October 11-12, 2011

Classes are held at our facility located in Mooresville, North Carolina.

Call today to register  (704) 799-3869