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SOLID CONNECTION; NASCAR Technical Institute opens doors.(Fan Guide)
Byline: CURT CAVIN
John Dodson was the son of a race-car driver, so when he graduated from his Winston-Salem high school, he had a path to pursue his dream.
Many other racing hopefuls haven't been so fortunate, much less connected. Dodson is trying to change that.
Dodson was one of the first employees of NASCAR Technical Institute, a division of Universal Technical Institute, a postgraduate school in Mooresville, North Carolina. He helped design a curriculum that would give students not only a foundation for working in the automotive industry but also the training to attract the attention of stock-car teams.
After six years of partnership with NASCAR, NTI has produced more than 400 entry-level hires. Dodson acknowledges that few students rise to the level of crew chief, but at least it's a time-tested path of opportunity. Simply put, a person's foot gets in the door.
"You have to have a connection in this sport, that's all there is to it,'' said Dodson, whose first job was at Richard Childress Racing, although he concedes he was nothing more than free help to the owner-driver. "When I came up, there was no school. Now you have to be educated if you're going to do this for a living.
"It's the same thing if you try to work on your own automobile. Once you realize you don't have the tools, you realize you have to have the training. Same thing with race cars.''
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