"So to see the sport come such a long way and get publicized the way it is now with Bubba Wallace, the pandemic and so on, now people are getting the opportunity to see there is diversity and more diversity. "When he first started, he tells us, he could count on one hand how many brothers he saw," McFadden said. McFadden said he's learned a lot from his veteran teammate. Kenyatta "Kap" Houston, a tire changer for Houff, has been involved with NASCAR for more than 15 years. The program has a 100 percent placement rate and drives approximately $2 million in salary.
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Some of the Chip Ganassi Racing athletes are also former NFL players and most of them graduated from the NASCAR Drive for Diversity Pit Crew Development Program, which boasts more than 55 graduates now working in NASCAR - including more than 25 at the NASCAR Cup Series level.
"(Viewers) will get an understanding and respect how we make our living." "You’ll see the hard work we put in but also how we live like everybody else," he said. McFadden said he hopes the docuseries showcases the day-to-day life they live, from preparation and practice, working out to stay ready for race day, the relationships they have with other pit members and teams, and even the life they live beyond the track with their families. He soon signed his first contract with Chip Ganassi Racing, and is now one of five African-American pit crew members who will be featured in NASCAR's upcoming docuseries "The Brotherhood of NASCAR." I was wowed by the business because I didn’t know much about NASCAR." He had a friend who worked for Chip Ganassi Racing so he decided to take a visit one day. McFadden was a linebacker with the Steelers, Raiders and Rams and in the CFL, but he didn’t know what to do after he hung up the cleats for good. "I switched from gas man to a jackman so this is going to be my first time as a jackman going over the wall, so I’m ready to get that first race out of the way so I can go ahead and get the butterflies out," McFadden said, laughing.
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