Is there money to be made by investing in a Nascar Team?
Read the following article.
Forbes ranks NASCAR teams’ value
June 21st, 2007
Forbes has released its annual ranking of NASCAR Nextel Cup teams based on value, and once more Roush Fenway Racing tops the list.
Until next time.
Doug
Thursday, June 21, 2007
Wednesday, June 20, 2007
Love Him Or Hate Him- Kurt Busch
I have admired the racing abilities of Kurt Busch since he came up into Nascar Nextel
Cup Series. His Series Championship proves he is a great driver.
Not to be overlooked is his personality and what he has done and how he comes across to the public. Young, aggressive and driven besides trying to please sponsors, the media and fans can explain some of the antics.
In the following article you can see another side that des not make the news or headlines.
Kurt Busch nearly perfect - at visiting souvenir trailer
I will be back soon.
Doug
Cup Series. His Series Championship proves he is a great driver.
Not to be overlooked is his personality and what he has done and how he comes across to the public. Young, aggressive and driven besides trying to please sponsors, the media and fans can explain some of the antics.
In the following article you can see another side that des not make the news or headlines.
Kurt Busch nearly perfect - at visiting souvenir trailer
Does Kurt Busch enjoy his fans? The numbers say he does.
I will be back soon.
Doug
Tuesday, May 8, 2007
Nascar Race Team Owners Blog
Hello everyone.
I am back on a regular bases and will share with you in the near future what has been going on behind the scenes and this blog.
For now, here is a blog with up to the hour postings on Nascar News.
Join Our Nascar Race Team
Enjoy
Doug
I am back on a regular bases and will share with you in the near future what has been going on behind the scenes and this blog.
For now, here is a blog with up to the hour postings on Nascar News.
Join Our Nascar Race Team
Enjoy
Doug
Monday, May 7, 2007
Teammates Johnson, Gordon switch places at top
May 7th, 2007
That's Racin' ranks the top 40 teams in the NASCAR Nextel Cup series following the Jim Stewart 400 at Richmond (Va.) International Raceway. (Rankings based on team performance and potential. Each team's previous ranking is in parentheses:)
That's Racin' ranks the top 40 teams in the NASCAR Nextel Cup series following the Jim Stewart 400 at Richmond (Va.) International Raceway. (Rankings based on team performance and potential. Each team's previous ranking is in parentheses:)
Sunday, May 6, 2007
Hendrick continues dominant season performance
May 6th, 2007
RICHMOND, Va. - Hendrick Motorsports did it again, turning in a 1-2-4 finish in the Nextel Cup race at Richmond International Raceway Sunday.
Click on the title link for more
Doug
RICHMOND, Va. - Hendrick Motorsports did it again, turning in a 1-2-4 finish in the Nextel Cup race at Richmond International Raceway Sunday.
Click on the title link for more
Doug
Thursday, April 26, 2007
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Thanks
Doug
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Thanks
Doug
Tuesday, March 13, 2007
For Real Racing, Real Fast Go To Atlanta Motor Speedway
Atlanta Motor Speedway, Real Racing. Real Fast
Atlanta Motor Speedway
Built in 1960 at a cost of just $1.8 Million Dollars the Atlanta Motor Speedway is 20 miles south of the city of Atlanta, Georgia. The original track was built on 870 acres but was rebuilt in 1997 as a quad-oval racetrack, much like Texas Motor Speedway. Track banking in turns is 24 degrees with 5 degree banking on the straights.
Seating capacity in this fan friendly track is 124,000 and they say there is not a bad seat in the house. Free parking is available on all speedway controlled property. Reserved camping inside the track starts at $100 to $150 and unreserved camping outside the track begins around $60.
Atlanta Motor Speedway is the fastest track on the Nascar Nextel Cup Circuit. With a typical qualifying lap speed of about 193 mph and a record lap speed of over 197 mph, the track has been able to avoid restrictor plates which Nascar has done to the longer Talladega Superspeedway and Daytona International Speedway. This is one of the reasons the slogan for Atlanta Motor Speedway is Real Racing. Real Fast.
Track records include NASCAR Nextel Cup Qualifying by Geoffrey Bodine at 28.074 seconds and 197.478 mph in 1997. Dale Earnhardt holds the NASCAR Nextel Cup Race record of 500 miles in 3 h 3 min 3 s at an average speed of 163.633 mph on November 12, 1995.
Sundays forecast is Sunny with a high of 61 degrees. So bring a coat and watch the race live or sit back at home and watch Nascar Nextel Cup racing at its fastest.
Atlanta Motor Speedway
Built in 1960 at a cost of just $1.8 Million Dollars the Atlanta Motor Speedway is 20 miles south of the city of Atlanta, Georgia. The original track was built on 870 acres but was rebuilt in 1997 as a quad-oval racetrack, much like Texas Motor Speedway. Track banking in turns is 24 degrees with 5 degree banking on the straights.
Seating capacity in this fan friendly track is 124,000 and they say there is not a bad seat in the house. Free parking is available on all speedway controlled property. Reserved camping inside the track starts at $100 to $150 and unreserved camping outside the track begins around $60.
Atlanta Motor Speedway is the fastest track on the Nascar Nextel Cup Circuit. With a typical qualifying lap speed of about 193 mph and a record lap speed of over 197 mph, the track has been able to avoid restrictor plates which Nascar has done to the longer Talladega Superspeedway and Daytona International Speedway. This is one of the reasons the slogan for Atlanta Motor Speedway is Real Racing. Real Fast.
Track records include NASCAR Nextel Cup Qualifying by Geoffrey Bodine at 28.074 seconds and 197.478 mph in 1997. Dale Earnhardt holds the NASCAR Nextel Cup Race record of 500 miles in 3 h 3 min 3 s at an average speed of 163.633 mph on November 12, 1995.
Sundays forecast is Sunny with a high of 61 degrees. So bring a coat and watch the race live or sit back at home and watch Nascar Nextel Cup racing at its fastest.
Monday, March 12, 2007
Winner In Life, On the Field and The Track
Winning NFL Coach and Nascar Team Owner
Starting in 1991, Gibbs has ran a Championship Nascar
Nextel Cup Series Team as well as a Nascar Busch Series
Team. With 3 Nascar Nextel Cup Championships he is still
involved in finding and developing young drivers and
helping them to become winners both on and off the racetrack.
This year is Gibbs' 16th year as a team owner in the Nascar
Series and his 10th year as an owner in the Nascar Busch
Series. In 1997 he bought Bobby Labonte’s Busch Team and
in 1999 he acquired Diamond Ridge Motorsports. Tony Stewart
set the stage for his joining JGR in 1998 by running a
five-race Busch schedule with Terry Labonte's team in 1997.
Football coaching started for Joe Gibbs after he graduated
from San Diego State University in 1964. He worked as an
assistant coach at the collegiate level and in the NFL for
17 years before being named as Head Coach of the Redskins
in 1981. By 1983 he won his first NFL Championship and 2
more in 1988 and 1992. He left after the 1992 SuperBowl
Season only to return 11 years later in January 2004.
With all that gridiron success, Joe was still thrilled with
the challenge from Nascar Racing. He fielded his first team
in the 1992 Daytona 500. By 1999 he fielded his second team
after seeing that the sport was heading to multi-car teams.
A third race car was added for 2005.
In 2000, the No. 18 teamrace team of Bobby Labonte won the
Nascar Championship Trophy. In only 9 years he had built a
team and taken it to the top. He did it again with the
Tony Stewart/Greg Zipadelli/Home Depot team in 2002 and 2005.
“The thing that has always amazed me about championship runs
in pro sports, at least in the three I’ve been involved with
here and the three I had in the NFL, is how hard they are and
how different they are, and that one year doesn’t buy you the
next,” said Gibbs. “I love that about pro sports. It’s why
I’m here.”
Joe Gibbs has three Nextel Cup Series rings as a Nascar team
owner, three Super Bowl rings as coach of the NFL’s Redskins
and The Associated Press Coach of the Year in 1982, 1983 and
1991 and was elected into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in
1996.
With all of this success he has also found rewards in his
love for family. His oldest son, J.D. Gibbs is the President
of JGR. Coy Gibbs is on the Redskins coaching staff. He is
married to his supportive wife Pat and they have 6 grandchildren.
Starting in 1991, Gibbs has ran a Championship Nascar
Nextel Cup Series Team as well as a Nascar Busch Series
Team. With 3 Nascar Nextel Cup Championships he is still
involved in finding and developing young drivers and
helping them to become winners both on and off the racetrack.
This year is Gibbs' 16th year as a team owner in the Nascar
Series and his 10th year as an owner in the Nascar Busch
Series. In 1997 he bought Bobby Labonte’s Busch Team and
in 1999 he acquired Diamond Ridge Motorsports. Tony Stewart
set the stage for his joining JGR in 1998 by running a
five-race Busch schedule with Terry Labonte's team in 1997.
Football coaching started for Joe Gibbs after he graduated
from San Diego State University in 1964. He worked as an
assistant coach at the collegiate level and in the NFL for
17 years before being named as Head Coach of the Redskins
in 1981. By 1983 he won his first NFL Championship and 2
more in 1988 and 1992. He left after the 1992 SuperBowl
Season only to return 11 years later in January 2004.
With all that gridiron success, Joe was still thrilled with
the challenge from Nascar Racing. He fielded his first team
in the 1992 Daytona 500. By 1999 he fielded his second team
after seeing that the sport was heading to multi-car teams.
A third race car was added for 2005.
In 2000, the No. 18 teamrace team of Bobby Labonte won the
Nascar Championship Trophy. In only 9 years he had built a
team and taken it to the top. He did it again with the
Tony Stewart/Greg Zipadelli/Home Depot team in 2002 and 2005.
“The thing that has always amazed me about championship runs
in pro sports, at least in the three I’ve been involved with
here and the three I had in the NFL, is how hard they are and
how different they are, and that one year doesn’t buy you the
next,” said Gibbs. “I love that about pro sports. It’s why
I’m here.”
Joe Gibbs has three Nextel Cup Series rings as a Nascar team
owner, three Super Bowl rings as coach of the NFL’s Redskins
and The Associated Press Coach of the Year in 1982, 1983 and
1991 and was elected into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in
1996.
With all of this success he has also found rewards in his
love for family. His oldest son, J.D. Gibbs is the President
of JGR. Coy Gibbs is on the Redskins coaching staff. He is
married to his supportive wife Pat and they have 6 grandchildren.
Saturday, February 10, 2007
Stock Car Racing's Super Bowl-The Daytona 500
The DAYTONA 500---The Super Bowl of Stock Car Racing
On Sunday February 11, 2007, the Super Bowl of Stock Car
Racing kicks off the beginning of this years Nascar
Nextel Cup Series. Unlike other sports, where their
biggest event is usually held at the end of the season,
this race is one of the largest in fan support,
viewership and purse, with International coverage.
The Daytona 500 was first held in 1959 and was won by Lee
Petty, the father of Richard Petty. Prior to racing at
this track the races were held on the beach, as early as
1903.From beaches to a 2.5 mile tri-oval superspeedway
which covers nearly 500 acres.
The track is banked from only 3 degrees to 31 degrees in
the turns with aprons of 12-30 feet. The backstretch is
3400 feet long with a 3-degree bank. The infield is 180
acres with a 29-acre lake named Lake Lloyd.
To Qualify some teams must race their way into the Daytona 500 field, while all exempt teams (the top 35 teams of the previous year in owner points) are guaranteed a spot in the Daytona 500.
Row One is set by one round of qualifying, normally held one week before the race. The remainder of the field is set by qualifying races, about a week before the Daytona 500. After the exempt teams and top two non-exempt cars are added to the field, the top three non-exempt cars are added by fastest qualifying laps. A former Nextel Cup champion, if necessary, is added. Otherwise, the fourth fastest car is added to the field.
In 1959 the purse of $19,050 was awarded to the winner
Lee Petty. Last year's winner, Jimmy Johnson was awarded
$1,505,124, and went on to become the Nascar Nextel Cup
Champion.
Richard Petty has won the race 7 times, ran 4,860 laps
for 12,150 miles and led the most laps with 780.
The late Benny Parsons led the fewest laps in 1975 and
still won the race, by only leading 4 laps.
Dale Earnhardt started 20 times before he won in 1998.
Although it took him many years before he made it onto
Victory Lane he completed all 500 miles 14 different
times.
The fastest winning speed for the race was recorded by
Buddy Baker in 1980.
For more information about the track, the race or
accommodations you can go to:
http://www.daytonainternationalspeedway.com/
On Sunday February 11, 2007, the Super Bowl of Stock Car
Racing kicks off the beginning of this years Nascar
Nextel Cup Series. Unlike other sports, where their
biggest event is usually held at the end of the season,
this race is one of the largest in fan support,
viewership and purse, with International coverage.
The Daytona 500 was first held in 1959 and was won by Lee
Petty, the father of Richard Petty. Prior to racing at
this track the races were held on the beach, as early as
1903.From beaches to a 2.5 mile tri-oval superspeedway
which covers nearly 500 acres.
The track is banked from only 3 degrees to 31 degrees in
the turns with aprons of 12-30 feet. The backstretch is
3400 feet long with a 3-degree bank. The infield is 180
acres with a 29-acre lake named Lake Lloyd.
To Qualify some teams must race their way into the Daytona 500 field, while all exempt teams (the top 35 teams of the previous year in owner points) are guaranteed a spot in the Daytona 500.
Row One is set by one round of qualifying, normally held one week before the race. The remainder of the field is set by qualifying races, about a week before the Daytona 500. After the exempt teams and top two non-exempt cars are added to the field, the top three non-exempt cars are added by fastest qualifying laps. A former Nextel Cup champion, if necessary, is added. Otherwise, the fourth fastest car is added to the field.
In 1959 the purse of $19,050 was awarded to the winner
Lee Petty. Last year's winner, Jimmy Johnson was awarded
$1,505,124, and went on to become the Nascar Nextel Cup
Champion.
Richard Petty has won the race 7 times, ran 4,860 laps
for 12,150 miles and led the most laps with 780.
The late Benny Parsons led the fewest laps in 1975 and
still won the race, by only leading 4 laps.
Dale Earnhardt started 20 times before he won in 1998.
Although it took him many years before he made it onto
Victory Lane he completed all 500 miles 14 different
times.
The fastest winning speed for the race was recorded by
Buddy Baker in 1980.
For more information about the track, the race or
accommodations you can go to:
http://www.daytonainternationalspeedway.com/
Friday, February 9, 2007
Nascar Nextel Cup Series Stories For 2007
Nascar Nextel Cup Series Stories For 2007
This year seem to have a few more stories that will play out in the upcoming Nascar Nextel Cup Series. Each one has it own set of characters and story line so tune in throughout the season and follow along like you would any good television show.
The future largest automaker in the world has entered Nascar
competition. Toyota, who was previously in the Craftsman Truck Series and won 12 of 25 races last year, has come to the Big Show. It has funded 3 full time teams with a total of 7 full time drivers. The new term in Nascar is Globalization.
Dale Earnhardt Jr is in contract negotiations with his current team that was founded by his father. His sister is handling the negotiations with their step-mother, his two step-brothers work with or for Dale Jr and all four of the siblings would like to own a piece of their late father's organization. This could be the stuff that soap operas will be based on.
The Car Of Tomorrow will be introduced and race in 16 out of the scheduled 36 races in 2007.Early reviews are divided on it, which probably goes along the lines of whether a team or driver has found a good setup. The car is safer and has a wing instead of a spoiler on the back with an air splitter up front. Racing should be closer with the reduction of turbulence.
Nascar has tweaked the Chase Format and changed the Pass Champion Rule. The Nextel Cup past champions provisional may only be used by an eligible driver six times this season. Before this year there was no limit to usage of the past champions provisional. NASCAR has increased the Chase for the Nextel Cup championship field from 10 to 12 drivers and increased the points premium for winning races in seeding that 10-race title run. Yes the Officials have seen the need to make changes but what they have done will have little affect on fans and television viewing.
Last is the announcement that Anheuser-Busch has decided to stop sponsoring NASCAR's Busch series. I never thought a beer company would pull back on advertising or sponsorship, but times are a changing. Subway, Samsung and Wal-Mart have been mentioned as possibilities willing to pony up the $30 million annual price tag for the Triple A League of Racing.
Thirty-one year old driver JUAN PABLO MONTOYA is my pick for Rookie of the Year. Not a big stretch when you consider he was the 1999 Cart Champion, 2000 Indy 500 Winner and had 13 poles and 7 wins in Formula One Racing. Will he bring a new style of racing to the sport? Only time will tell.
Other stories that will have an impact are TV Ratings going up or down, Big City Markets for ratings and future races, the Silly Season which happens every year earlier and earlier and moving races to overseas cities.
Now sit back and enjoy the 2007 Nascar Nextel Cup Season.
This year seem to have a few more stories that will play out in the upcoming Nascar Nextel Cup Series. Each one has it own set of characters and story line so tune in throughout the season and follow along like you would any good television show.
The future largest automaker in the world has entered Nascar
competition. Toyota, who was previously in the Craftsman Truck Series and won 12 of 25 races last year, has come to the Big Show. It has funded 3 full time teams with a total of 7 full time drivers. The new term in Nascar is Globalization.
Dale Earnhardt Jr is in contract negotiations with his current team that was founded by his father. His sister is handling the negotiations with their step-mother, his two step-brothers work with or for Dale Jr and all four of the siblings would like to own a piece of their late father's organization. This could be the stuff that soap operas will be based on.
The Car Of Tomorrow will be introduced and race in 16 out of the scheduled 36 races in 2007.Early reviews are divided on it, which probably goes along the lines of whether a team or driver has found a good setup. The car is safer and has a wing instead of a spoiler on the back with an air splitter up front. Racing should be closer with the reduction of turbulence.
Nascar has tweaked the Chase Format and changed the Pass Champion Rule. The Nextel Cup past champions provisional may only be used by an eligible driver six times this season. Before this year there was no limit to usage of the past champions provisional. NASCAR has increased the Chase for the Nextel Cup championship field from 10 to 12 drivers and increased the points premium for winning races in seeding that 10-race title run. Yes the Officials have seen the need to make changes but what they have done will have little affect on fans and television viewing.
Last is the announcement that Anheuser-Busch has decided to stop sponsoring NASCAR's Busch series. I never thought a beer company would pull back on advertising or sponsorship, but times are a changing. Subway, Samsung and Wal-Mart have been mentioned as possibilities willing to pony up the $30 million annual price tag for the Triple A League of Racing.
Thirty-one year old driver JUAN PABLO MONTOYA is my pick for Rookie of the Year. Not a big stretch when you consider he was the 1999 Cart Champion, 2000 Indy 500 Winner and had 13 poles and 7 wins in Formula One Racing. Will he bring a new style of racing to the sport? Only time will tell.
Other stories that will have an impact are TV Ratings going up or down, Big City Markets for ratings and future races, the Silly Season which happens every year earlier and earlier and moving races to overseas cities.
Now sit back and enjoy the 2007 Nascar Nextel Cup Season.
Thursday, February 8, 2007
Mission Statement
I have never been a big fan of Mission Statements. I have understood what they were meant to do but they were not personally mine or I was not committed to them because they were someone else's words and goals.
With that said, I still have sat down and made a Mission Statement for Scott Motorsports and our Nascar race Team.
Scott Motorsports Mission Statement:
Our mission is to honor God, develope people, pursue excellence and win a championship in the Nascar Nextel Cup Series.
The above words carry a lot of weight if they are followed through on. Only time, actions and results will tell if we live up to them.
Doug
With that said, I still have sat down and made a Mission Statement for Scott Motorsports and our Nascar race Team.
Scott Motorsports Mission Statement:
Our mission is to honor God, develope people, pursue excellence and win a championship in the Nascar Nextel Cup Series.
The above words carry a lot of weight if they are followed through on. Only time, actions and results will tell if we live up to them.
Doug
Monday, February 5, 2007
Sunday, February 4, 2007
Nascar's Car of Tomorrow (COT)
Car Of Tomorrow (COT) Has Arrived
We are working on writing more articles and hope to be
posting more in the future as we ramp up.
Please leave a comment if you would like info about our
financial opportunity.
Although the Daytona 500 has not even been ran yet and the
Nascar Nextel Cup Season has not started, one of the most
discussed topics is the Car-Of-Tomorrow, which begins it racing
saga on March 25, 2007 at the Bristol Motor Speedway, in Bristol,
Tennessee. Since this Car-Of-Tomorrow (COT) is Nascar Racing's
future, let's see what is being discussed so much.
Since the car is so new to Nascar Race Teams and they did not
even have templates as late as the middle of January for their
Racecars, the first full testing of all teams will not take
place until about 3 weeks before the racecars first race. This
will be the race teams and their drivers’ opportunity to test
their cars with more track traffic then ever before.
The COT has a Rear Wing that will give better handling in
traffic. This replaces spoilers that are now used. The wing is
adjustable for down force and side force. The front of the car has
an Air Splitter that is also adjustable for down force as needed
for the driver and the various tracks.
The drivers will be getting a much safer racecar that protects
them better from side impacts, rollovers and fire. The use of
better materials shifting the driver more towards the center of
the car and a smaller fuel cell will help to prevent injuries
in the future.
An unforeseen result of Research for improved safety was a race
car that is quicker to build which means less cost per car, a
more versatile car that can run on different tracks. Savings to
owners will come from only having to have half as many racecars
and still be competitive.
The race fan at home will have more race views coming to them
because not only will there be a roof mount camera but also
side-mounted cameras and possibly one located on the lower front
end. Finally. the Car Of Tomorrow should also improve the
identity of the various manufacturers.
In 2007 the Car Of Tomorrow will race 16 times at 13 oval tracks
of 1.5 miles or less, on 2 road courses and at the Talladega
Superspeedway fall race. It looks like Nascar's Car Of Tomorrow
is here and the future begins March 25 at Bristol.
We are working on writing more articles and hope to be
posting more in the future as we ramp up.
Please leave a comment if you would like info about our
financial opportunity.
Although the Daytona 500 has not even been ran yet and the
Nascar Nextel Cup Season has not started, one of the most
discussed topics is the Car-Of-Tomorrow, which begins it racing
saga on March 25, 2007 at the Bristol Motor Speedway, in Bristol,
Tennessee. Since this Car-Of-Tomorrow (COT) is Nascar Racing's
future, let's see what is being discussed so much.
Since the car is so new to Nascar Race Teams and they did not
even have templates as late as the middle of January for their
Racecars, the first full testing of all teams will not take
place until about 3 weeks before the racecars first race. This
will be the race teams and their drivers’ opportunity to test
their cars with more track traffic then ever before.
The COT has a Rear Wing that will give better handling in
traffic. This replaces spoilers that are now used. The wing is
adjustable for down force and side force. The front of the car has
an Air Splitter that is also adjustable for down force as needed
for the driver and the various tracks.
The drivers will be getting a much safer racecar that protects
them better from side impacts, rollovers and fire. The use of
better materials shifting the driver more towards the center of
the car and a smaller fuel cell will help to prevent injuries
in the future.
An unforeseen result of Research for improved safety was a race
car that is quicker to build which means less cost per car, a
more versatile car that can run on different tracks. Savings to
owners will come from only having to have half as many racecars
and still be competitive.
The race fan at home will have more race views coming to them
because not only will there be a roof mount camera but also
side-mounted cameras and possibly one located on the lower front
end. Finally. the Car Of Tomorrow should also improve the
identity of the various manufacturers.
In 2007 the Car Of Tomorrow will race 16 times at 13 oval tracks
of 1.5 miles or less, on 2 road courses and at the Talladega
Superspeedway fall race. It looks like Nascar's Car Of Tomorrow
is here and the future begins March 25 at Bristol.
Wednesday, January 31, 2007
What We Are Working On
Well,I just finished a post on another topic and somehow I did not save it or publish it. Another lesson learned about saving the info before you think you are making a post.
The topic I thought I had posted was on what we are trying to accomplish and what has happened the last few days.
A couple of days ago I received a comment from Marc at FullThrottle that I did not have permission to post his article on the Nascar Car-Of-Tomorrow. He was very professional about it and told me to get it off this blog, what you do with articles written by other people and what to look up to learn about using other people's work.
I was wrong as he pointed out even though I had given credit to who wrote the article and where I got it from. My intent was not to steal other people's work and pass it off as my own. Yet, I am responsible for what goes on this blog and so I accept the blame for what was done.
I apologize to Marc and thank him for setting me straight.
Lesson learned.
I also took down the article on the Jimmy Johnson Intervies as well as the story about knowing Dale Earnhardt Sr. (These 2 articles were also given credit to their Authors and where they were found.)
I did not expect that the first lesson learned was about stealing other people's work but I believe the problem has been corrected.
I will now move forward with the original goal of forming a team to develope a winning Nascar Nextel Cup Racing Organization.
I will start posting with more specific details about what we are doing, what needs to be done and how people can get involved, in the next posting.
Again I apologize to anyone I may have offended or hurt.
Doug Scott
The topic I thought I had posted was on what we are trying to accomplish and what has happened the last few days.
A couple of days ago I received a comment from Marc at FullThrottle that I did not have permission to post his article on the Nascar Car-Of-Tomorrow. He was very professional about it and told me to get it off this blog, what you do with articles written by other people and what to look up to learn about using other people's work.
I was wrong as he pointed out even though I had given credit to who wrote the article and where I got it from. My intent was not to steal other people's work and pass it off as my own. Yet, I am responsible for what goes on this blog and so I accept the blame for what was done.
I apologize to Marc and thank him for setting me straight.
Lesson learned.
I also took down the article on the Jimmy Johnson Intervies as well as the story about knowing Dale Earnhardt Sr. (These 2 articles were also given credit to their Authors and where they were found.)
I did not expect that the first lesson learned was about stealing other people's work but I believe the problem has been corrected.
I will now move forward with the original goal of forming a team to develope a winning Nascar Nextel Cup Racing Organization.
I will start posting with more specific details about what we are doing, what needs to be done and how people can get involved, in the next posting.
Again I apologize to anyone I may have offended or hurt.
Doug Scott
Monday, January 29, 2007
Nascar racing and Our Open Business Model Part 2
This is our second post about notes we have taken about the concept of the Open Business Model and how it could be used in our Nascar Team Organization. This allows anyone that wants to contribute to the team to get involved and share their thoughts, feelings and knowledge with us.
We will start posting comments on many of the notes and explain in more detail how they can be used in our organization.
Thanks for your time
Doug
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We are in the freedom business like Southwest Airlines—to make this membership as available and as flexible for average Americans, as it has been for the well to do.
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Whose products can be a little better?
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Coke versus Pepsi
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If you know the names and contact info for people already working with Nascar Racing Teams or inside the Nascar Organization, we would certainly appreciate you contacting
us with the informationand how you know them. We are starting our "Little Black Book" and can use your help.
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The rise of the sport utility vehicle or 0% financing in the auto business
The creation of reality programming in the TV business
The ubiquity of bottled water and natural drinks in the beverage business
The creation of low cost airlines
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Whatever I can imagine, I can accomplish
Mass Collaboration
Employees drive performance by collaborating with peers across organizational boundaries, creating what we call a “wiki workplace.”
So-called supply chains work more effectively when the risk, reward and capability to complete major projects-including massively complex products like cars, motorcycles and airplanes, are distributed across planetary network of partners who work as peers.
We The People
Profiting from Collaborative Anarchy
Please Register to Participate
The Power Of Us
Creating a New Page in Business History
Unleashing Our Collective Genius
(Your Input Needed Here)
Some of the largest blogs receive a half a million daily visitors, rivaling some daily newspapers
Text Link
We will start posting comments on many of the notes and explain in more detail how they can be used in our organization.
Thanks for your time
Doug
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A set of fundamental reasons for a company’s existence beyond just making money. Your purpose should be timeless and enduring—“a good purpose should serve to guide and inspire the organization for years, perhaps a century or more.”
We are in the freedom business like Southwest Airlines—to make this membership as available and as flexible for average Americans, as it has been for the well to do.
Disruptive Business Strategy
Southwest Freedoms
Freedom to learn and grow
Freedom to create financial security
Freedom to work hard and have fun
Freedom to create and innovate
You are giving people the freedom to ________________
“ME TOO” WON’T DO
Corporate strategy has been to mimic other companies
Mimicry
Big companies have been content to compete from virtually identical strategic playbooks and to vie for advantage on the margin
Whose products can be a little better?
Whose costs can be a little lower?
Whose target markets can be a little more attractive?
Compare the following for virtually identical strategic playbooks
GM versus Ford
CBS versus ABC
Coke versus Pepsi
American Airlines versus Delta Airlines
_____________________________________________________________________________________
If you know the names and contact info for people already working with Nascar Racing Teams or inside the Nascar Organization, we would certainly appreciate you contacting
us with the informationand how you know them. We are starting our "Little Black Book" and can use your help.
_____________________________________________________________________________________
Something genuinely new alters the trajectory of the industry:
The rise of the sport utility vehicle or 0% financing in the auto business
The creation of reality programming in the TV business
The ubiquity of bottled water and natural drinks in the beverage business
The creation of low cost airlines
You can become the author of your own destiny
Whatever I can imagine, I can accomplish
Mass Collaboration
Employees drive performance by collaborating with peers across organizational boundaries, creating what we call a “wiki workplace.”
So-called supply chains work more effectively when the risk, reward and capability to complete major projects-including massively complex products like cars, motorcycles and airplanes, are distributed across planetary network of partners who work as peers.
We The People
Profiting from Collaborative Anarchy
Please Register to Participate
The Power Of Us
Creating a New Page in Business History
Unleashing Our Collective Genius
(Your Input Needed Here)
Some of the largest blogs receive a half a million daily visitors, rivaling some daily newspapers
Text Link
Sunday, January 28, 2007
Recommended Blog
Today I would like to recommend a blog that has nothing to do with Nascar or racing in any way. What it is about is an individual that has struggled in life, got back on track and has found both success and meaning to his life.
JamesBrausch.com
James Brausch
His software is unique and outstanding. It is also very reasonably priced and always with a money back guarantee.
His salespitch for the software is understated which is very refreshing with all the hype we get from the internet marketers.
His comments and articles are concise and clear and very original.
Make his Blog a regular read and you will learn about marketing and life as well.
JamesBrausch.com
James Brausch
You won't be wasting your time or your money.
JamesBrausch.com
James Brausch
His software is unique and outstanding. It is also very reasonably priced and always with a money back guarantee.
His salespitch for the software is understated which is very refreshing with all the hype we get from the internet marketers.
His comments and articles are concise and clear and very original.
Make his Blog a regular read and you will learn about marketing and life as well.
JamesBrausch.com
James Brausch
You won't be wasting your time or your money.
Thursday, January 25, 2007
Nascar Racing and Our Open Business Model
I would like to take the time today to gather up my notes and share them with you.
We have posted about the Open Business Model and how a Nascar Team could be
built using that process. Now I will include some notes from various sources that
gives the feel of the process and some of its attitude.
Become an eyewitness to our success
Organizations have shaped the course of their industries by reshaping the sense of what is possible among employees, customers and investors.
You must understand that companies with a disruptive presence in the marketplace also need a distinctive approach to the workplace.
Front lines of the future
New way to lead, compete and succeed.
A business plan for the 21st century
The strong take from the weak but the smart take from the strong.---Coach Pete Carril
The best way to outperform the competition is to outthink the competition.
Disruptive
Disruptive Technologies
Disruptive Investments
Disruptive Membership
Disruptive Marketing
Compete on the originality of your ideas
It’s not TV, it’s HBO
It’s not racing, it’s ___________ __________________
It’s not impossible, it’s nothing
It’s not marketing, it’s _________ _________________
It’s not a membership; it’s a way of life
We didn’t get here by playing by the rules of the game. We got here by setting the rules of the game.
Letter from the founders of Google
Google is not a conventional company.
We do not intend to become one.
The best way to predict the future is to invent it.
Quote from Alan Kay celebrated computer scientist
That’s it for today. I will continue this theme with my next post.
Please think about the above in relation to Nascar racing and winning the
Nascar Nextel Cup!
Thanks
Doug
We have posted about the Open Business Model and how a Nascar Team could be
built using that process. Now I will include some notes from various sources that
gives the feel of the process and some of its attitude.
Become an eyewitness to our success
Organizations have shaped the course of their industries by reshaping the sense of what is possible among employees, customers and investors.
You must understand that companies with a disruptive presence in the marketplace also need a distinctive approach to the workplace.
Front lines of the future
New way to lead, compete and succeed.
A business plan for the 21st century
The strong take from the weak but the smart take from the strong.---Coach Pete Carril
The best way to outperform the competition is to outthink the competition.
Disruptive
Disruptive Technologies
Disruptive Investments
Disruptive Membership
Disruptive Marketing
Compete on the originality of your ideas
It’s not TV, it’s HBO
It’s not racing, it’s ___________ __________________
It’s not impossible, it’s nothing
It’s not marketing, it’s _________ _________________
It’s not a membership; it’s a way of life
We didn’t get here by playing by the rules of the game. We got here by setting the rules of the game.
Letter from the founders of Google
Google is not a conventional company.
We do not intend to become one.
The best way to predict the future is to invent it.
Quote from Alan Kay celebrated computer scientist
That’s it for today. I will continue this theme with my next post.
Please think about the above in relation to Nascar racing and winning the
Nascar Nextel Cup!
Thanks
Doug
Saturday, January 20, 2007
May I suggest a few good websites and blogs for your reading pleasure and up to date information.
Enjoy,
Doug
Trouble In Turn 2 By Mike
Trouble In Turn 2
Matt Crossman
Sporting News
David Poole Life in the Turn Lane
David Poole Life in the Turn Lane
Racing-Reference
Racing-Reference
Scene Daily
Scene Daily
Enjoy,
Doug
Trouble In Turn 2 By Mike
Trouble In Turn 2
Matt Crossman
Sporting News
David Poole Life in the Turn Lane
David Poole Life in the Turn Lane
Racing-Reference
Racing-Reference
Scene Daily
Scene Daily
Friday, January 19, 2007
Using Crowdsourcing To Setup a Nascar Team
We origianlly talked about using an Open Business Model with our Nascar Nextel Cup Team.
In Wilipedia they also call it Crowdsourcing. I hope this explains it further and shows you what we plan to do and what the results can be.
Thanks to Wikipedia for the following article
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Crowdsourcing
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Jump to: navigation, search
This article or section does not cite its references or sources.
Please help improve this article by introducing appropriate
citations. (help, get involved!)
This article has been tagged since November 2006.
"Crowdsourcing" is a neologism for a business model that depends
on work being done outside the traditional company walls: while
outsourcing is typically performed by lower paid professionals,
crowdsourcing relies on a combination of volunteers and low-paid
amateurs who use their spare time to create content, solve
problems, or even do corporate R&D. The term was coined by Wired
magazine writer Jeff Howe and editor Mark Robinson in June 2006.
Crowds targeted for crowdsourcing include garage scientists,
amateur videographers, freelancers, photo enthusiasts, data
companies, writers, smart mobs and the electronic herd.
Contents
[hide]
* 1 Overview
* 2 Advantages
* 3 Types of crowdsourced work
* 4 See also
* 5 External links and references
[edit] Overview
While not a new idea, crowdsourcing is becoming mainstream. Open
source projects are a form of crowdsourcing that has existed for
years. People who may not know one another work together online
to create complex software such as the Linux kernel, and the
Firefox browser. In recent years internet technology has evolved
to allow non-technical people to participate in online projects.
Just as important, crowdsourcing presumes that a large number of
enthusiasts can outperform a small group of experienced
professionals.
[edit] Advantages
____________________________________________________________________
For Information about our Nascar Nextel Cup Race Team please leave your contact info in the comments area.
Thank you
____________________________________________________________________
The main advantages of crowdsourcing is that innovative ideas
can be explored at relatively little cost. Furthermore, it also
helps reduce costs. For example if customers reject a particular
design, it can easily be scrapped. Though disappointing, this is
far less expensive than developing high volumes of a product
that no one wants. Crowdsourcing is also related to terms like
Collective Customer Commitment (CCC) and Mass Customisation.
Collective Customer Commitment (CCC) involves integrating
customers into innovation processes. It helps companies exploit
a pool of talent and ideas and it also helps firms avoid product
flops. Mass Customisation is somewhat similar to collective
customer commitment; however, it also helps companies avoid
making risky decisions about what components to prefabricate and
thus avoids spending for products which may not be marketable
later.
[edit] Types of crowdsourced work
* Procter & Gamble employs more than 9000 scientists and
researchers in corporate R&D and still have many problems they
can't solve. They now post these on a website called
InnoCentive, offering large cash rewards to more than 90,000
'solvers' who make up this network of backyard scientists. P&G
also works with NineSigma, YourEncore and Yet2.
* Amazon Mechanical Turk co-ordinates the use of human
intelligence to perform tasks which computers are unable to do.
* YRUHRN used Amazon Mechanical Turk and other means of
crowdsourcing to compile content for a book published just 30
days after the project was started.
* iStockphoto is a website with over 22,000 amateur
photographers who upload and distribute stock photographs.
Because it does not have the same margins as a professional
outfit like Getty Images it is able to sell photos for a low
price. It was recently purchased by Getty Images.
* Cambrian House applies a crowdsourcing model to identify
and develop profitable software ideas. Using a simple voting
model, they attempt to find sticky software ideas that can be
developed using a combination of internal and crowdsourced
skills and effort.
* A Swarm of Angels is a project to utilize a swarm of
subscribers (Angels) to help fund, make, contribute, and
distribute, a £1 million feature film using the Internet and all
digital technologies. It aims to recruit earlier development
community members with the right expertise into paid project
members, film crew, and production staff.
* The Goldcorp Challenge is an example of how a traditional
company in the mining industry used a crowdsource to identify
likely veins of gold on its Red Lake Property. It was won by
Fractal Graphics and Taylor-Wall and Associates of Australia but
more importantly identified 110 drilling targets, 50% of which
were new to the company.
* CafePress and Zazzle, customized products marketplaces for
consumers to create apparel, posters, cards, stamps, and other
products.
* Marketocracy, to isolating top stock market investors
around the world in head to head competition so they can run
real mutual funds around these soon-to-be-discovered investment
super-stars.
* Threadless, an internet-based clothing retailer that sells
t-shirts which have been designed by and rated by its users.
* MyChances.net utilizes crowdsourcing to generate
admissions information on American and Canadian universities. It
uses this data to predict, through statistical processes, the
odds a student has of getting accepted to a given school.
* Public Insight Journalism, A project at American Public
Media to cover the news by tapping the collective and specific
intelligence of the public. Gets the newsroom beyond the usual
sources, uncovers unexpected expertise, stories and new angles.
* Steve Jackson Games has maintained a large fan community
online since 1983, with the inception of the Illuminati BBS.
They actively encourage fan pages, and tap the community for
playtests, customer feedback, and volunteer product
representation (via the MIB program).
* And hundreds more
[edit] See also
* Configuration system
* Toolkits for User Innovation
* Buzzwords
* Wisdom of Crowds
[edit] External links and references
* The Rise of Crowdsourcing, Wired June 2006.
* Crowdsourcing: Consumers as Creators, BusinessWeek July
2006.
* Ears Wide Open: Is this the company of the future, Fast
Company Jan 2007. (R&D company using their customers as
developers)
Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crowdsourcing"
Categories: Articles lacking sources from November 2006 | All
articles lacking sources | Technology neologisms
*************************************************************************************
Thank you and if you wish to become a part of our team, please leave your contact info in the comments area.
Doug
In Wilipedia they also call it Crowdsourcing. I hope this explains it further and shows you what we plan to do and what the results can be.
Thanks to Wikipedia for the following article
************************************************************************************
Crowdsourcing
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Jump to: navigation, search
This article or section does not cite its references or sources.
Please help improve this article by introducing appropriate
citations. (help, get involved!)
This article has been tagged since November 2006.
"Crowdsourcing" is a neologism for a business model that depends
on work being done outside the traditional company walls: while
outsourcing is typically performed by lower paid professionals,
crowdsourcing relies on a combination of volunteers and low-paid
amateurs who use their spare time to create content, solve
problems, or even do corporate R&D. The term was coined by Wired
magazine writer Jeff Howe and editor Mark Robinson in June 2006.
Crowds targeted for crowdsourcing include garage scientists,
amateur videographers, freelancers, photo enthusiasts, data
companies, writers, smart mobs and the electronic herd.
Contents
[hide]
* 1 Overview
* 2 Advantages
* 3 Types of crowdsourced work
* 4 See also
* 5 External links and references
[edit] Overview
While not a new idea, crowdsourcing is becoming mainstream. Open
source projects are a form of crowdsourcing that has existed for
years. People who may not know one another work together online
to create complex software such as the Linux kernel, and the
Firefox browser. In recent years internet technology has evolved
to allow non-technical people to participate in online projects.
Just as important, crowdsourcing presumes that a large number of
enthusiasts can outperform a small group of experienced
professionals.
[edit] Advantages
____________________________________________________________________
For Information about our Nascar Nextel Cup Race Team please leave your contact info in the comments area.
Thank you
____________________________________________________________________
The main advantages of crowdsourcing is that innovative ideas
can be explored at relatively little cost. Furthermore, it also
helps reduce costs. For example if customers reject a particular
design, it can easily be scrapped. Though disappointing, this is
far less expensive than developing high volumes of a product
that no one wants. Crowdsourcing is also related to terms like
Collective Customer Commitment (CCC) and Mass Customisation.
Collective Customer Commitment (CCC) involves integrating
customers into innovation processes. It helps companies exploit
a pool of talent and ideas and it also helps firms avoid product
flops. Mass Customisation is somewhat similar to collective
customer commitment; however, it also helps companies avoid
making risky decisions about what components to prefabricate and
thus avoids spending for products which may not be marketable
later.
[edit] Types of crowdsourced work
* Procter & Gamble employs more than 9000 scientists and
researchers in corporate R&D and still have many problems they
can't solve. They now post these on a website called
InnoCentive, offering large cash rewards to more than 90,000
'solvers' who make up this network of backyard scientists. P&G
also works with NineSigma, YourEncore and Yet2.
* Amazon Mechanical Turk co-ordinates the use of human
intelligence to perform tasks which computers are unable to do.
* YRUHRN used Amazon Mechanical Turk and other means of
crowdsourcing to compile content for a book published just 30
days after the project was started.
* iStockphoto is a website with over 22,000 amateur
photographers who upload and distribute stock photographs.
Because it does not have the same margins as a professional
outfit like Getty Images it is able to sell photos for a low
price. It was recently purchased by Getty Images.
* Cambrian House applies a crowdsourcing model to identify
and develop profitable software ideas. Using a simple voting
model, they attempt to find sticky software ideas that can be
developed using a combination of internal and crowdsourced
skills and effort.
* A Swarm of Angels is a project to utilize a swarm of
subscribers (Angels) to help fund, make, contribute, and
distribute, a £1 million feature film using the Internet and all
digital technologies. It aims to recruit earlier development
community members with the right expertise into paid project
members, film crew, and production staff.
* The Goldcorp Challenge is an example of how a traditional
company in the mining industry used a crowdsource to identify
likely veins of gold on its Red Lake Property. It was won by
Fractal Graphics and Taylor-Wall and Associates of Australia but
more importantly identified 110 drilling targets, 50% of which
were new to the company.
* CafePress and Zazzle, customized products marketplaces for
consumers to create apparel, posters, cards, stamps, and other
products.
* Marketocracy, to isolating top stock market investors
around the world in head to head competition so they can run
real mutual funds around these soon-to-be-discovered investment
super-stars.
* Threadless, an internet-based clothing retailer that sells
t-shirts which have been designed by and rated by its users.
* MyChances.net utilizes crowdsourcing to generate
admissions information on American and Canadian universities. It
uses this data to predict, through statistical processes, the
odds a student has of getting accepted to a given school.
* Public Insight Journalism, A project at American Public
Media to cover the news by tapping the collective and specific
intelligence of the public. Gets the newsroom beyond the usual
sources, uncovers unexpected expertise, stories and new angles.
* Steve Jackson Games has maintained a large fan community
online since 1983, with the inception of the Illuminati BBS.
They actively encourage fan pages, and tap the community for
playtests, customer feedback, and volunteer product
representation (via the MIB program).
* And hundreds more
[edit] See also
* Configuration system
* Toolkits for User Innovation
* Buzzwords
* Wisdom of Crowds
[edit] External links and references
* The Rise of Crowdsourcing, Wired June 2006.
* Crowdsourcing: Consumers as Creators, BusinessWeek July
2006.
* Ears Wide Open: Is this the company of the future, Fast
Company Jan 2007. (R&D company using their customers as
developers)
Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crowdsourcing"
Categories: Articles lacking sources from November 2006 | All
articles lacking sources | Technology neologisms
*************************************************************************************
Thank you and if you wish to become a part of our team, please leave your contact info in the comments area.
Doug
Wednesday, January 17, 2007
Nascar Race Team Jobs and Careers (Part 2)
With this post we conclude the posting of many of the jobs that make up a Professional Racing Organization within the Nascar Nextel Cup Series.
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Network Manager
RESPONSIBILITIES:
· Maintenance and Reconfiguration of Computer Networks and Stations
· Analysis of New Computer Equipment for Future Team Use
· Supervision of Team's Internet Activities and Web Sites
Operations Manager
RESPONSIBILITIES:
· Supervising Team Operations
· Coordination Between Team Travel, Accounting, Expediting and Computer Personnel
Painter
RESPONSIBILITIES:
· Applying paint and finishing products
· Final preparation of paint work for graphics
· Maintenance of paint booth and supplies
Parts Manager
RESPONSIBILITIES:
· Maintenance of Parts Inventory and Replenishment
· Cost Control of Parts and Supplies
· Rotation of Consumables and Perishables
· Analysis of New Products
· Coordination with Parts Suppliers
· Setting Inventory Stock Levels
Parts Specialist
RESPONSIBILITIES:
· Parts Department Maintenance and Parts Stocking
· Pulling Parts for Disbursement
· Preparing Requirements Lists Against Stocking Levels
Pilot
RESPONSIBILITIES:
· Pre-Flight Planning
· Aircraft Maintenance Scheduling
· Preparing Aircraft Expense Summaries to Bookkeeper
· Flying Aircraft to Events as Needed
· Advising Team Manager on Flight and Flight Personnel Constraints
Public Relations
RESPONSIBILITIES:
· Preparation of Team Press Releases
· Liaison with Press Personnel
· Advising Team Manager on Consequences of Public Activities
Purchasing Manager
RESPONSIBILITIES:
· Purchasing Parts and Services at the Best Price and Convenience to the Team
· Assisting Parts Manager and Crew Chief in Maintaining Inventories
· Maintaining Good Relations with Suppliers
Secretary
RESPONSIBILITIES:
· Preparation of Team Correspondence
· Response to Fan and Sponsor Inquiries
· Maintenance of Office Supply Inventories
Shock Specialist
RESPONSIBILITIES:
· Preparation of Shock Absorber Valving
· Maintenance of Shock Absorbers
· Documentation of Shock Preparation
· Testing Shock Absorbers on Shock Dyno and Matching Performance
Security Officer
RESPONSIBILITIES:
· Ensuring Team Property is Secured and Protected
· Protecting Team Personnel from Assaults and Threats
· Supervision of Team Safety
· Liaison with Local Law Enforcement
· Discreet Investigation of Security Issues with Visitors and Personnel
Shop Manager
RESPONSIBILITIES:
· Supervision of Car Preparation
· Maintenance of Car Prep Scheduling and Budgets
· Advising Parts Manager of upcoming Parts Requirements
Show Car Coordinator
RESPONSIBILITIES:
· Coordinating Show Car Requests
· Supervising Show Car Driver Activities
· Compiling Show Car Program Expenses to Bookkeeper
Show Car Driver
RESPONSIBILITIES:
· Traveling with Show Car to Scheduled Events
· Security Management of Show Car Rig
· Washing and Presentation of Show Car Transporter
· Attending Show Events and Interfacing with Show Visitors
· Distribution of Team Materials and Sponsor Hand-outs at Show Events
· Compiling Expenses to Show Car Coordinator
Qualifications:
· Willingness to travel extensively
· Commercial Drivers License (CDL)
· May require marketing skills
Sponsor Coordinator
RESPONSIBILITIES:
· Responding to Inquiries from and about Sponsors
· Compiling Requests for Submission for Scheduling
Sponsor Representative
RESPONSIBILITIES:
· Analysis of Team's performance in Representing Sponsor
· Coordinating Supplies of Sponsor's Materials for Team Distribution
· Maintaining Good Relations with Team
Spotter
RESPONSIBILITIES:
· Maintenance of Spotter Radios and Supplies
· Advice to Driver during Competition
· Advice to Crew Chief on Tactics
· Coordinating Deals between Teams during Competition
Team Manager
RESPONSIBILITIES:
· Ultimate Responsibility for the Performance of the Team
· Driver Management
· Monitoring and Directing Schedule Performance
Team Owner
RESPONSIBILITIES:
· Securing Funding to Permit Team Operations
· Monitoring Driver Performance
· Sponsor Search Management and Sponsor Relations
Tear-Down Specialist
RESPONSIBILITIES:
· Disassembly of Race Cars after Usage
· Preparation of Tear-down Documentation and Measurements
· Through Cleaning of Chassis and Components
Test Team Manager
RESPONSIBILITIES:
· Supervision of Test Team
· Setting Test Team Schedule Based on Requests for Development
Tire Specialist
RESPONSIBILITIES:
· Preparation of Wheels
· Securing Tire assemblies Before Use
· Inspection and Organization of Tires Into Sets By Size
· Management of Tire Sets on Instruction From Crew Chief
· Inspection of Tires After Use
· Securing Tires After Event
· Maintenance and Stocking of Tire Equipment and Supplies
Track Engine Tuner
RESPONSIBILITIES:
· General Maintenance of Engines At Track
· Inspecting and Changing Valve Springs
· Inspection and Maintenance of Carburetors
· Maintenance and Stocking of Engine Spares on Transporter
· Post-Race Inspection and Tech Tear-down
Transport Driver
RESPONSIBILITIES:
· Driving transporter to events
· Cleaning and parking transporter
· Supervision of transporter loading and stocking
· Management of at-track crew refreshments
Travel Coordinator
RESPONSIBILITIES:
· Securing Reservations for Lodging and General Travel for Team Members
· Preparing Itineraries for Events
· Advising Bookkeeper of Per Diem Requirements for Later Dispersal
· Follow-up Auditing of Travel Details for Accounting
Welder
RESPONSIBILITIES:
· General Welding
· Maintenance of Welding Equipment and Supplies
Thank you
Doug
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Network Manager
RESPONSIBILITIES:
· Maintenance and Reconfiguration of Computer Networks and Stations
· Analysis of New Computer Equipment for Future Team Use
· Supervision of Team's Internet Activities and Web Sites
Operations Manager
RESPONSIBILITIES:
· Supervising Team Operations
· Coordination Between Team Travel, Accounting, Expediting and Computer Personnel
Painter
RESPONSIBILITIES:
· Applying paint and finishing products
· Final preparation of paint work for graphics
· Maintenance of paint booth and supplies
Parts Manager
RESPONSIBILITIES:
· Maintenance of Parts Inventory and Replenishment
· Cost Control of Parts and Supplies
· Rotation of Consumables and Perishables
· Analysis of New Products
· Coordination with Parts Suppliers
· Setting Inventory Stock Levels
Parts Specialist
RESPONSIBILITIES:
· Parts Department Maintenance and Parts Stocking
· Pulling Parts for Disbursement
· Preparing Requirements Lists Against Stocking Levels
Pilot
RESPONSIBILITIES:
· Pre-Flight Planning
· Aircraft Maintenance Scheduling
· Preparing Aircraft Expense Summaries to Bookkeeper
· Flying Aircraft to Events as Needed
· Advising Team Manager on Flight and Flight Personnel Constraints
Public Relations
RESPONSIBILITIES:
· Preparation of Team Press Releases
· Liaison with Press Personnel
· Advising Team Manager on Consequences of Public Activities
Purchasing Manager
RESPONSIBILITIES:
· Purchasing Parts and Services at the Best Price and Convenience to the Team
· Assisting Parts Manager and Crew Chief in Maintaining Inventories
· Maintaining Good Relations with Suppliers
Secretary
RESPONSIBILITIES:
· Preparation of Team Correspondence
· Response to Fan and Sponsor Inquiries
· Maintenance of Office Supply Inventories
Shock Specialist
RESPONSIBILITIES:
· Preparation of Shock Absorber Valving
· Maintenance of Shock Absorbers
· Documentation of Shock Preparation
· Testing Shock Absorbers on Shock Dyno and Matching Performance
Security Officer
RESPONSIBILITIES:
· Ensuring Team Property is Secured and Protected
· Protecting Team Personnel from Assaults and Threats
· Supervision of Team Safety
· Liaison with Local Law Enforcement
· Discreet Investigation of Security Issues with Visitors and Personnel
Shop Manager
RESPONSIBILITIES:
· Supervision of Car Preparation
· Maintenance of Car Prep Scheduling and Budgets
· Advising Parts Manager of upcoming Parts Requirements
Show Car Coordinator
RESPONSIBILITIES:
· Coordinating Show Car Requests
· Supervising Show Car Driver Activities
· Compiling Show Car Program Expenses to Bookkeeper
Show Car Driver
RESPONSIBILITIES:
· Traveling with Show Car to Scheduled Events
· Security Management of Show Car Rig
· Washing and Presentation of Show Car Transporter
· Attending Show Events and Interfacing with Show Visitors
· Distribution of Team Materials and Sponsor Hand-outs at Show Events
· Compiling Expenses to Show Car Coordinator
Qualifications:
· Willingness to travel extensively
· Commercial Drivers License (CDL)
· May require marketing skills
Sponsor Coordinator
RESPONSIBILITIES:
· Responding to Inquiries from and about Sponsors
· Compiling Requests for Submission for Scheduling
Sponsor Representative
RESPONSIBILITIES:
· Analysis of Team's performance in Representing Sponsor
· Coordinating Supplies of Sponsor's Materials for Team Distribution
· Maintaining Good Relations with Team
Spotter
RESPONSIBILITIES:
· Maintenance of Spotter Radios and Supplies
· Advice to Driver during Competition
· Advice to Crew Chief on Tactics
· Coordinating Deals between Teams during Competition
Team Manager
RESPONSIBILITIES:
· Ultimate Responsibility for the Performance of the Team
· Driver Management
· Monitoring and Directing Schedule Performance
Team Owner
RESPONSIBILITIES:
· Securing Funding to Permit Team Operations
· Monitoring Driver Performance
· Sponsor Search Management and Sponsor Relations
Tear-Down Specialist
RESPONSIBILITIES:
· Disassembly of Race Cars after Usage
· Preparation of Tear-down Documentation and Measurements
· Through Cleaning of Chassis and Components
Test Team Manager
RESPONSIBILITIES:
· Supervision of Test Team
· Setting Test Team Schedule Based on Requests for Development
Tire Specialist
RESPONSIBILITIES:
· Preparation of Wheels
· Securing Tire assemblies Before Use
· Inspection and Organization of Tires Into Sets By Size
· Management of Tire Sets on Instruction From Crew Chief
· Inspection of Tires After Use
· Securing Tires After Event
· Maintenance and Stocking of Tire Equipment and Supplies
Track Engine Tuner
RESPONSIBILITIES:
· General Maintenance of Engines At Track
· Inspecting and Changing Valve Springs
· Inspection and Maintenance of Carburetors
· Maintenance and Stocking of Engine Spares on Transporter
· Post-Race Inspection and Tech Tear-down
Transport Driver
RESPONSIBILITIES:
· Driving transporter to events
· Cleaning and parking transporter
· Supervision of transporter loading and stocking
· Management of at-track crew refreshments
Travel Coordinator
RESPONSIBILITIES:
· Securing Reservations for Lodging and General Travel for Team Members
· Preparing Itineraries for Events
· Advising Bookkeeper of Per Diem Requirements for Later Dispersal
· Follow-up Auditing of Travel Details for Accounting
Welder
RESPONSIBILITIES:
· General Welding
· Maintenance of Welding Equipment and Supplies
Thank you
Doug
Nascar Race Team Jobs and Careers
A Nascar Race Team is made up of many personnel, each with their own specialty, that contributes to the success of the whole team. No job is of lesser importance to the success of the race team.
Today we give you a few of the different positions that make up a Race Team. We will continue with more in our next post.
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Aero Specialist
RESPONSIBILITIES:
· Preparation of Aero Test Project Schedule
· Maintenance of Aero Test Records and Documentation
· Liaison with Fabrication Department
· Verification of Compliance with NASCAR Aero Rules
Body Specialist
RESPONSIBILITIES:
· Preparing Bodywork for Painting
Bookkeeper
RESPONSIBILITIES:
· Compiling Invoices, Packing Slips and Receipts for Expense Accounting
· Preparing Accounts Payable and Disbursing Payments
· Payroll Preparation and Disbursement
· Preparing Retirement Plan Deposits and Distributing Reports
· Preparing Team Per Diem Payments
· Preparing Summary Reports of Financial Operations
Building Maintenance
RESPONSIBILITIES:
· General Building Maintenance and Light Repair
· Floor Cleaning, Care and Repair
· Requesting Building Maintenance Supplies to Purchasing Manager
Business Manager
RESPONSIBILITIES:
· Supervision of Accounting Activities
· Assessment of Proposed Team Agreements for Profitability
· Supervision of Merchandising Program
· Coordination of Driver's Activities including Licensing
CAD Draftsman
RESPONSIBILITIES:
· Maintenance of CAD Equipment and Supplies
· Preparation and Detailing of Engineering Drawings
· Preparation of Tool Path Data for CNC Machining
Car Chief
RESPONSIBILITIES:
· General Maintenance of Specific Cars
· Supervision of Mechanics assigned to his car(s)
Chassis Specialist
RESPONSIBILITIES:
· Maintenance of Chassis Parts Records
· Installation of Chassis Parts as directed by Crew Chief and/or Engineer
· Inspection and filing of chassis parts
CNC Machinist
RESPONSIBILITIES:
· Maintenance of CNC machinery
· Programming Tool Paths
· Maintenance and Purchasing of CNC Tooling
Coach Driver
RESPONSIBILITIES:
· Coach Maintenance and Repair
· Stocking Coach Supplies and Refreshments
· Driving Coach to and from event sites
· Cleaning Coach after Travel
· Parking Coach in designated area
· Compiling and Reporting Coach Operational Expenses
Consultant
RESPONSIBILITIES:
· Analysis of team's approach to a specific problem
· Discreet survey of competitive approaches
· Submission of report offering suggestions and critique
Crew Chief
RESPONSIBILITIES:
· Ultimately Responsible to NASCAR for Team Activities including Rules Compliance
· Leadership of the Crew in Practice and Competition
· Supervision of Car Chiefs and Shop Manager Regarding Race Preparation
· Preparation and Distribution of Crew Assignments
Head Specialist
RESPONSIBILITIES:
· Preparation of new Cylinder Head assemblies
· Valve Grinding
· Seat Preparation
· Assembly
· Teardown and Cleaning of used assemblies
Data Acquisition
RESPONSIBILITIES:
· Maintenance and Repair of Data Acquisition Sensors and Systems
· Installation and Validation of Data Acquisition Equipment
· Maintenance of Acquired Data
· Removal of Data Acquisition Equipment after Testing
Driver
RESPONSIBILITIES:
· Maintenance of Driving Equipment and Supplies
· Personal Appearances as Directed by the Team Manager and/or a Sponsor Representative
· On-Time Attendance of Mandatory Driver Meetings
· Cooperation with NASCAR as required in dealing with the Media and the Public
Dyno Operator
RESPONSIBILITIES:
· Maintenance of Dyno Equipment and Area
· Installation and Removal of Engines to be Tested
· Logging of Engine Run Data
· Maintenance of Dyno Safety Equipment:
Engineer
RESPONSIBILITIES:
· Conducting Design and Preparation of R&D Equipment
· Analysis of Acquired Data and Presentation of Recommendations
· Preparation of Set-up Sheets
· Management of Event Activity Records
Engineering Assistant
RESPONSIBILITIES:
· Support and Assistance to the Engineer
· Maintenance of Engineering Documentation
· Maintenance of Engineering Equipment and Supplies
Engine Assembler
RESPONSIBILITIES:
· Compiling Parts and Materials for assembly from stock
· Inspecting Parts Condition and Suitability
· Confirming Engine Specification Data to be in Compliance with Regulations
· Validating Piston to Head Clearances and Requesting Piston Machining
· Careful Assembly of Engine Components
· Handing Off Complete Assembly to Dyno
· Updating Engine Assembly Records
Expeditor
RESPONSIBILITIES:
· Moving Parts and Materials to Meet Operational Demands
· Local Pick-up and Delivery of Supplies and Equipment Needing Service
· Maintenance and Servicing of Team Utility Vehicles
Fabricator
RESPONSIBILITIES:
· Fabrication of parts as directed by the fabrication shop manager
Gear Specialist
RESPONSIBILITIES:
· Preparation of Gear Assemblies and Transmissions as Directed by Crew Chief and/or Team Engineer
· Maintenance of Gear Records and filing data
· Tear-down and Inspection of Used Assemblies
· Maintenance of Spare Part Inventories for Gear Assemblies
General Manager
RESPONSIBILITIES:
· Team Budgeting
· Personnel Scheduling
· Hiring and Firing
· Conducting Team Meetings
· Supervision of All Departments
Graphics Specialist
RESPONSIBILITIES:
· Maintenance of Decal Graphics Inventory
· Installation of Vehicle Graphics
· Repair or Replacement of Graphics on Used Cars
· Auditing Compliance with NASCAR Graphics Regulations
Janitor
RESPONSIBILITIES:
· Maintenance of Public areas
· Maintenance of Janitorial Supplies
Machinist
RESPONSIBILITIES:
· General Machining
· Scheduling of Work based on Urgency of Requests with Approval of Shop Manager
· Maintenance of Tooling and Machinery
· Ordering Replacement Tooling and Machinery Repairs
Marketing Director
RESPONSIBILITIES:
· Research and Analysis of New Sponsorship Prospects
· Preparation and Presentation of Sponsor Proposals
· Advises Team Owner on Sponsor Relations
· Audits Team for Compliance with Sponsor Graphics and Requirements
Marketing Specialist
RESPONSIBILITIES:
· Assists Marketing Director in all activities
· Coordination of Driver and Team with Sponsor Hospitality Events
Mechanic
RESPONSIBILITIES:
· Race Car Preparation
· Parts Inspection and Repair
· Check List Work
Merchandiser
RESPONSIBILITIES:
· Maintenance of Inventory of Salable Goods and Products
· Stocking of Merchandising Vehicles
· Transportation of Merchandise to Events
· At-Track Sales of Merchandise
· Sales Reporting and record keeping
Thank you
Doug
Today we give you a few of the different positions that make up a Race Team. We will continue with more in our next post.
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Aero Specialist
RESPONSIBILITIES:
· Preparation of Aero Test Project Schedule
· Maintenance of Aero Test Records and Documentation
· Liaison with Fabrication Department
· Verification of Compliance with NASCAR Aero Rules
Body Specialist
RESPONSIBILITIES:
· Preparing Bodywork for Painting
Bookkeeper
RESPONSIBILITIES:
· Compiling Invoices, Packing Slips and Receipts for Expense Accounting
· Preparing Accounts Payable and Disbursing Payments
· Payroll Preparation and Disbursement
· Preparing Retirement Plan Deposits and Distributing Reports
· Preparing Team Per Diem Payments
· Preparing Summary Reports of Financial Operations
Building Maintenance
RESPONSIBILITIES:
· General Building Maintenance and Light Repair
· Floor Cleaning, Care and Repair
· Requesting Building Maintenance Supplies to Purchasing Manager
Business Manager
RESPONSIBILITIES:
· Supervision of Accounting Activities
· Assessment of Proposed Team Agreements for Profitability
· Supervision of Merchandising Program
· Coordination of Driver's Activities including Licensing
CAD Draftsman
RESPONSIBILITIES:
· Maintenance of CAD Equipment and Supplies
· Preparation and Detailing of Engineering Drawings
· Preparation of Tool Path Data for CNC Machining
Car Chief
RESPONSIBILITIES:
· General Maintenance of Specific Cars
· Supervision of Mechanics assigned to his car(s)
Chassis Specialist
RESPONSIBILITIES:
· Maintenance of Chassis Parts Records
· Installation of Chassis Parts as directed by Crew Chief and/or Engineer
· Inspection and filing of chassis parts
CNC Machinist
RESPONSIBILITIES:
· Maintenance of CNC machinery
· Programming Tool Paths
· Maintenance and Purchasing of CNC Tooling
Coach Driver
RESPONSIBILITIES:
· Coach Maintenance and Repair
· Stocking Coach Supplies and Refreshments
· Driving Coach to and from event sites
· Cleaning Coach after Travel
· Parking Coach in designated area
· Compiling and Reporting Coach Operational Expenses
Consultant
RESPONSIBILITIES:
· Analysis of team's approach to a specific problem
· Discreet survey of competitive approaches
· Submission of report offering suggestions and critique
Crew Chief
RESPONSIBILITIES:
· Ultimately Responsible to NASCAR for Team Activities including Rules Compliance
· Leadership of the Crew in Practice and Competition
· Supervision of Car Chiefs and Shop Manager Regarding Race Preparation
· Preparation and Distribution of Crew Assignments
Head Specialist
RESPONSIBILITIES:
· Preparation of new Cylinder Head assemblies
· Valve Grinding
· Seat Preparation
· Assembly
· Teardown and Cleaning of used assemblies
Data Acquisition
RESPONSIBILITIES:
· Maintenance and Repair of Data Acquisition Sensors and Systems
· Installation and Validation of Data Acquisition Equipment
· Maintenance of Acquired Data
· Removal of Data Acquisition Equipment after Testing
Driver
RESPONSIBILITIES:
· Maintenance of Driving Equipment and Supplies
· Personal Appearances as Directed by the Team Manager and/or a Sponsor Representative
· On-Time Attendance of Mandatory Driver Meetings
· Cooperation with NASCAR as required in dealing with the Media and the Public
Dyno Operator
RESPONSIBILITIES:
· Maintenance of Dyno Equipment and Area
· Installation and Removal of Engines to be Tested
· Logging of Engine Run Data
· Maintenance of Dyno Safety Equipment:
Engineer
RESPONSIBILITIES:
· Conducting Design and Preparation of R&D Equipment
· Analysis of Acquired Data and Presentation of Recommendations
· Preparation of Set-up Sheets
· Management of Event Activity Records
Engineering Assistant
RESPONSIBILITIES:
· Support and Assistance to the Engineer
· Maintenance of Engineering Documentation
· Maintenance of Engineering Equipment and Supplies
Engine Assembler
RESPONSIBILITIES:
· Compiling Parts and Materials for assembly from stock
· Inspecting Parts Condition and Suitability
· Confirming Engine Specification Data to be in Compliance with Regulations
· Validating Piston to Head Clearances and Requesting Piston Machining
· Careful Assembly of Engine Components
· Handing Off Complete Assembly to Dyno
· Updating Engine Assembly Records
Expeditor
RESPONSIBILITIES:
· Moving Parts and Materials to Meet Operational Demands
· Local Pick-up and Delivery of Supplies and Equipment Needing Service
· Maintenance and Servicing of Team Utility Vehicles
Fabricator
RESPONSIBILITIES:
· Fabrication of parts as directed by the fabrication shop manager
Gear Specialist
RESPONSIBILITIES:
· Preparation of Gear Assemblies and Transmissions as Directed by Crew Chief and/or Team Engineer
· Maintenance of Gear Records and filing data
· Tear-down and Inspection of Used Assemblies
· Maintenance of Spare Part Inventories for Gear Assemblies
General Manager
RESPONSIBILITIES:
· Team Budgeting
· Personnel Scheduling
· Hiring and Firing
· Conducting Team Meetings
· Supervision of All Departments
Graphics Specialist
RESPONSIBILITIES:
· Maintenance of Decal Graphics Inventory
· Installation of Vehicle Graphics
· Repair or Replacement of Graphics on Used Cars
· Auditing Compliance with NASCAR Graphics Regulations
Janitor
RESPONSIBILITIES:
· Maintenance of Public areas
· Maintenance of Janitorial Supplies
Machinist
RESPONSIBILITIES:
· General Machining
· Scheduling of Work based on Urgency of Requests with Approval of Shop Manager
· Maintenance of Tooling and Machinery
· Ordering Replacement Tooling and Machinery Repairs
Marketing Director
RESPONSIBILITIES:
· Research and Analysis of New Sponsorship Prospects
· Preparation and Presentation of Sponsor Proposals
· Advises Team Owner on Sponsor Relations
· Audits Team for Compliance with Sponsor Graphics and Requirements
Marketing Specialist
RESPONSIBILITIES:
· Assists Marketing Director in all activities
· Coordination of Driver and Team with Sponsor Hospitality Events
Mechanic
RESPONSIBILITIES:
· Race Car Preparation
· Parts Inspection and Repair
· Check List Work
Merchandiser
RESPONSIBILITIES:
· Maintenance of Inventory of Salable Goods and Products
· Stocking of Merchandising Vehicles
· Transportation of Merchandise to Events
· At-Track Sales of Merchandise
· Sales Reporting and record keeping
Thank you
Doug
Monday, January 15, 2007
Open Business Model Introduction For Nascar Race Team Organization
Today I would like to present an article on the Open Business Model and how it could work with our Nascar Nextel Cup Team. Think about eBay, Amazon, YouTube, Digg or Wikipedia. Their content comes from outside of those companies from the public. By themselves they are not much but with all of the contributions made from everyone, they have become important, mainstream leading companies.
Our goal is to do the same with our Nascar Operation by involving the public. The ideas and directions that could come from this should be helpful and possibly groundbreaking. We think cars and racing can be effected by this model
We would like to credit USATODAY and Kevin Maney for the following article, originally published December 27, 2006.
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The "company," as we've known it for almost a century, is about to go the way of vinyl albums, floppy disks and perked coffee.
Our goal is to do the same with our Nascar Operation by involving the public. The ideas and directions that could come from this should be helpful and possibly groundbreaking. We think cars and racing can be effected by this model
We would like to credit USATODAY and Kevin Maney for the following article, originally published December 27, 2006.
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The "company," as we've known it for almost a century, is about to go the way of vinyl albums, floppy disks and perked coffee.
It is about to get wikified. Or starfished. Or cracked open like a beehive hit with a baseball bat. Depending on whom you ask.
Three new books say so, and a lot of big thinkers agree. One, due out Jan. 3, is the much-anticipated Wikinomics: How Mass Collaboration Changes Everything by Don Tapscott and Anthony Williams.
Internet companies such as eBay or YouTube,
where the site's denizens create the content, are only the beginning.
The Wikipedia online encyclopedia — written by thousands of individuals
working without a boss — also shows the way. But these days, the trend
is turning companies inside-out in industries from gold mining to
motorcycles to diapers.
The basic premise starts with economist Ronald
Coase, who in 1937 figured out that companies exist because of
transaction costs. Doing business by assembling all the right people
and resources inside an establishment has long been more efficient than
trying to find and coordinate those things in the world at large. For
this, Coase won the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Science.
But something momentous is happening to change that.
A combination of the Internet, cheap computing,
Web-based software, open-source projects such as Linux and new ways of
thinking about management are mixing together to dramatically drop the
transaction costs of doing business outside a company's walls.
Doing business is becoming no more efficient
inside a company vs. doing the same stuff outside a company — or
without a company at all. In fact, in many ways, collaborating outside
a company's structure can even be better.
So if a core reason companies exist is to lower
transaction costs, what happens if that reason goes away? Companies
could run into an identity crisis that will hit them like the talkies
hit Charlie Chaplain.
"This new form of innovation and production can
be harnessed for spectacular growth and profitability," Tapscott tells
me. "But companies are going to have to change their business models to
embrace it."
Which is a nice way of saying: This will be about as much fun as going through adolescence.
The best way to see what's happening is through examples.
Wikinomics opens with the story of
Goldcorp, a Canadian gold-mining company — a business about as unlike a
Silicon Valley start-up as opera is unlike Green Day. Desperate for
ways to find new places to drill, Goldcorp did the unthinkable for a
mining company: It posted all its proprietary data on the Internet and
let anyone interpret it for possible drilling targets. Prize money was
promised.
Within weeks, submissions poured in. People
around the world found drilling targets Goldcorp never thought of. The
process shaved years off exploration and shot Goldcorp from $100
million in revenue to $9 billion.
The Internet made it possible to rake in
expertise from all over. The cost was cheap, the payoff huge. It's a
lesson in how every company will have to open processes that have long
been closed — or get clobbered by competitors who do it first.
Tapscott applies the term "wiki" to this
phenomenon. A wiki is a document or process on the Web that anybody can
add to or alter. Another book, The Starfish and the Spider by
Ori Brafman and Rod Beckstrom, says that winning companies will be more
like starfish, which, as I learned from the book, apparently have no
head or brain and are more like a group of cells that agree to
cooperate. Which is how I sometimes feel on New Year's Day.
A more academic book, Open Business Models: How to Thrive in the New Innovation Landscape,
is just out from Henry Chesbrough, business school professor at the
University of California at Berkeley. And on the fringe, an academic
organization called We Are Smarter Than Me is attempting to get
thousands of people to contribute to a Web-based wiki-type book about
these new wiki-type business models.
This is laudable in a practice-what-you-preach way, but there may be another cliché that applies here: Too many cooks …
Anyway, all these books are chock-full of
examples. Tapscott writes about some of the most surprising ones, such
as the Chinese motorcycle industry. Apparently, China opted to create
an open-source motorcycle. The country defined a basic structure and
standards — copied, as Tapscott notes, from Japanese motorcycles — but
then leaves it to individuals and small companies to design parts or
assemble whole motorcycles.
The Chinese are building motorcycles the way
programmers built Linux, and the results have been fantastic with no
single company driving the industry. "It's the extreme example,"
Tapscott says. "But it's now the largest motorcycle industry in the
world."
Companies are testing these waters in lots of
ways. When Procter & Gamble is looking for a molecule that takes
red wine off a shirt or absorbs smells in a diaper, it no longer just
relies on internal R&D. It puts those requests out on a site called
InnoCentive. Scientists around the world can see the challenge, work on
a solution and sell it to P&G. Again, the costs of working outside
the company are minimal.
Geek Squad, the computer fix-it company now
owned by Best Buy, has an open management model. It pretty much lets
employees run the company and design products by collaborating over the
Net, sometimes while playing an online game called Battlefield 2. It's a major reason the company has grown so quickly.
All the authors argue that every company is
going to have to do these things. But it will require the greatest
change in management thinking since the likes of General Motors
invented the corporation in the early 20th century.
Should be a wild ride.
E-mail kmaney@usatoday.com
| Posted 12/26/2006 8:48 PM ET Thanks for your time and input, Doug |
Sunday, January 7, 2007
Travel Packages to Nascar Events
For the Rookie as well as the Veterans that plan to watch a Nascar Nextel Cup Race live I found the following advice from travel writer Everett Potter in the USA Weekend magazine.
Rookies should begin with one event to see what Nascar is all about. Feel the atmosphere around you by going a few days early and have a grandstand ticket to watch the race.
There are many companies with packages that include tickets and hotel rooms. An example is the March 9-11 Las Vegas 400 with packages beginning at $515.00 per person for 2 nights in a very nice hotel and a ticket for each race. Bigger races like the Daytona 500 will run a lot more.
Finally you can find last minute hotel deals on Nascar's website and as a last resort, you can find tickets on eBay.
Doug
Rookies should begin with one event to see what Nascar is all about. Feel the atmosphere around you by going a few days early and have a grandstand ticket to watch the race.
There are many companies with packages that include tickets and hotel rooms. An example is the March 9-11 Las Vegas 400 with packages beginning at $515.00 per person for 2 nights in a very nice hotel and a ticket for each race. Bigger races like the Daytona 500 will run a lot more.
Finally you can find last minute hotel deals on Nascar's website and as a last resort, you can find tickets on eBay.
Doug
Tuesday, January 2, 2007
It's A New Year With Lots To Do
Welcome to our daily work in progress. We are learning and growing everyday with our goal of crossing the Finish Line in First Place some day.Take care
Doug
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