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Reflect on Team Size and Specialization

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Inside Bobby Allison's 90s NASCAR Race Shop: Jimmy Fennig Revisits History

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Reflect on the evolution of NASCAR team sizes and operations. Contrast the past, when a small team of 6-7 people did everything in-house, with today's larger, more specialized teams. This shift from 'jack of all trades' to highly specialized roles, such as dedicated 'crush panel' or 'quarter window' specialists, highlights the increasing complexity and financial investment in modern racing. This provides a broader understanding of the industry's progression.

Goal: Understand the historical changes in NASCAR team structure and work specialization.

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people do a lot of things and spot on, you know, without 20, 30 people like they got, you know, I do crush panels, I do quarter windows, I do this. We did everything. How many people were working here at the prime? I don't know how many Keith had. I don't without a family. Seven. Yeah, maybe seven out there. Well, that's not that many. No, no, Keith. Keith maybe had probably maybe the same amount, maybe six. No, we our budget wasn't that big. So, we had to do what we had to do. When you were assembling the crew for this place, you already kind of have in mind like I'm calling these guys or like did you have to look? Well, we took a lot of people from uh Stabola Brothers that used to work at Stavola Brothers and uh brought them brought them with us when we left there. How did they feel about that? Well, they were fine because that uh uh Billy and Mickey were going to be shutting down that side anyway. They were shutting down. You know, I think they ran with Bobby Healing for one more year or something after Bobby got hurt. But after once Bobby got hurt, they were going to, you know, close that part off. They weren't going to bring another car in play. I think we ran out the year with Trickle, Mike Alexander. Maybe we ran one or two years there. I can't remember. But so this place kind of absorbed the second team of almost.

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