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2027 Skilled Works, hosted by Enthusiast Racing

Our drag race is a job fair.

For skilled workers. Every nitro race we host in 2027 doubles as a job fair: employers on the midway, the trades on show, nitro on the track. Come for the race. Leave with a handshake, a job and a great time.

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A crowd in Pete Dove's pit. Photo courtesy of Dove Motorsports

5nitro races we're looking to host in 2027, every one a job fair
1 midwayemployers, trade schools and hands-on stations, between the rounds
Nearly 1 in 2people 16 to 30 are learning or seriously considering a trade (Thumbtack, 2026)
31,000+students came to NHRA's Youth and Education Services days at the races in 2023

Sources: Thumbtack, Gen Z and the trades, Sept. 2026; NHRA, YES program, 2024.

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Why a drag race

Every nitro car on the track is built and kept alive by skilled workers: machinists, welders, fabricators, electricians and mechanics. Our own drivers come from the trades. Ryan Hill ran machines for ten years. Pete Dove's crew is eleven people, each with a job on the car.

A job board leaves people online and alone. A race puts them together, face to face, with real work in front of them and a reason to stay all day. A handshake, a job and a great time.

So we're building the races around it. The cars bring the crowd. The midway brings the employers. The trades bring the people who want a better job, and the ones who don't know yet that they'd love one.

A supercharged nitro engine on the bench inside a race hauler
Nitro, built by the trades
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How a race day works

  1. Try itHands-on stations on the midway, run by the people who do the work every day.
  2. Meet themEmployers and trade schools in their own booths, ready to talk pay, training and a path.
  3. Get hiredInterviews at the track. Drivers can pretest for a CDL on site.
  4. Stay for the nitroThen watch cars built by machinists, welders and mechanics run down the track.

Stations we're planning

Plumbing

Build a bathroom

A local plumbing company shows how it goes together, and visitors put their hands on the pipe.

Roofing

Shingle a roof

A roofer, a ladder and a section of roof. Try a row.

Machining

Run a desktop CNC

The software, the machine and the person who makes them work together.

Automotive

The real oil change

A shop and its lift suppliers show what goes into a car's most common service.

Food service

Make it safe

The vendors feeding the crowd show how big kitchens and their suppliers keep it safe.

Trucking

The CDL lane

Licensed drivers meet carriers. New drivers pretest and find a school seat.

The stations, employers and schools are set race by race with the companies near each track. Tracks and dates are still being signed.

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Who it's for

Looking for workBring your handsTry the work, talk to the people who do it and leave with a next step. Badges from our free tech lessons put you in front first.Find work EmployersShow the jobMeet people who already like the work. Show the job instead of posting it, and hire at the track.Hire at the races Schools and trainersShow the pathApprenticeships, certificates and a seat in the next class, right where the fans are.Be a mentor

Want a head start? Play Shop Smarts, our skills game with MCC-Longview's GM apprentice program: racing, auto, HVAC, plumbing and electrical.

Proof, not stickers

Every race, counted.

  • Who cameEmployers on the midway, visitors at the stations, and resumes built.
  • What happenedInterviews at the track, and the offers that came out of them.
  • Who got hiredHires from each race, posted here after every race.
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The story so far

Enthusiasm in Action All in. Extra effort. Never quit.

  1. 01Built by friendsBrian and Paul: friends for 30 years, partners now. Racers who build, racers who win.
  2. 02The American dream at 320 mphLex Joon put his Top Fuel car on a boat and made America home. Our headline supporter.
  3. 03We don't sell stickersWe sell Enthusiasm in Action: sponsors, operations and data, done all in.
  4. 04Five races. Every one a job fair.The nitro races we’re looking to host in 2027, each one a job fair for skilled workers.
  5. 05Nitro, built by the tradesShop Smarts with MCC-Longview’s GM ASEP: racing, auto, HVAC, plumbing, electrical.
  6. 06Beat The TreeRace Lex’s .066 light. $343 in honor of our friend Chris King, with Dove Fuels.
  7. 07Faith at the trackRacers For Christ: chaplains in the pits since 1971.
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