{"version":"1.1.0","producer":"fm.getcarcurious","layer":"official","episode":{"title":"How to Get a Job in Racing — Ashley Baily, IMSA Tire Specialist","url":"http://getcarcurious.com/episodes/how-to-get-a-job-in-racing-ashley-baily-imsa-tire-specialist","audioUrl":"https://anchor.fm/s/f02659d0/podcast/play/123125363/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-6-21%2F52984de0-eabd-6936-8afa-c1a6b9283f59.mp3","description":"Once, Ashley Baily was a pastry chef. Now she’s the 26-year-old, Daytona-winning tire chief for an IMSA Corvette team. Landing that leap took guts, passion, and five years of working two demanding jobs at once.(Plus cake. There was a silly amount of cake.)Want a job in pro racing? If you're ready to knuckle down and work like hell, it’s closer than you think. This episode is the latest installment in our HOW I GOT HERE series—a dive into just what it takes to land a career in professional motorsport. We asked Ashley for her story. (We also asked about cake. Because cake.)Fun fact: INTC co-host Jeff Braun is the competition director for Ashley’s IMSA team, 13 Autosport. After more than 40 years in pro racing, from Le Mans to stock cars and beyond, Jeff says Ashley is the best tire specialist he’s ever worked with.This episode was produced by Sam Smith. Thanks, as always, to our friends at BFGoodrich for supporting the show!***FREE 115-page BFGoodrich High-Performance Driving Guide written by Ross Bentley:⁠https://www.bfgoodrichtires.com/auto/learn/performance-driving-guide⁠Who We Are + Spicy Merch:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.ItsNotTheCar.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠**Support It’s Not the Car:Contribute on Patreon ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.patreon.com/notthecar⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠**Topic suggestions, feedback, questions? 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Sam Smith is an award-winning writer and a former executive editor of Road & Track magazine.We don’t love racing for the nuts and bolts—we love it for what it asks of the meatbag at the wheel.New episodes every other Tuesday.\n"},"annotations":[{"id":509795,"startTime":249.0,"endTime":253.0,"type":"concept","title":"qualify last","url":"/glossary/qualify-last","quote":"No, it wasn't good. It's never a good weekend when you qualify last and finish last.\n[253.0s] To put it bluntly, that's what happened to us.\n[256.0s] Although we did qualify last and then we won Daytona.","canonicalId":"concept:qualify-last","priority":0.4,"confidence":0.85,"source":"hybrid-fuzzy+gpt-5.4-nano","data":{"explanation":"“Qualify last” means the team set the slowest time in the qualifying session, earning the worst starting position for the race. 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Like when you talk to people about 24 hour race and staying up for like 36 hours, nobody really understands it until you do it.","canonicalId":"topic:24-hour-race","priority":0.95,"confidence":0.9,"source":"hybrid-fuzzy+gpt-5.4-nano","data":{"explanation":"A “24 hour race” is endurance racing where cars run continuously for a full day, with driver changes, tire management, and pit strategy. It’s a different challenge than sprint racing because the goal is to keep the car fast and reliable for 24 hours.","simplifiedExplanation":"A “24 hour race” is a long endurance race where the cars keep running for an entire day. 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