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The Unique Job Of Training Elite Athletes For Hendrick Motorsports Pit Crew

11.1.2017

Andy Papathanassiou, the Director of Human Performance at Hendrick Motorsports, joins the SportTechie Podcast with Bram Weinstein to discuss his unique role and how the science and technology behind today’s pit crews mirrors elite athlete and special forces training environments and processes. Hendrick Motorsports’ pit crew members often have backgrounds as elite athletes and Andy trains their physical and cognitive abilities to apply their skills to the pursuit of winning NASCAR races.

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