Logan Brown is a 22-year-old college student working toward his dream of working in NASCAR. The Ohio native is a marketing student at Bowling Green State University. Brown plans to be a jack-of-all-trades for a NASCAR team upon graduation. He is also a spotter for various teams. Brown started his career in motorsports after a medical emergency.
“I was on a swimming scholarship at one of the service academies. I tore my ACL and had a seizure, making me ineligible for service. I returned home, attended community college for two semesters, and started working full-time for ThorSport. My grandfather was a huge racing fan, and he knew I also was. We built a compact to race at Sandusky Speedway. He set me up working as a mechanic for one of the drivers.” Brown said.
That simple mechanic job turned into more.
“I was driving an hour and a half to work one way, and it got to be too much. Someone suggested ThorSport Racing, which was 20 minutes from my house. I went with my resume and got hired.” Brown said.
Fans may be asking how one gets into spotting. Brown credits veteran spotter and current ThorSport GM David Pepper with helping him get started.
“I’m a big F1 fan and really got into the video games. After crashing out, I’d work as a team engineer for my teammates still in the race. I realized that NASCAR had a similar position. I posted on the iRacing boards and spotted virtually. It moved from there. David Pepper recommended me to Bill Venturini,” Brown said.
Brown has spotted for Kris Wright, BJ McLeod, Amber Balcaen, Connor Zilisch, Alex Clubb, and Simon Charbeneu. His first sporting experience was exciting.
“My first spotting job was with Venturini Motorsports at Mid-Ohio. You can’t see the final turn from where we stood. I saw my driver enter the turn attempting to pass for 3rd. I told him, ” Be careful on the right side, I’m about to lose you. I see the fifth-place car come through, but not my driver or the driver they attempted to pass. The radio comes on, and they say they had spun. I tell Big Bill, who was near me, that the driver spun. The driver works back up to around 6th gear, when they pass me with the left-front brakes glowing. On the next lap, I see faint flames. I moved to the end of the hill with my binoculars; by this time, the whole left front is engulfed in flames. I radio it in. Big Bill touched my shoulder and spun me around. He says did you call that in? I said yes, sir. He says good man. The driver ended up retiring, but Big Bill told me I did a great job.” Brown said.
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