NASCAR Layoff count

UPDATE The recent layoffs at many NASCAR teams have prompted the creation of a networking and resume posting site, www.DontCheckUp.com.

Unveiled on Monday, the site was created for displaced workers in the motorsports industry seeking employment.

Don Gemmell, one of 113 employees recently let go by Dale Earnhardt Inc., conceptualized the site, which will allow displaced workers from DEI and its affiliated Earnhardt-Childress Racing Engines to list their name, resume and contact information.

The site can be expanded to include information from former employees of other NASCAR teams as well.

“The outplacement service retained by DEI for us at our termination provided eight hours training," said Gemmell, who worked in motorsports operations at DEI. “But only about 30 of the 113 have taken advantage of it, so far.

“As I listened to them and talked to others who were also losing their jobs, I started to think of ways we could work together instead of individually. So after input from some of the group, we put together www.DontCheckUp.com to help."

12/02/08

Team No. Layoffs
Dale Earnhardt Inc 120
Ganassi 71
Bill Davis Racing 60
Richard Petty Driving Experience 45
Roush Fenway Racing 35
Petty Enterprises 30
Wood Brothers 25
Furniture Row 25
Earnhardt-Childress Racing Technologies 25
Stewart-Haas 16
Richard Childress Racing 15
Hendrick Motorsports 12
JTG Daugherty Racing 12
Michael Waltrip Racing 12
Ernie Elliott Inc [Ganassi engines] 9
Joe Gibbs Engines 5
Hall of Fame TBA
Yates TBA

Total

517