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BIO

 David Carr Racing time line:
• Started racing at age 8
• Local tracks 1996-1997
• South Carolina State Series (Go-kart) 1997 - 2001
      o Dirt Karting Series
      o Pavement Karting Series
      o Two state championships (2001)
      o Dirt Karting News magazine cover (January 1999)
• World Karting Association (Go-kart) 1997 - 2001
       oNational Dirt Series
o National Pavement Series
      o W.K.A. magazine cover  (August 1998)
      o W.K.A. family of the year (2000)
• Hardeeville Speedway (Ministock) 2002
      o Second place points
• Finish Line Racing School (Late model) 2003
      o Most consistent driver
• Florida Mini Stock Challenge (Ministock) 2003
      o Fascar Licensed
      o Stock Car Racing magazine article (April 2004)
      o Newspaper article (April 2004)
• Pro Late Model (Late model) 2004
      o Lanier National Speedway
      o NASCAR Licensed
      o Newspaper article (March 2004)
      o Radio interview (2004)
• Carolina Drag way 2005 - 2006 
• UNCC vehicle testing 2009-2011
      o F.S.A.E testing, fastest driver (2009, road course)
      o NASCAR Cup car testing, fastest driver (2011, road course)
• iRacing 2010
      o Late model touring season champion
      o Late model time trial season champion
• RPDE- 2006-2011
      oDriving instructor - Primary track Charlotte Motor Speedway

  • Chumpcar, WRL, AER endurance racing 2012-Current

Professional:

  • Vehicle Dynamics Engineer FCA 2012-2016

  • Carr Motorsport Driver Coach 2012-current

  • SRT Vehicle Dynamics Performance Engineer 2016-current

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 Education:

  •  University of North Carolina at Charlotte 2006 to 2011: BS Mechanical engineering (with Motorsports Concentration) and a BS in Physics with math minor
     

  • Augusta Christian High School 2003 to 2006: Varsity Football/Track, graduated with Honors and Presidents Award
     Obtained F.L.A.I.R. award (Foreign Language Alliance for International Rapport),2002
    Graduate of the Dale Carnegie Effective communication & Human relations course ,2010

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Relevant undergraduate college courses:

  • Calculus I, Calculus II, Calculus III, Differential Equations, Computational methods, Matrices and Linear Algebra, Probability and Statistics, Applied Math, Chemistry I ,Intro To Solid Mechanics, Sophomore Design, Manufacturing Systems, Motor sports clinic I, Thermodynamics I, Dynamic systems I, Intro to Engineering Materials, Motor sports Instrumentation, Thermodynamics II, Intro to Heat Transfer, Dynamic systems II, Intro to Measurements and Instrumentation, Fluid Mechanics, Junior Design, Machine Analysis, Road Vehicle Dynamics, Senior Design I, Senior Design II, Thermal Fluids Design (Nuclear power plants), Automotive Power Plants, Intro to Finite Element Analysis ,Physics I, Physics II, Modern Physics, Electromagnetic Theory I, Quantum Mechanics I, Waves & Optics

Graduate course

  • Advanced Automotive Power Plants

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