Joseph Dawisha

Nascar Performance Engineer @General Motors

Concord, NC, US

Develop and optimize analysis methods to enhance on-track performance for Chevrolet NASCAR Cup Series teams.• Work alongside partner team (Hendrick Motorsports) race engineers in a command center setting to provide in-race strategy support and recommendations.• Leverage both advanced tools and race strategy knowledge to help influence race team strategy decisions.• Analyze and visualize trends in vehicle balance metrics, tire falloff, and other key performance indicators.• Improve methods for evaluating lap time falloff at prior events via Python and create new techniques for predicting future trends, contributing to strategic decision-making on race day.• Overhaul pit speed reporting to better characterize driver performance on pit road, leading to more meaningful assessments.