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Driven to win

High speeds. High stakes. High pressure. All in a day's work at NASCAR for this tradesperson.

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Meet the NASCAR Tradesperson. They call him “Spider”

On and off the track

Keep learning. Keep winning.

“A good tradesperson never stops learning.” That's the advice Chris Gillin, a.k.a. Spider, heard from his grandfather as a young boy. Today, Spider’s taken those words of wisdom with him all the way to NASCAR as a Prep Shop Manager at Joe Gibbs Racing. Week in and week out, Spider and his team work their magic to ensure every lug is tight and every bolt is secure. Because when you're responsible for race cars that roar around the track at 200 miles an hour, you take your job seriously.

Chris Gilligan, aka Spider, looks into the camera while sitting in a garage
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Yesterday, today and tomorrow

All in for the trades

We're proud to tell these stories, to inspire the next generation of tradespeople, and to support current tradespeople with the tools they need to get the job done—literally and figuratively. Because it's not just a job to us either.

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