It's race day and life on the pit crew is like being a doorman, 99% boredom and 1% panic, working 12 hour days every day. When I arrived at LOWES motor speedway in North Carolina, everyone was in this 99% boredom phase, or on their "free time". It's 7 a.m. and each team's cars sit in the one-story tin garage with unfinished concrete floors that look almost temporary, half-equipped for the upcoming race and surrounded by their respective crew members. As I walk inside this garage, big enough for twenty-five cars but filled with about fifty cars, the walkways are carved out of the clutter of race cars, roll-a-ways and loose parts. It's fair to say it's crowded. The U.S. Border Patrol pit crew had to prepare for any possible accident on the track. Working intermittently throughout the day wanting the car to be as safe as possible, but also trying to overcome the natural laws of physics.8 US Border Patrol pit crew members aged 20-35 , all male, from Caucasians to Hawaiians, dressed in their team's green and white turtleneck suits, hide in the garage as they begin to subject the car to rigorous checks. Each with a specific job, but different from what they do on the track. For example in the garage there is the foreman, the builder, the chassis specialist, the gearbox specialists and the mechanics, but on the track these men are the front and rear tire changers, the tire transporters, the petrol fisherman, the spotter and the jack man. Each pit crew must ensure their car is capable of passing two key inspections. One is to make sure the car is safe and capable of running the entire race course without any major malfunctions, and two that... middle of paper... tears the windshield cover. , get water for a driver and try to stay centered. When the car leaves the pit lane, it burns out as the driver accelerates rapidly, leaving behind tire marks and the smell of burning rubber. To the naked eye, setting up and servicing a car in 14 seconds flat might seem like total chaos, but to the pit crew it's their natural routine. But this wasn't always the case, due to the intense pace and strength needed during a pit stop. Each team member must attend Crew School, a school made for people and mechanics who want to be in the pits. NASCAR crew in particular. Asking Paul how the US Border Patrol crew does it, he replies "it's just big choreography, like dancing where each person knows where the other is at all times, the only difference is we're doing on a car with a jack, air guns" and tires.”