When you can join Cody
Start times are local to Charlotte, NC.
- Race Weekend Pit Pass with a NASCAR DriverStarts 9 AM, full day (8 hrs)
- Race Shop Day: How a Stock Car Gets BuiltStarts 9 AM, 6 hours
- Karting Lesson with a Stock Car Driver3 hours, start time set on the day
What Cody hosts
Race Weekend Pit Pass with a NASCAR Driver
Garage walk-through, strategy meeting and pit wall access on race day.
- Length
- Full day (8 hrs)
- Group
- 1–2 guests
- Price
- $1,200
Race Shop Day: How a Stock Car Gets Built
Spend a weekday in a race shop: chassis work, setup plates and the prep between race weekends.
- Length
- 6 hours
- Group
- 1–2 guests
- Price
- $450
Karting Lesson with a Stock Car Driver
Learn racing lines, braking points and passing from a pro, then put it to work in a rental kart.
- Length
- 3 hours
- Group
- 1–4 guests
- Price
- $350
About Cody
Cody Harlan started racing go-karts as a kid and moved into late models on Saturday-night short tracks across the Carolinas. He spent years loading his own car on a trailer, driving to races and fixing whatever broke during the week before he got his chance in a national stock car series.
He has since run full seasons for a small independent team, where drivers are expected to help with sponsor visits, testing feedback and everything in between. During race weekends his day is built around practice, qualifying, strategy meetings with his crew chief and the race itself. Between races he coaches younger drivers on racecraft and on how to present themselves to sponsors.
Cody hosts because most fans only see the race on TV. He wants people to see the garage, the strategy conversations and the amount of work a small team puts in to stay competitive.
What you’ll learn from Cody
- How tire, fuel and setup decisions change with track conditions
- How a driver, crew chief and spotter communicate during a race
- What a small independent team does on a race weekend
- How sponsorship works for drivers at different levels
