Meet 24 year old Brett Morrell. He's from Windham, Maine and currently the front tire carrier for Gillett Evernham Motorsports' No. 19 team.

I got a chance to chat with Brett and ask him a few questions.

One of the things that I wanted to know was how he got into the sport. It goes back a few years. He actually used to race in the kart series at Beech Ridge Motor Speedway until he was 13 years old. At 15, he raced in the truck series at Beech Ridge's Thursday Thunder. That's how it began.

He then decided to move south, where he and a friend went through the 5 OFF 5 ON pit school training in Moorseville, NC. He recalls the schooling being held on Saturdays for nine weeks, approximately three hours per day. He got his first job at PPC racing, working with John Andretti in the No. 14 car. After about a year there, he moved on to his current employer, GEM.

He lives in Mooresville with his fiance, Jennifer, whom he met through GEM. Here's a little bit of what his work week looks like:

The team normally works a Sunday through Thursday schedule. They fly in to the racetrack wherever they are racing on any given week, in a private jet the morning of the race. If the race is on the West coast, the team will fly in the day before to aclimate to the time change. Immediately following the race, he flies back home.

Monday through Thursday they work a 7:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. shift.

On Monday morning, they do what is called a film review. They watch about one hour of pit stops to analyze how they did during the race, always looking for ways to improve.

A strength and conditioning coach comes in each day. As a team they go through a rigorous workout for about an hour and a half.

There are also one-hour pit practices each day. In addition to all of the above, his other responsibility is to build the brakes and suspension for both the No. 9 and 19 team.

Brett's parents and most of his family still live in the Windham area. He doesn't get a chance to come home very often with such a busy schedule but does try to come home for a couple of weeks during the off season.

Brett is getting married in Jamaica the week after Homestead. Congratulations Brett!

It was a pleasure to talk to him and get a look into his life.