2027 Summer Intern – IndyCar Race Strategy & Analytics

Job Description

The Role

Support the Chevrolet IndyCar Program by turning race, telemetry, timing, scoring, and track data into reliable analysis and decision support. The intern will work with Drew Bennison and the Race Strategy & Analytics team to prepare data, test analytical tools, evaluate model outputs, and communicate findings that help improve race-weekend execution.

The Team

The Motorsports Competition analytics team develops practical tools for race strategy and performance improvement across road courses, street circuits, ovals, and superspeedways. The team partners with race engineers, strategists, Chevrolet teams, Ilmor, GM engineering groups, and data/software specialists to make better decisions throughout testing, race events, and the offseason.

What You’ll Do

• Assist with collecting, cleaning, organizing, and validating IndyCar race, telemetry, timing, scoring, fuel, tire, and track data.
• Support back-testing, scenario analysis, and basic simulation of race-strategy recommendations.
• Help evaluate model inputs and outputs related to fuel usage, tire performance, cautions, pit cycles, track position, and remaining-race conditions.
• Maintain track configuration data, timing lines, pit segments, logical segments, and related documentation.
• Create clear charts, summaries, dashboards, and technical documentation for engineering and competition stakeholders.
• Support software and data-engineering tasks such as testing workflows, checking APIs or data pipelines, documenting defects, and verifying fixes.
• Participate in race-replay reviews and help compare model recommendations with actual race outcomes.
• Learn and apply disciplined practices for version control, testing, data quality, and communicating analytical assumptions.

Required Qualifications

Pursuit of a Bachelor’s degree in one of the following areas: Engineering Data Science Statistics Must be graduating between December 2027 and May 2029 Able to work fulltime, 40 hours per week