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I agree with Henry on this because of my own experiences.
I worked at Gunnar Porsche Racing for 4 years starting in 1983 back in the eightees... I was in the body shop but I was around the racecar mechanics every day and during the winter Florida racing season 1-3 other
Porsche 962 teams rented bays and worked out of the shop too. The parking lot was full of huge fancy transporters.
Some teams had Andial build the motors others used Ed Pink, and Kevin Jeanette of Gunnar built his own.
Most of the younger race mechanics on the teams had never built a motor and couldn't if they had to... and they only worked on and knew O N E car...
ONE very clean car that only they worked on between and during races.
I also worked at a mostly German street car shop for a couple years and street car mechanics never know whats going to come through the doors any day, and every day is a learning experience because the cars that come in are all different and 99% of them have been abused and ignored by the owners until a problem forced them to bring it in to be fixed... and the motors are VERY dirty and greasy.
Anotherwords, I've seen street car mechanics that are wayyyyyy more talented and experienced than some of the younger race mechanics I've met that got where they are because of someone they knew.
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