{"650339":{"#nid":"650339","#data":{"type":"news","title":"On Track With Chelsea Pechenino","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EPechenino\u0026rsquo;s father not only steered her toward racing, but also toward Georgia Tech. \u0026ldquo;My dad raced for GT Motorsports as a student at Tech. I grew up wearing all kinds of Tech gear,\u0026rdquo; Pechenino said. \u0026ldquo;I knew I wanted to come here since I was really little.\u0026rdquo;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EPechenino is now double majoring in mechanical engineering and business at Tech.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EShe calls racing the \u0026ldquo;pinnacle of engineering. You\u0026rsquo;re pushing to extreme limits and seeing how far you are willing to go.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Ch5\u003EChelsea Pechenino says she loves driving in Atlanta. Because, even on Atlanta roads, if it has to do with cars, it brings her joy \u0026mdash; a joy that her father inspired in her from an early age. \u0026ldquo;I was 2 or 3 years old and watching races with my dad in Kennesaw, Georgia,\u0026quot; Pechenino recalled.\u003C\/h5\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Pechenino is now double majoring in mechanical engineering and business at Tech.  She calls racing the \u201cpinnacle of engineering. You\u2019re pushing to extreme limits and seeing how far you are willing to go.\u201d"}],"uid":"27706","created_gmt":"2021-09-01 14:19:38","changed_gmt":"2021-09-01 14:21:12","author":"Eric Sembrat","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2021-09-01T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2021-09-01T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"650340":{"id":"650340","type":"image","title":"On Track With Chelsea Pechenino","body":null,"created":"1630506041","gmt_created":"2021-09-01 14:20:41","changed":"1630506041","gmt_changed":"2021-09-01 14:20:41","alt":"On Track With Chelsea Pechenino","file":{"fid":"246816","name":"pech_header.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/pech_header.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/pech_header.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":206123,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/pech_header.jpg?itok=6GScfyGg"}}},"media_ids":["650340"],"related_links":[{"url":"https:\/\/www.me.gatech.edu\/track-chelsea-pechenino-Indy-500","title":"Full Story Link"}],"groups":[{"id":"289141","name":"Women in Engineering (WIE)"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}