Well..... For the most part, a masters in an engineering field of study would be almost mandatory for anything like F1, indy, CART, etc. I know all the German F1 team members are pretty much all Doctorate degrees. VERY hard to get into anything like that.

My buddy, and now his son, race in NASCAR. They have been team owners, racers, and businessmen for quite a while without any type of degree....... just by "who they know". Bob Keselowski was a driver in the Craftsman truck series for a good number of years, then passed the driving duties on to a hired driver, and later to his son. Bradley (Bob's son) has risen up through the ranks of dirt track, ARCA, Craftsman truck series, Nationwide series, and now in the Sprint cup cars. Most of his rise to the top is due to name recognition though. It also helps to be buddy-buddy with Dale Earnhardt Jr. though.

Honestly..... some form of stock car racing is probably the easiest thing for you to "break into". There's many teams, with a whole ton of people in their shops...... you might get lucky and score a few laps in a car and get a chance to prove yourself. Might not be your ideal situation...... but you have to start somewhere. Racing is a very tight family....... name recognition is EVERYTHING!