Ford/AAA Student Auto Skills Contest is April 22nd

What happens in Okmulgee this Thursday

will impact your viewers’ pocketbooks!

Announcing the Oklahoma Finals of the Ford/AAA Student Auto Skills Contest:

• Thursday, April 22, 2010
• 9:30 a.m.
• OSU Institute of Technology campus, Okmulgee (directions below)

This exciting competition, held on the street in front of the Automotive Service Technology center at OSU-IT, pits ten 2-man teams of high school-age automotive tech students against each other and the clock in a race to be first to fix identically-bugged new Ford vehicles.  $164,000 in scholarships is up for grabs.

THE FIELD THIS YEAR INCLUDES 2 TEAMS FROM TULSA TECHNOLOGY CENTER.

There’s a critical shortage of auto technicians in Oklahoma. This contest is designed to encourage students to enter this field.

• Environmental News Angle:  Better maintained cars pollute less.

• Financial News Angle:  Access to good auto techs means better and more convenient repair work for us all.

• Jobs News Angle:  With new auto techs in such demand, even entry-level techs make good money. A senior tech can earn $75k+. 

DIRECTIONS: Take highway 75 south to the northern outskirts of Okmulgee. Turn left (east) onto Loop 56, follow it around and turn right at the main entrance of the OSU Institute of Technology. Bear to your right around to the north side of the campus where you’ll see the street blocked off. This is it.