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Student Auto Skills Competition Winners Named

8 April 1999

Student Auto Skills Competition Winners Named During Food Lion AutoFair

    CONCORD, N.C., April 8 -- Greenwood County Vocational Center
in Greenwood, S.C. and Iredell Statesville ATC in Statesville, N.C., have
something to brag about today.  Each school had a winning team in the
Student Auto Skills Competition held earlier today during the Food Lion
AutoFair at Lowe's Motor Speedway at Charlotte.
    Donovan McBride and David Laughlin, seniors at Greenwood County
Vocational Center, and their instructor Lonnie Holloway were the winners
from South Carolina and Justin Taylor and Jeremy Walker, seniors at
Iredell Statesville ATC, and their instructor Martin Page were the North
Carolina champions.
    These two teams beat 18 other North and South Carolina high school teams
who opened the hoods this morning on identically "bugged" new cars with
the goal of diagnosing, identifying and repairing the problems. Each
winning team received an expense-paid trip to the national finals in
June in Washington, D.C.
    The competition was sponsored by AAA and Ford Motor Co. Participants'
names and contest results are distributed to Ford dealers, AAA-affiliated
service facilities and many other sponsoring organizations with a need for
auto service.
    The Food Lion AutoFair continues tomorrow through Sunday at Lowe's Motor
Speedway at Charlotte.  Hours are 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Friday and Saturday
and 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday.  Ticket prices are $8 for adults; children
under 12 are admitted free when accompanied by an adult.  Parking for the
event is $5. For more information contact the speedway events department
at (704) 455-3205 or visit http://www.lowesmotorspeedway.com .