IRWIN HANSON awarded Michael Mullin of San Luis
Obispo, Calif., and Adam Minihan of Laconia, N.H.,
with the Ultimate NASCAR Race Experience. Both
students were national first-place winners of the
2011
SkillsUSA Automotive Service Technology
competition and will have the chance to work with
NASCAR crew chief Jeff Hammond and a NASCAR pit crew
August 25-28 during the 2011
IRWIN Tools Night Race
weekend at Bristol Motor Speedway.
The Ultimate Experience, courtesy of IRWIN Tools,
Earnhardt Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates, and
Jeff Hammond, is an opportunity for the high school
and post-secondary first place winners of the
SkillsUSA Automotive Service Technology competition
to go behind-the-scenes and work alongside the
NASCAR Sprint Cup Series No. 1 team’s pit
crew.
As the IRWIN HANSON Ultimate Experience winner,
Minihan will also participate in a “lunch and learn”
opportunity with one of NASCAR’s “winningest” crew
chiefs, Jeff Hammond, and receive race day
exclusives such as an official pace car ride-along
experience and the chance to watch the IRWIN Tools
Night Race from the No. 1 Earnhardt Ganassi Pit
Box.
“We are really excited to host the Ultimate
Experience with IRWIN Tools,” said Jeff Hammond, Fox
Sports Analyst and one of NASCAR’s all-time greatest
crew chiefs. “This is a great opportunity for us to
introduce some young folks, who are just starting
out in their careers, to the exciting world of stock
car mechanics. It’s a career choice that many
Automotive Technicians dream of, but aren’t quite
sure how to make happen.”
“The access to the teams, drivers and pit crews in
NASCAR is very unique, especially in comparison to
other professional sports,” adds Ross Porter,
President of IRWIN Tools. “We are thrilled to be
able to offer this racing experience, with Earnhardt
Ganassi Racing and Jeff Hammond, to future
Automotive Technicians through SkillsUSA. Hammond is
a wonderful ambassador for the IRWIN brand and a
role model for young professionals beginning their
careers.”
IRWIN Tools proudly supports SkillsUSA, a national
career and technical education organization that
serves more than 300,000 high school and college
students in technical, skill and service
occupations. SkillsUSA training programs are
critical to developing the next generation of
leaders and highly qualified professionals in the
workforce. IRWIN HANSON ensures that automotive
service technology students have the innovative and
dependable tools to learn their trade for their
future life’s work.
For more information, call 1-800-GO-IRWIN or visit
www.irwin.com.
IRWIN invites the nation to celebrate National
Tradesmen Day, on Friday, Sept. 16, 2011.
SkillsUSA instructional programs teach leadership,
citizenship and character development to complement
technical skill training. For more information
visit www.skillsusa.org.
