MAHLE Clevite Awards Jeff Gordon Racing School Prize to Two NTI Students?

Jeff Gordon Racing Experience winners James McMahen (left) and Joshua McMillan (right) are congratulated by Bill McKnight.
Photo - MAHLE Clevite Inc.

During a break before the Showdown final - won by the team of Dennis Borem and Darrell Hoffman of Pro Motor Engines - Bill McKnight of MAHLE Clevite Inc. invited all NTI students in attendance possessing 4.0 grade point average to join him on stage. Almost 20 students joined McKnight, who then separated the students into two groups - one group of students from Mooresville and other North Carolina communities, and the other group of students attending NTI from out of state.

McKnight asked the students in both groups to guess how many fasteners are used in the NEXTEL Cup 357-cubic-inch Ford engine they just saw assembled. McMahen, who is from Sublimity, OR; and McMillan, who hails from Deep Gap, NC, came the closest in guessing the correct answer of 184 fasteners. McMahen enrolled in NTI's "Automotive NASCAR Pit Crew" program in January 2007. McMillan has been attending NTI since July 2006 and is in the "Automotive NASCAR Ford Fact" program.?

McKnight presented each of the winning students with a $400 voucher for a driving experience at the Jeff Gordon Racing School. The prize includes driving instructions and the opportunity to drive a race-car at the Lowe's Motor Speedway in Charlotte. The prize also includes a graduate certificate, printed lap times and a souvenir racing license.??

"It was great to see so many NTI students at the Showdown," says McKnight. "NTI's automotive technical training programs are outstanding and the students who attend their classes are truly dedicated to achieving excellence. Knowing how demanding NTI's programs are, I was especially surprised and impressed by the large number of students in the audience carrying a 4.0 G.P.A."??

Through an exclusive educational alliance with NASCAR, NTI is the only school of its kind that combines automotive training and a NASCAR-approved technologies curriculum into one program. NTI is part of Universal Technical Institute, Inc. (UTI), a nationwide provider of technical education training for students seeking careers as professional automotive, diesel, collision repair, motorcycle and marine technicians. 

(Source: MAHLE Clevite Inc.)