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From USA Today -
Oregon grads win AAA and Ford's auto repair skills test
"Two recent high school graduates from Oregon were the quickest to identify what was wrong with a 2012 Ford F-150 pickup, correct the problems and get the truck running to win an annual auto skills competition at Ford Motor's headquarters.
Matt Saunders and Drew Torrey, both from Vale, Ore., worked the bugs out in less than an hour Tuesday to take top honors at the Ford/AAA Student Auto Skills Competition National Finals in Dearborn, just outside Detroit. Teams of two from each of the 50 states took part in the competition.
The Vale team earned the best combined score on the written and hands-on portions of the competition and a perfect truck score by repairing all 14 problems on the Ford F-150. Other teams also finished within the 90-minute time limit, but they didn't correctly fix all the problems.
The top 10 teams will receive full and partial scholarships from automotive technology institutions across the country. In all, the competition aimed at filling a need for trained auto technicians awards about $12 million in scholarships and prizes. Saunders, 18, and Torrey, 19, said they are considering careers in auto repair."
Oregon grads win AAA and Ford's auto repair skills test
"Two recent high school graduates from Oregon were the quickest to identify what was wrong with a 2012 Ford F-150 pickup, correct the problems and get the truck running to win an annual auto skills competition at Ford Motor's headquarters.
Matt Saunders and Drew Torrey, both from Vale, Ore., worked the bugs out in less than an hour Tuesday to take top honors at the Ford/AAA Student Auto Skills Competition National Finals in Dearborn, just outside Detroit. Teams of two from each of the 50 states took part in the competition.
The Vale team earned the best combined score on the written and hands-on portions of the competition and a perfect truck score by repairing all 14 problems on the Ford F-150. Other teams also finished within the 90-minute time limit, but they didn't correctly fix all the problems.
The top 10 teams will receive full and partial scholarships from automotive technology institutions across the country. In all, the competition aimed at filling a need for trained auto technicians awards about $12 million in scholarships and prizes. Saunders, 18, and Torrey, 19, said they are considering careers in auto repair."
