Fueling Future Careers: Auto Tech Competitions and Success Stories

Unlock the secrets of a thriving automotive career and learn from the best in the industry! Join us as we uncover the exciting world of auto tech competitions with Danny Barnett from Monument Chevrolet and George Arrants from the ASE Educational Group. Discover how local high schools and the Houston Auto Dealers Association are paving the way for young automotive enthusiasts. Listen to the inspiring stories of Christopher Wasson and his star students, Josiah, Diego, and Axel, who are gaining hands-on experience and preparing for bright futures in the automotive field. From understanding the structure of high school programs to the meticulous selection process, this episode is a treasure trove of insights for anyone passionate about automotive education.

But that's not all! The ASE Education Foundation’s role in accrediting auto collision and truck programs is pivotal, and Danny's success stories with the Curt Lewis Career Center will show you why. We’ll explore the dynamic career paths available to students, including opportunities with giants like NHRA and NASCAR. Learn about the support systems designed to keep students engaged, such as co-op programs and dealership interviews. And for racing enthusiasts, we’ve got the latest on NASCAR, NHRA events, and iconic moments in automotive history. Whether you're an aspiring auto technician, an educator, or a motorsports fan, this episode promises to fuel your passion and knowledge.

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Speaker 1 0:01

Welcome to another In Wheel Time podcast, a 30-minute mini version of the In Wheel Time Car Show that airs live every Saturday morning 8 to 11 am. Central. The world's favorite place to go for fun, craziness, romance and informative car talk and leaking donuts it's the In Wheel Time Car Talk Show. Just ahead we're going to talk to George Ahrens about the upcoming auto tech competition. All right, later Jeff has the racing calendar, mars has this week in auto history and I'll get you caught up on the stories making automotive news headlines this week. Howdy, along with Mike out of this world. Mars, we always need more. Jeff Zekin, our chief engineer, david Ainsley, will be joining us next weekend. All right, I'm Don Armstrong. Glad you could join us, Okay, mr Mars.

Speaker 2 0:50

All right, so we've got several special guests coming up here.

Speaker 3 0:54

We've got a lot of people there, buddy.

Speaker 2 0:55

Yeah, we've got lots of company. So the Houston Auto Dealers Association. One of the things they do is they help promote the future of automotive technicians. Basically that's what it amounts to. There is actually a competition that some of the high school auto tech classes can get involved with. It will help them to learn more kind of work for some scholarships. They are sponsored by several of the dealerships around the Houston area. One of those is Monument Chevrolet and one of those is Monument Chevrolet. Danny Barnett with the Monument Chevrolet is here from Monument. We also have Christopher Wasson, is that right? And he's got some of his techs that are in this competition and we're going to talk to them. And George is with the ASE Educational Group George Ahrens yes, vice presidentrens, yes, vice President, right. Yes, very good. So we've got a full house, we've got lots of people, so let's start with Danny. So your involvement, the dealership's involvement in this competition for these kids, yes, sir.

Speaker 4 2:02

We sponsor several students from the high school to participate in this program and then hopefully move on to be technicians in our dealership.

Speaker 2 2:10

Okay, and then George, so how do you play into this competition?

Speaker 5 2:17

Well it's kind of been my idea that I started about six or seven years ago with the Dealers Association in North Texas and it's spread across the country. What we're really trying to do is the competition is actually designed to prepare partner dealers with local high schools and have three seniors from that high school automotive program shadow in the dealership for six to eight to ten weeks learning the factory scan tool, factory service information alongside the technicians, almost as a long interview, and then the competition is at San Jose College. But ultimately our goal is for the dealer to see the local talent in the community and hire them, and a fair number of the students from last year's Houston competition got hired. The winning team who you guys interviewed last year, that went on to the North Texas competition, which is a little bit larger. All three of those students were hired and still working for the dealer. That's what our ultimate goal is to showcase the talent in our local schools and the local dealers sponsoring and supporting the schools in their community kind of like a hands-on training program.

Speaker 2 3:29

Yep, kind of getting ready all right. So so, christopher, you got three guys with you who you got there?

Speaker 6 3:35

yes, sir, we have uh josiah, diego and axel and uh. Two of these guys are already uh to work for Danny over at Monument Chevrolet a few weeks back and we're waiting. Axel needed to get his driver's license going so he should be starting with them soon.

Speaker 3 3:54

Mike needs to get his going too.

Speaker 2 3:56

Yeah, I've got to work on that myself.

Speaker 1 3:58

What exactly? Let's go back for just a moment and tell me about the basics of an automotive program in the high school these days. Where do you start?

Speaker 6 4:09

um, we start at the ninth grade now. We we start at 14, 15 years old. We we interview students to get into our program in the eighth grade and, uh, you know, we start them with tools and safety and we progress pretty quickly through electronics and suspension, steering, brakes, engine performance, all the regular ASE-tested areas.

Speaker 1 4:33

Yeah, and obviously at the ninth grade level, that you've got some kids in there that I know that are very talented and probably runs in the blood. But some of them, I mean, how do you say yes, you can come into the program? I'm sorry you're going to have to wait another year and try next year to get into the program. How do you make that decision?

Speaker 6 4:55

So here in Pasadena ISD we have five 5A high schools and at the Career and Technical High School here we're more like a magnet career and tech school for the entire district and students have to make an application, write an essay, and then I interview them face to face to find out that try to find the kiddos that will be the right fit, that this is the right fit for them what do you look for?

Speaker 1 5:21

What do you look for in that interview?

Speaker 6 5:27

I'm looking for those kids that are already talking about cars, working on cars. They know what kind of car they like, not somebody that wants to get into this and learn how to change their own oil, because that's a two-hour class that you get once in four years. Here we're a high school. High school to career process.

Speaker 2 5:49

that that's what this is almost like. Almost like going to a college you got to apply and and go through a process to get accepted yes, sir, and, and because of the nature of our ase accreditation, we're able to uh acquire manufacturer certifications.

Speaker 6 6:05

So, like these guys already have several General Motors modules that they would get when they're going to a post-secondary training course for GM.

Auto Tech Training Program Success

Speaker 1 6:16

Okay, let me switch it back over here to George for just a minute. How are you involved in helping in this training and in this program?

Speaker 5 6:26

Well, all of you are familiar with ASE but most of you are not familiar with the ASE Education Foundation. We accredit auto collision and truck programs at the high school, community college and tech school level to national standards and Curt Lewis Career Center is an accredited program. Many of the high schools and the community colleges in Houston are accredited. So we make sure that the program is meeting national standards, that the students are teaching the skills that Danny and other employers need, making sure that they have the right tools and equipment and the budget and the support for the program. But the cornerstone of our accreditation is an industry advisory committee, which they're the support for the program. But the cornerstone of our accreditation is an industry advisory committee, which they're the taxpayers of the community and they're having input on what needs to be taught and what needs to be purchased in the school because technically you're spending their money.

Speaker 1 7:18

Danny, and so how does it work for you? What do you have to do to get involved in all of this?

Speaker 4 7:27

Well, we've been golly, I don't even know where to start. We've been involved with Chris's program even before it was at the technical school. This program my entire shop is full of alumni from this program, if you will. Chris may have some numbers on that, but I will tell you that my 20 years worth.

Speaker 4 7:51

Yeah, about 20 years. I've been with Monument Chevrolet for going on 27 years and Chris and I have had a relationship for the vast majority of that time. I take multiple students out of his program every year and it's been a great thing. It's been great for the dealership. These guys were growing our own technicians. They come into the program with our habits, they go through the San Jacinto College, which is also an ASE accredited program, they move on. They're with us for four or five years, essentially, before they come out of the college and they have all the training that they need and usually just plug right into a position, is there a lot of theft going on of your students?

Speaker 4 8:36

and employees. You mean from?

Speaker 1 8:39

other dealers.

Speaker 4 8:39

Yeah. It happens all the time, yeah, I mean that's something that we try to keep them locked up.

Speaker 3 8:44

And that's the question I have for Christopher. You've got a young man or a young lady that's very applied to learning in the automotive industry and you see them that maybe they need to go further than this. Are there any students and maybe one of those young men can jump in that maybe want to go to an NHRA or a NASCAR or maybe a Formula One type organization from that stepping stone that you're providing them?

Speaker 6 9:09

So last year we actually had one of our students that he didn't go to work at one of the dealers because he said that he wanted to go to work and work on Indy cars. There you go, and so we helped him get into a post-secondary training program at a technical school that that had that kind of training for him and to to just he. He has more than just the basic tools when he leaves here as far as knowledge, and then he can go way further faster once he gets to a training program that's outside of high school.

Speaker 5 9:45

And if I could jump in real quick, the foundational skills that they learn in these high school programs provide them with a career lattice and not a career ladder, and they can go pretty much anywhere they want. When I used to teach at Brazosport High School, one of my students Will Hanna. He now tunes top alcohol cars.

Speaker 3 10:03

There, you go.

Speaker 5 10:04

The foundational skills Chris in other schools really does help the students be able to open up their career in whichever direction that they want to go.

Speaker 3 10:13

So it's an umbrella. You can go any direction, Like you said lattice, because there's a lot of intersections and a lot of pathways on lattice rather than just a direct up stairways or things of that nature.

Speaker 5 10:22

Yeah, we don't have to wait for somebody to die, for somebody to move up, got you.

Speaker 3 10:25

That's right. It's sort of like in real time around here.

Speaker 1 10:29

Yeah yeah, we've got people lined up to take our jobs. Oh, yeah, yeah.

Speaker 2 10:34

They all got shovels in their hands, so you said that two of the guys were already working for Danny or about to be. No, they already work for him.

Speaker 3 10:48

Okay, so have you all graduated or you're still in high school. We're still in high school, our senior year. We come here for half a day. We have to go to work. That's how our program works.

Speaker 1 10:58

We used to call it distributive education.

Speaker 3 11:00

Co-op yeah.

Speaker 6 11:01

Co-op basically. Yeah, co-op, co-op, basically.

Speaker 1 11:04

Yeah, how nice Boy. I'll tell you what I wish. I'd have had that opportunity back when I was in high school. Problem was I didn't have the grades.

Speaker 3 11:15

Yeah, you do need those.

Speaker 5 11:16

Yeah, you got to have that.

Speaker 1 11:18

And now we'll call it a practicum. That's it. Um, so what is what is the greatest challenge for you guys, for your students, uh, in this program? I mean, don't tell me everything, because I know that, but, uh, the the greatest is it keeping the students in the program, is it? Is it getting more recruits as the as the year goes by? How does it work?

Speaker 6 11:44

um, well, we really the. The challenge is we we do a lot of the work to take the challenge out for the students, you know. But because we're an ase accredited program and we have the backing of the manufacturers and the dealerships, it, it, it takes the scariness out of it. One of the things that we do we have an interview process in the spring where we bring all the local dealerships and shops in and have them as an interview board and they'll interview the students for these practicums to begin in the summertime between their junior and senior year, to begin in the summertime between their junior and senior year. And, uh, you know, really the our biggest, I guess, problem we have in the most recent years is trying to convince some of these kiddos to get their driver's license. At many of the advisory committee meetings for different manufacturer programs, even at the dealership these guys are talking about, they have a hard time getting young techs to get a driver's license.

Speaker 3 12:49

Well, that's crazy.

Speaker 1 12:50

Well, back in our day we had to have one, and today your entire life is on your cell phone and that's just the way that it is today. And so why get a car if you don't need to? I mean, at 15 years old I was chomping at the bit to get down there to the driver's license office and get my learner's permit and go for it, but today there's not a whole lot of impetus unless you live so many miles away from the dealership.

Speaker 2 13:17

Right, but even that, but that's after you get to work in the high school. My grandkids, they don't, you know what. Why do I need to go over there? I got them right here I talk to them all the time.

Speaker 3 13:26

Look at it this way If you're in a dealership, you're going to have to drive cars, so you do need a license. That's true. There's no doubt about it.

Speaker 1 13:44

That's a master. Yeah, there was. Yeah, it was called the golden thumb, exactly either that or you know, I mean I had, uh, I had a motorcycle, a run-down old motorcycle that I, I I mean work was probably seven, eight miles. The dealership was seven, eight miles from where I lived. So it was important for me to have a driver's license and, lord knows, I drove mom's buick a lot of times to work when she let me, and Lord knows, I drove Mom's Buick a lot of times to work when she let me yeah, oh, yeah, yeah.

Speaker 1 14:04

And so I can only imagine. I can't really imagine. I can't imagine not having a driver's license or not wanting one at 15 or 16.

Speaker 5 14:13

But it is a nationwide problem. We're dealing with it and part of the problem is the schools don't teach drivers that anymore. They make that decision not to make that investment. So that means the students have to make the investment themselves. So there's a few folks working on that solution, also the Houston auto dealers. They're trying to do a lot of different things to help their dealers and the future workforce, along with other folks around the state.

Speaker 3 14:42

Georgeorge, you got a couple of wallies behind you. We've got one here in the studio as well I got four, do you?

Speaker 5 14:48

I've got? I got the one different color one for the 1000th nhra race in um las vegas. Uh, one of my closest friends and he's actually has a two-time us Nationals champion, steve Johnson, has the Batman scholarship. Be a technician, and one of Chris's students a few years ago was awarded that, and with that, steve comes to your school and gives your students a whole bunch of tools brand new tools to start your career. That's great, and they're racing this weekend in Charlotte.

Speaker 1 15:20

Yes, they are, that's a, and they're racing this weekend in.

Speaker 6 15:22

Charlotte, yes, they are, that's a fair fact. Steve Johnson, he has a really neat program and he really does a good job of helping pep these kids up, especially the ones that want to get into racing, nhra and whatnot, and he's helped us with a few of those guys, get them pointed in the right direction.

Speaker 1 15:40

Well, that's a great program you've got going there. We wish you the best of luck and thank everybody there on our dais today that has helped make this segment of our show a success, I think in many ways and get the word out there that, hey, if you've got the will, there's a way for you to get in the automotive field.

Speaker 3 16:00

And congratulations to those young men.

Speaker 1 16:01

Yeah.

Speaker 6 16:02

Thank you for the opportunity.

Speaker 1 16:04

Thank you guys very much and let's stay in touch and let's find out how things go for the future.

Speaker 5 16:08

Yes, sir, the competition is Friday, november 15th at San Jacinto College. We have 20 teams competing this year from 20 different dealer sponsors. I want to thank all the dealers. That's where it starts is getting involved in your local school. I tell people we don't have a technician shortage, we have a shortage of qualified applicants. Last year in the Houston metro area we had over 6,800 students taking auto tech in the high schools in Harris County and surrounding.

Speaker 1 16:38

I got goosebumps about 6,800. That's awesome. Thank you, gentlemen. Everybody really appreciate you.

Speaker 5 16:44

Have a great day you too. You did the same.

Speaker 1 16:46

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Speaker 1 17:05

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Speaker 3 19:11

Thank, you for that We've got racing is actually coming to an end. You know we've got the fall coming up, but this week you've got NASCAR racing. They are in Bristol baby 7.30 tomorrow night on the USA Network.

Speaker 1 19:23

That's a fender cruncher.

Speaker 3 19:25

There you go, mike, there's still tickets available if you want to go. Cool Mention.

Speaker 1 19:29

NHRA. Take that to Dodge. Challenger that Charger up there. Charger, yeah, take that thing up there.

Speaker 3 19:35

We could drive it up there. Heck yeah, put it in, there you go. And then, of course, nhra, the North Carolina I'm sorry, the Carolina Nationals in Charlotte. That's actually on the 22nd, which is Sunday. That's going to be tomorrow. Formula One they're not going to go. Well, they're going right now, but it is a Marina Bay Circuit in Singapore, sponsored by the Singapore Airlines in Singapore. That would be the Grand Prix in Singapore, imsa, are you sure it's in Singapore? I think it is. It's just past Niederland, niederland.

Speaker 1 20:08

Niederville.

Speaker 3 20:09

Niederville and then, of course, indianapolis is going to host. Speedway is going to host IMSA. Indy Open Wheel has ended. They crowned a winner. Alex Palo Montablo, that's his full name. Really, he's a Spanish young man, 27 years old, from Ganassi Racing. This is his third championship 21, 23, and 24. He's won it. Incredible driver, indy's over with. So we'll look forward to next year. Go, andretti, that's what I'm talking about.

Speaker 1 20:39

Alright, thank you, sir. This week in auto history Mr Mars always has that for us.

Speaker 2 20:43

Yeah we had a lot of different things to pick from. It was a pretty busy week in the world of auto history and one of the things that we wanted to start off with that I know Jeff is a real big fan of is September the 15th 1950, was the formation of the NASCAR Grand National Division. Now, this was the first NASCAR strictly stock race ever held at Charlotte Speedway not Charlotte Motor Speedway, that's on the series now but this is a different track. It was a fixture and it actually was held on June the 19th 1949 and the driver was the winner was disqualified after the discovery of his altered rear springs. So initially the cars were known as Strictly Stock Division and they were supposed to be raced with no modifications on the factory models. So they went and they renamed it the Grand National Division, beginning with the 1950 season and for the next 10 years they allowed modifications to where it's now A purpose-built race car instead of a Strictly Stock car, as it started out.

Speaker 2 21:41

September the 15th 1963, the Porsche 911 was introduced, and that is, I found out, the correct pronunciation. I didn't think there was any doubt, but apparently there is. How'd you pronounce it 911? Oh, the earliest addition to the 911 had an air-cooled, rear mounted, 2.0 liter engine with 128 horsepower, flat six, mounted to a five speed, two plus two seating not of a 2 plus 2, but there is 2 plus seating there. The iconic sports car would go on to become a symbol of performance and engineering excellence in the automotive world. Then, on September the 16th 1977, the launch of BMW's 7 Series was actually a full-size luxury sedan. That became their symbol of refinement, performance and innovation technology, and it's only available in a sedan body style. Now this includes the long wheel base and the limousine models. You can only get them in the sedan. The first generation of the 7 Series was powered by the straight 6 engines. Did you read this before you actually?

Speaker 1 22:43

spoke it. I've read it so many times.

Speaker 2 22:45

I'm reading it in my mind, ahead of myself.

Speaker 2 22:47

You need to slow down, slow down and following generations have been powered by inline-fours, straight-sixes, v8s and even V12s. Now then, on September the 17th 1903, this is kind of a fun one the founding of Harley-Davidson Motorcycle Company. In 1901, 20-year-old William S Harley drew up plans for a small engine 7.07 cubic inches. Now, this was placed on a bicycle, so this was his design for a pedal bicycle frame. For the next two years, he and his friend Arthur Davidson worked on their motor bicycle outside of Milwaukee, but they figured out that it couldn't go up and down the hills in the area, so they decided they needed something bigger. But they figured out that it couldn't go up and down the hills in the area, so they decided they needed something bigger. So they got with Arthur's brother, walter Davidson. Now they officially founded in Milwaukee, wisconsin, the Harley Davidson Motor Company and went on to learn how to build motor bikes as motorcycles. They should have just moved it somewhere flat. Yes, now, september the 20th, I almost got too carried away with this.

Speaker 2 23:46

In 1958, Mickey Thompson set land speed record. Now he does this with his friend and mechanic Fritz Voigt. They put together a twin engine for the National Hot Rod Association race in Oklahoma City in 1958. So driving from California to Oklahoma City, they went by Bonneville Salt Flats In this car, in this car, to Oklahoma City. They went by Bonneville Salt Flats In this car, in this car, and ran their rig to a record setting 266.866 miles per hour. Now, that was the first one. Now that he went on to set 295 speed records out at Bonneville, I mean, he really got into this and I think that, jeff, this is something that you need to follow up on and do a story on. 1988. Mickey Thompson and his wife, trudy were gunned down at their home in Bradbury, california. Oh, that's just yeah. The crime remained unsolved until 2007, when a former business partner was charged with the murders and convicted. I did not know that. Did not know that either.

Speaker 3 24:42

No, I just thought he retired and went someplace else. It was something tragic. I didn't know it was like that. Did not know that either. No, I just thought he retired and went someplace else.

Speaker 2 24:46

It was something tragic.

Speaker 3 24:47

I didn't know it was like that Anyway that's this week in auto history.

Speaker 1 24:49

Thank you, Tillman Fertitta has purchased a Houston area Chevrolet dealership, his company's first non-luxury brand and an apparent bid to expand his automobile empire. Fertitta Automotive Group, a recently formed division of the Texas billionaire's vast business empire, bought Norman Frady Chevrolet in Clear Lake for an undisclosed sum. The dealership has been rebranded to Fertitta Chevrolet and will retain all of the dealership's current employees, according to the Houston Business Journal. And the Chevy purchase is a departure from the usual car brands associated with the famed Casino Magnate, who owns the NBA's Houston Rockets as well, along with, of course, his restaurant empire. Fertitta Automotive also operates Post Oak Motor Cars, which sells ultra-luxury brands such as Bentley.

Speaker 1 25:43

Bugatti and Rolls-Royce at its location by the Post Oak Hotel in Uptown which he owns as well, and there's another location up in the Woodlands.

Speaker 3 25:49

He's also put a bid in or doing something with the WNBA.

Speaker 1 25:52

Yeah, he's trying to get a WNBA and we're also trying to get a hockey team here from the NHL. So good luck with that. Lonnie Sosa, dealer operator at Fertitta, said the Fertitta car conglomerate has been looking to expand into non-luxury space for years. Looking at various businesses in the Houston area and around the country, the Norman Frady Chevrolet dealership was the right opportunity at the right time, according to Mr Sosa when he told the Houston Business Journal. So, at any rate, there you have it. I wanted to get that story in.

Speaker 1 26:35

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Speaker 1 27:17

When he refused to leave the store, police arrived and a push-pull struggle broke out. Officers said Robinson did everything he possibly could to get away, including kicking maniacally, jerking and striking the officers with his legs and feet. He resisted efforts to put him into the patrol car and once he was in it he slammed his knee into the seat belt buckle, crushing one officer's fingers. Jury convicted him of battery, resisting arrest, criminal trespass and disorderly conduct. On appeal, he unsuccessfully contended the jury shouldn't have been allowed to hear testimony about his arrest two weeks earlier for injuring two deputy marshals who were taking him into custody in another case. Oh my God, chick fight. Well, I don't know. Would it be a chick? Is he a chick? I don't know.

Speaker 3 28:11

If he's kicking, he's kicking like a girl, I guess.

Speaker 1 28:13

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The annual timefall tour begins Saturday, september 28th at Woody's 6th Annual Waterfront Rod and Custom Car Show. There'll be awards for Best Truck Rat Rod, import Paint Engine Interior and Best of Show. It happens at the Topwater Grill in San Leon, texas, where the backdrop of Galveston Bay will be one for your car scrapbook. Registration is $30 per car. On-site Visitors are free, 8 to 4,. Saturday, september 28th, it's Woody's 6th Annual Waterfront Rod and Custom Car Show at Topwater Grill in San Leon, texas.

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The In Real Time Fall Remote Tour continues Saturday, october 12th, from 8.30 to 3 at the Good Grub and Gears Car Show and Fall Festival hosted by the Space City Corvette Club. See up to 300 cars under the trees in beautiful Stevenson Park at 1100 Friendswood Drive in Friendswood. Competitors register online. At 1100 Friendswood Drive in Friendswood. Competitors register online. Proceeds benefit Texas EquiSearch. Showgoers will see all makes and models of the finest rides around at this judged event. It's Saturday, october 12th, 830 to 3 at the Good Grub and Gears Car Show and Fall Festival, Stevenson Park in Friendswood. That's it for this podcast episode of the In Wheel Time Car Show. I'm Don Armstrong inviting you to join us for our live show every Saturday morning. Facebook, youtube, twitch and our InWheelTimecom website. Podcasts are available on Apple Podcasts, spotify, iheart Podcast Podcast Addict TuneIn, pandora and Amazon Music. Keep listening and we'll see you soon.