Coffeyville Community College, Columbus Technical Campus students competed in the Ford/AAA Student Auto Skills Kansas State Finals on May 10, 2012 in Kansas City, Kan. The ten teams who competed won the right to compete based on the best written test scores in the state. CCC Columbus Automotive placed with top scores from Max Buckley, Southeast High School, and Taylor Fox, Girard High School.

The competition was held at the Kansas Speedway in the NASCAR garage. Students and instructor had all expenses paid, staying at the Great Wolf Lodge. Buckley and Fox competed as a team in timed diagnostics of a bugged car. CCC students won fifth place, winning $4,000 in scholarships to advanced automotive training schools and a hand-held code reader.

“I am really proud of how our students performed. Carpino Ford loaned us a 2012 Fusion to help the students get ready, which we greatly appreciate. They found every bug in the vehicle in the time allowed, just not as quickly as others,” states Jeff Phillips, CCC Columbus Automotive instructor. ”Some schools train all year specifically for this contest; we train our students to be technicians. Fortunately, our students can do both.  Congratulations to Max and Taylor on a job well done.”

For more information about Coffeyville Community College, Columbus Technical Campus, and its Automotive Service, Collision Repair, Business and Computer, Construction, Welding and Allied Health programs including EMT classes in the Fall 2012, please contact the campus at 620-429-3896.