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encouraged to choose engine technology as a career. “The University of Northwestern Ohio is the perfect place to establish the scholarship fund,” says Weber. “The university features the largest facility in the EPGI donated this Chevy 604 crate country engine that Cope Brothers Automotive dediMachine rebuilt with Engine Pro parts Upon donating the cated to and added nearly 100 hp. It'll be raffled engine, EPGI president learning off by UNOH this spring. Don Weber said, “The the scifuture of our company ence of and that of engine builders across high performance vehicles.” the country is only as strong as the Within its seven-acre performinterest of young people who want ance motorsports complex, students to come into our industry. The inare trained on all brands of perdustry needs to do all that it can to formance cars using state-of-the-inensure that the next generations are dustry machines and equipment.
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Steve Farmer, UNOH’s Vice President of Business Development said, “It’s not all classroom training at UNOH. Students actively participate as pit crew in NASCAR and ARCA sanctioned races including working with top racers at Daytona Speedway. Graduates from this program routinely step into positions in the performance racing industry and immediately begin making a contribution.”
Bill Introduced to Stop Sale of E15 Gas Pending Scientific Analysis SEMA-supported legislation (HR 875) has been introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives directing the National Academies to conduct a scientific assessment on how gasoline blended with 15 to 20 percent ethanol (E15 and E20) may impact gasoline-powered engines, vehicles and related equipment. HR 875 potentially protects millions of vehicles and engines that