The School of Automotive Machinists Accepted as Contestant in the JEG’s Engine Masters Challenge Presented by Popular Hot Rodding

The School of Automotive Machinists, SAM, is pleased to announce that it has been accepted as a contestant in the JEG’s Engine Masters Challenge presented by Popular Hot Rodding. The School’s engine will be competing with 48 other engines built by some of the most experienced engine builders in the nation.

Houston, TX (PRWEB) June 26, 2006 -- Over the next several months instructors and students at the School of Automotive Machinists, SAM, will build an engine to compete in the JEG’s Engine Masters Challenge. Oppurtunities like this are an important part of the school’s curricula because it’s another project to combine the classroom engine building and performance theory with practical hands-on application. The School’s engine will be competing with 48 other engines built by some of the most experienced engine builders in the nation. However, SAM is no stranger to building winning race engines. The instructors and students have built engines for NHRA Stock Eliminator Record Holders, Late Model Restrictor Plate Engines, NMRA Hot Street, NMCA Factory Street, and numerous road race, offshore powerboat, and endurance engines. JEG’s Engine Masters challenge is a showcase for engine building talent so it seemed to be a logical choice for SAM to enter.

The challenge will be held at World Products in Ronkonkoma, NY from October 2nd to October 7th, 2006. There are numerous rules the contestants must abide by including having an engine with a 434 cubic inch limit. Dyno pulls will be held during this five day period with the engine having the best average torque and horsepower figure between 2500 and 6500 rpm winning the competition. The School of Automotive Machinists has chosen a small block Ford with Cleveland style heads for the challenge. Obviously, everyone is excited about this combination and look forward to having a top contender.

The School of Automotive Machinists was founded in 1985 by Linda and Judson Massingill. The School was the concept of Judson who from 1979 to present owns Northwest Engine & Supply. Finding and keeping quality machinists was always a problem. The best employees stayed long enough to learn the business and then left to open their own place. Judson realized there needed to be a place where a machine shop owner could find trained help. To solve this problem, Judson began teaching people the science and skill of machining he had acquired from his involvement in building and testing winning engines for stock car racing, drag racing, offshore powerboats and numerous other motorsports venues. Consequently, the School of Automotive Machinists was founded to fill a need and a void in the automotive industry.

SAM is accredited by the Accrediting Commission of Career Schools and Colleges of Technology, ACCSCT, which recognizes the school as maintaining a standard of excellence at or above the prescribed national standards for quality education. The students are taught by experienced instructors and are trained on industry standard machines. Today graduates from the School of Automotive Machinists go on to work for race industry leaders like Penske Racing, Warren Johnson Enterprises Inc., Dale Earnhardt Inc., Hendrick Motorsports, John Force Racing, Roush-Yates Racing, Joe Gibbs Racing, and Dart Machinery just to name a few. If you are looking for a career in the racing industry SAM can put you on the fast track to achieving your dreams.

For more information about SAM and to learn how you could work for top NASCAR, NHRA or IRL teams, please contact an Admissions Representative at (713) 683-3817 or visit www.samracing.com.

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