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Students ready for auto body career – with a surprise gift of required tools
Three students in the auto body program at Salem’s Career Technical Education Center recently got a surprising boost to launch their professional careers. Daniel Mendoza, Julian Moran and Eddie Ceja were awarded a prestigious national scholarship that gave them each $1,000 worth of tools and a tool box. They also recently got a trip to the national Collision Industry Conference in Palm Springs, California, where they were recognized on stage before 500 professionals. The seniors are in their second year of the auto body repair and painting program, part of the Salem-Keizer School District’s constellation of training programs that prepare students for a variety of careers. Alex Crays, the auto…
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AUTO RACING: Historic start and a surprise winner for NASCAR
All Times Eastern NASCAR CUP SERIES Pala Casino 400 Site: Fontana, California. Schedule: Saturday, practice, 2:05 p.m., and qualifying, 2:50 p.m.; Sunday, race, 3:30 p.m. (FOX). Track: Auto Club Speedway. Race distance: 200 laps, 400 miles. Last year: Austin Cindric won after starting fifth. Last race: Ricky Stenhouse Jr. won the longest Daytona 500 in history in the second overtime and under caution after a race-ending crash. Fast facts: Stenhouse’s third career victory came at the same track as his last one, the summer race in 2017. … Reigning series champion Joey Logano finished second, followed by Christopher Bell. … Pole-sitter Alex Bowman finished fifth, the first time the pole…
