Quaker State® Brings Back The “Best in Class Challenge” For High School Auto Shop Students

After a successful inaugural year, Quaker State® is launching the next installment of the “Best in Class Challenge,” a 6-week automotive education competition featuring high school auto shop classes across the United States. Each school’s team is charged with the task of tuning, restoring and customizing a pre-owned car into a pristine, creative representation of their school. The competition will consist of online voting, six weeks of automotive challenges, hands-on education, distinguished judges, participation in a Barrett-Jackson vehicle auction for the grand prize winner and of course, great prizes!

From September 12-25, 2016, approximately 55 semi-finalist schools will be responsible for securing as many votes as possible to be nominated for the “Best in Class Challenge.” The team with the most votes from each of the five markets will then become finalists and will move on to the next stage of the competition comprised of six weeks of automotive challenges beginning October 11, 2016. To start casting votes (1 per person, per day) and to read the complete program rules, visit: www.QuakerState.com/BestInClass.

To kick off the competition, the top five schools will each receive a pre-owned vehicle valued at up to $3,000. For this year’s competition, Quaker State has once again teamed up with AutoZone; teams will be given $2,000 to be used at their local AutoZone retailer to purchase the supplies and tools they’ll need for success in the competition. Students will be scored on their progress at the end of each week of the competition based on the quality of their work and their overall final product. Additionally, the teams will have to secure online votes each week, which will be factored into their final scores as well.

The following high schools to nominate from Chicago include:

The 1^st Place Grand Prize winner will be given the chance to attend the Barrett-Jackson auction in West Palm Beach, Florida on April 8, 2017. The attending students and their mentor will be with their customized vehicle when it is auctioned off to the highest bidder. The gross proceeds earned from the auction will be awarded back to the school as prize money.