High Performance & Racing Technology

72 Weeks / 1800 Clock Hours

Start your career in High Performance & Racing Technology OTC's high performance mechanic school can prepare you for exciting careers as an automotive technician, race car technician, race team employee, business owner, or engine builder.

Around the 'O' Supercharge your career with Ohio Technical College’s high performance and racing program! If you have a passion for racing, repairing cars or working with intricate engines, our Motorsports Technology program may be a perfect fit for you

Graduate Success

Another overachieving High Performance & Racing graduate Zachary Dejong (HP-22) was recognized as an OTC Student of the Month andgraduated with Perfect Attendance and earned the top spot as the class Valedictorian. Several students in HP-22 had qualifying GPA's for the top honor, but it was hard to beat Dejong who maintained an overall 98+% for 18-months! He worked at a high performance and engine building shop in Elyria, OH and plans to stay there for at least the next year before deciding on his next career move.

- Zachary Dejong High Performance & Racing

It is a great joy to see our alumni working (and winning) for Kalitta Motorsports. Doug Kalitta and the Mac Tools Top Fuel dragster team (with OTC High Performance & Racing alums Tyler Peters and Andrew Fichter) did what they had to do at World Wide Technology Raceway, Madison, Ill., winning the NHRA Midwest Nationals for the fourth time and defeating their closest rival Steve Torrence in the final. Kalitta entered race day as the No. 5 qualifier but he knew the chance to go rounds was of utmost importance. The win made Kalitta the second winningest Top Fuel driver at World Wide Technology with four wins. His previous three wins came in 2004, 2003 and 2001. OTC is proud of our alumni working across the three professional race teams that make up the Kalitta racing family.

- Andrew Fichter High Performance & Racing

High Performance & Racing graduate Louis Medick was the first high performance graduate to earn ASE Master Certification status. He graduated earning a 4.0 in his academic classes as well being voted by his classmates to earn the OTC Citizenship Award. His hard work and technical ability earned his a spot within the Kalitta Motorsport racing group. Medick is one of a dozen high performance graduates to find his way onto a Kalitta race team. He has already expericed some great races and is looking forward to a long career within the Kalitta race family.

- Louis Medick High Performance & Racing

Highlights Ohio Tech was named Tomorrow's Technician National School of the Year award winner

Highlights Graduate in 12-18 months!

Facts Ohio Tech strives to maintain a class size of no more than 25:1 students per instructor

Projections Northern Ohio is ranked #2 and #3 for the highest emploment in automotive and related disciplines (U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics)

Overview

This comprehensive and exciting program is designed for those students who are looking to pursue a career in the performance and racing industries. The course provides students with the learning experiences of the high performance industry giving students a proficient understanding of: engine basics, high performance engine building, electrical systems, electronic/ignition and fuel systems, forced air induction, welding, chassis fabrication, sheet metal fabrication, motorsports management, bolt-on components, carburetors and intakes, and professional career development. This course will provide the fundamental core skills required by the High Performance and Racing Industries, building a foundation of knowledge so that the student may continue to an advanced level. This program provides training for entry level positions as an automotive technician, racing technician, chassis fabricator, performance technician, aftermarket parts installer, service writer, service and parts manager, service manager, specialty shop technician, repair business owner and engine builder.

Learn & Earn

Learn engine building, cylinders heads & valves, electrical & ignition fuel systems, chassis fabrication & welding, dyno tuning & testing, high performance transmissions & drive line systems, forced air induction ‘bolt on’, plus learn how to run your business in motorsports management.

High Powered Careers

Get trained by highly knowledgeable Instructors in the motorsports racing industry that will develop you to become tomorrow’s top racing team technicians.

Get your degree!

As a graduate of this Associate of Applied Science Degree program, you’ll enter the industry with the confidence of obtaining a career degree after receiving personal guidance from Ohio Technical College instructors who are all industry-experienced professionals!