Team ASE has been involved with the Grocery Getter since its final phase of construction in 1996.  The National Institute for Automotive Service Excellence formed Team ASE Racing to salute the certified technicians who demonstrate high performance every day.  ASE tests and certifies automobile, heavy truck, collision, school bus and transit bus technicians as well as engine machinists, parts specialists and service consultants in North America.  Motorists who look for the ASE Blue Seal of Excellence can feel more confident that the technician wearing this patch  has the professional knowledge to fix their vehicles.  Grocery Getter team members are involved in numerous charitable, public service and educational activities throughout the year including extensive outreach to high schools and vocational schools.  Young technicians in training are exposed to the excitement of racing as well as the importance of continuing their education.  Setting and achieving goals and becoming a certified professional technician are all part of a presentation that helps bring bright young people into the vehicle repair profession.

Crew Chief Mike Garblik is an ASE-Certified Master Technician.  In addition to his racing activities, he is a Professor of Automotive Technology in the Engineering Division at Sinclair Community College in Dayton, OH.

                                            ASE Facts

More than 400,000 automotive service and repair professionals hold current ASE certifications.  ASE administers a comprehensive series of exams in the following areas:

Auto/Light Truck repair

Medium/Heavy Truck

Truck Equipment

Engine Machinist

Collision Repair

School Bus

Transit Bus

Parts Specialist

Service Consultant

Alternate Fuels

Advanced Engine Performance and Diagnosis

Tests are administered at more than 750 locations in the US, Canada, Bahamas, Guam, Virgin Islands and Jamaica. Tests are administered in paper/pencil format each May and November, and in computer-based format in January/February and July/August.  

Spring paper/pencil tests are held in May, with a registration deadline of March 31 each year.  Fall paper/pencil tests are held in November, with a registration deadline of September 30.  Computer-based testing is held during periods of approximately thirty days during January/February and July/August each year, with registration opening about a week prior to the testing and lasting until about a week before testing ends.

Accommodations can also be made for persons wishing to take tests who have difficulty reading or who have a professionally diagnosed impairment as defined by the Americans With Disabilities Act. These services may have registration deadlines slightly earlier than standard arrangements; be sure to contact ASE well in advance.

More information is also available from the ASE website at www.ase.com or on the ASE 24-hour Automated Information Line. Call toll free: 1-888-ASE-TEST (1-888-273-8378).