AAA Hosts Auto Skills Competition May 13

  What:   Ten teams of two students from Illinois high schools will
          compete in the 2005 AAA Auto Skills hands-on competition on
          Friday, May 13.  The students are competing for thousands of
          dollars in scholarship money.

          Students will race against the clock as they try to repair
          deliberately disabled 2005 Ford vehicles.  The winners who have
          corrected the most problems in the least amount of time will
          go on to compete in the national competition in Washington, D.C.

          In order to compete in the hands-on competition, these students
          received top scores on a written exam taken by hundreds of
          students in the state of Illinois.

          The AAA Auto Skills competition is designed to promote careers in
          auto mechanics.

  When:   Friday, May 13
          10 - 10:30 a.m.

  Where:  AAA Corporate Headquarters
          975 Meridian Lake Drive
          Aurora, IL

  Why:    The AAA Student Auto Skills contest encourages young people to
          pursue rewarding careers in the auto repair industry. The program
          emphasizes the need for automotive technicians to develop advanced
          skills needed to service today's high tech vehicles.

  For more information call:
  Nicole Niemi: (630) 328-7237
  Cell: (630) 364-6989

  AAA Chicago offers automotive, travel, insurance and financial services.
  It is part of The Auto Club Group (ACG), the largest affiliation of AAA
  clubs in the Midwest, with 4.1 million members in eight states. ACG clubs
  belong to the national AAA federation, a not-for-profit organization, with
  more than 45 million members in the United States and Canada.