Tickets on sale for MPCC raffle car

Tickets went on sale Monday for the 2018 Mid-Plains Community College (MPCC) raffle car.
This year’s car is a 1932 Ford Roadster. It was built by students in MPCC’s Classic Car Restoration, Automotive Technology and Auto Body Technology programs and is the result of a partnership with Lincoln-based Speedway Motors.
“The partnership with Speedway has been a wonderful experience,” said Bryan Herrick, MPCC’s first-year Automotive Technology instructor.
“We built the car from scratch using mainly Speedway parts. Ninety-five percent of the project came straight from the Speedway catalog. The remaining five percent involved our construction of the interior,” Herrick said.
It’s the first time MPCC has undertaken such a project. The past 13 years, the students restored and modified classic cars. Many of the lessons they learned through that process still applied to building a new car.

Tickets will be sold everywhere the vehicle is displayed. A schedule will be posted on mpcc.edu, as dates become available.
Tickets can also be purchased in the welcome centers at any of MPCC’s campuses in McCook, North Platte, Broken Bow, Imperial, Ogallala and Valentine.

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