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NASCAR driver Garrett Smithley joins Kevin Kyle, CEO of Germfree at Daytona State College’s Advanced Technical Institute. Photo by Suzanne McCarthy
NASCAR driver Garrett Smithley talks to students of the FAME program in the program’s Advanced Manufacturing Lab. Photo by Suzanne McCarthy
NASCAR driver Garrett Smithley tours the Germfree facility in Ormond Beach with CEO Kevin Kyle (center) and Freddie Birchfield, director of quality control (right). Photo by Suzanne McCarthy
NASCAR driver Garrett Smithley tours the Germfree facility in Ormond Beach. Photo by Suzanne McCarthy
NASCAR driver Garrett Smithley listens as Freddie Birchfield, director of quality control (right), discusses Germfree’s quality standards. Photo by Suzanne McCarthy
Freddie Birchfield, director of quality control (right) at Germfree, and NASCAR driver Garrett Smithley in front of a mobile cleanroom. Photo by Suzanne McCarthy
NASCAR driver Garrett Smithley listens during a tour of Ameritech Die and Mold in Ormond Beach. Photo by Suzanne McCarthy
NASCAR driver Garrett Smithley (right) and Steve Rotman, president of Ameritech Die and Mold (left), tour the company’s Ormond Beach facility. Photo by Suzanne McCarthy
Dennis Dio Parker (left), developer of FAME, and NASCAR driver Garrett Smithley (right) at Ameritech Die and Mold in Ormond Beach. Photo by Suzanne McCarthy
NASCAR driver Garrett Smithley (right) and Steve Rotman, president of Ameritech Die and Mold (left), in Ormond Beach. Photo by Suzanne McCarthy
NASCAR driver Garrett Smithley at the ABB Manufacturing plant in Ormond Beach. Photo by Suzanne McCarthy
Larry Rosenberg (left), engineering manager at ABB with NASCAR driver Garrett Smithley (right). Photo by Suzanne McCarthy
NASCAR driver Garrett Smithley (left) with Tool Maker Frank Henriques (right) at the ABB plant in Ormond Beach. Photo by Suzanne McCarthy
Frank Henriques, toolmaker at the ABB plant in Ormond Beach. Photo by Suzanne McCarthy
Plant Manager Rick Hall, NASCAR driver Garrett Smithley and Engineering Manager Larry Rosenberg in the lobby of ABB in Ormond Beach. Photo by Suzanne McCarthy
NASCAR driver Garrett Smithley signs autographs for students and faculty at Daytona State College’s Advanced Technical Institute. Photo by Suzanne McCarthy
NASCAR driver Garrett Smithley talks to students of the FAME program in the program’s Advanced Manufacturing Lab. Photo by Suzanne McCarthy
NASCAR Xfinity driver Garrett Smithley visited Daytona State College’s Advanced Technology Center to meet FAME students, sign autographs and tour classrooms on Thursday, Aug. 24.
The Federation for Advanced Manufacturing Education program is a nationally recognized paid training experience that prepares students for manufacturing careers. DSC is the first Florida chapter of FAME, a collaboration between DSC and local manufacturers developed to connect students pursuing associate degrees in engineering technology with local jobs.
Smithley has been a FAME spokesperson since 2017, and said his cousin went through the program with Toyota in Georgetown, Kentucky.
After the meet and greet at the Advanced Technology Center, Smithley visited three Ormond Beach manufacturers, meeting employees and touring the facilities of Germfree, Ameritech Die and Mold, and ABB Installation Products.
