GRANGER High School’s automotive class is where any student in any grade can take a class and learn about basic car mechanics and how to fix them. This class is for anyone who is interested in how to fix a flat tire or fix an issue with their car when stranded in the middle of nowhere.

This class is about learning to be a mechanic and also a place where Lancers can explore and have fun. For example, there were plenty of times when special guests or students brought their one-of-one custom cars for racing, such as when Ken Bunce with the Utah Salt Flats Racing Association brought his club car.

The club car is a sleek, yellow custom racing car that reaches about 130 mph. Bunce brought the car to the shop, and the students got in it and took photos. When the car was turned on, it could honestly shake anyone near the engine. It was loud.

Bunce wasn’t the only person who brought a crazy fast car like that. A second example would be Jose Gonzalez (11).

Gonzalez brought his 2020 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 single cab. Most of the teachers and counselors don’t even have cars that cost as much, compared to a rare few students bringing in their project cars, or cars that cost up to 50 thousand dollars or more.

There are quite a few students who have brought rare cars like a really old but classic Ford Shelby Mustang. These are the classic old muscle cars that are rarely seen due to maintenance issues, and having a car in good condition is quite rare. The auto body teacher, Clint Johnson, put the car in the shop so anyone could see it from outside the window.

Mr. Robinson says that students have brought in some incredible vehicles. “A student of mine has brought in a Dodge Hellcat supercharged,” Robinson said.

Hearing that raises questions about how many more students there are with cars like that at the school, just walking around, possibly driving a supercar. Robinson says he had plenty of students bring cars, like a turbocharged Toyota Civic with a big exhaust system that made the whole room rumble.

Another student has brought in a supercharged Porsche Panamera. Just when it seemed the cars students bring in couldn’t get crazier, the last example of an insane car a student brought into the autoshop would be a Ferrari. And it remains a mystery how the student got the keys to a Corvette C7, but it was one of the newer models.

Students who want to learn more about the car class projects, students, or special guests from around Utah who brought in cars to the shop should consider joining the automotive class with Robinson or the autobody class with Johnson.