Yamaha announces 2025 U.S. Technician Grand Prix winners and SkillsUSA Motorcycle Service Technology champions.
This is a press release from Yamaha…
Yamaha Honors Champions of SkillsUSA and U.S. Technician Grand Prix
Yamaha Honors Champions of SkillsUSA and U.S. Technician Grand Prix
Yamaha Motor Corporation, USA and Yamaha Motor University (YMU) have announced the winners of the United States Technician Grand Prix (USTGP) and SkillsUSA National Championships held at the Georgia World Congress Center in Atlanta June 23-27.
This marks the fourth consecutive year that Yamaha and SkillsUSA have partnered in developing the next generation of powersports technicians, as well as providing the opportunity to work directly alongside top-performing Yamaha dealership professionals.
“Yamaha strongly believes in training, and supporting SkillsUSA is one of the big ways we are able to show it,” said John Grubb, YMU training manager. “I am proud of the discussion we host between SkillsUSA contestants and U.S. Tech Grand Prix finalists from our Yamaha dealers. The up-and-coming techs truly appreciate being able to get honest answers about the industry from seasoned Yamaha professionals, and it’s been a big hit on both sides.”
2025 SkillsUSA Motorcycle Service Technology Champions
For the fourth consecutive year, Yamaha sponsored the Motorcycle Service Technology contest inside SkillsUSA. With labs covering a range of real-world service tasks and customer service needs, contestants had to rotate through eight timed and proctored stations on their path to earning top honors. Yamaha and YMU recognized the following students:
- High School Gold: Mason McConnell – Excelsior Springs Area Career Center, Excelsior Springs, Missouri
- High School Silver: Jeremy Lanza – Medina County Career Center, Medina, Ohio
- High School Bronze: Sam H. Rowe – Heritage Hills High School, Lincoln City, Indiana
- College Gold: Ayden Stratz – Uintah Basin Technical College-Vernal, Vernal, Utah
- College Silver: Jacob I. Taylor – Alexandria Technical & Community College, Alexandria, Minnesota
- College Bronze: Peter Barrett – Tennessee College of Applied Tech-Chattanooga, Chattanooga, Tennessee
2025 Yamaha United States Technician Grand Prix (USTGP) Champions
The Yamaha USTGP is a challenging, hands-on technical skills competition in which Yamaha dealership technicians must accurately diagnose vehicle problems and professionally resolve customer service issues. Contestants work through each lab under close supervision from Yamaha staff, and the winning technician qualifies for the international championship round held at Yamaha’s headquarters in Iwata, Japan. This year Aaron Lawson of MOMS Foxboro earned the right to represent the United States at the world level. Mr. Lawson will join last year’s U.S. Technician Grand Prix winner, Brian Ladner, as they compete in Japan from November 18-21. YMU recognizes Mr. Lawson and all the skilled finalists:
- USTGP Gold: Aaron Lawson – MOMS Foxboro, Foxborough, Massachusetts
- USTGP Silver: Aaron Schultz – Fondy Powersports, Fond du Lac, Wisconsin
- USTGP Bronze: William Anderson – Orlando Yamaha Kawasaki, Orlando, Florida
Finalists
- Jeffery Gibson – Northern Idaho Powersports, Sandpoint, Idaho
- Jeff Policky – RideNow Powersports Tucson, Tucson, Ariz.
- Marshall Lobo – Temecula Motorsports, Murrieta, California
For more information about SkillsUSA, visit https://www.skillsusa.org/
For more information about the World Technician Grand Prix, visit https://global.yamaha-motor.com/business/mc/customer-support/wtgp/about/
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