BURNSVILLE, MN — On June 21, Minneapolis Public Schools and Lakeville North High School will reveal rat rod karts they built in class as part of a new, year-long program developed by Northern Tool + ...

The NASCAR legend and celebrity bike builder will mentor Minnesota high schools as they build go-karts with Northern Tool + Equipment's new NorthStar engine BURNSVILLE, Minn., June 28, 2023 ...

MINNEAPOLIS — The high cost of college tuition is putting more focus on jobs in the trades, but there's still a nationwide shortage of skilled trades workers, and more than 3 million jobs are ...

Two Minnesota high schools will spend a year building rat rod go-karts with the new NorthStar engine under the watchful eye of celebrity mentors Richard Petty and Billy Lane "Tools for the Trades™ is ...

MINNEAPOLIS — Last June, Northern Tool + Equipment launched their Rat Rod Go-Kart Build-off between Minneapolis Public Schools and Lakeville North, as the schools compete as part of the Tools for the ...

Sparks shot across the Lakeville North High School machine shop as senior Ryan Lowell welded the back end of a small race car Thursday morning. A former NASCAR crew chief kept watch of Lowell’s work, ...

Students were assisted by mentors NASCAR legend Richard Petty, the team at Petty’s Garage and founder of Choppers Inc. Billy Lane. “It’s been really cool watching the students create rat rod karts out ...