The racing capital of the world is now home to the first American Motorsports Technical School location. MTS reported that it’s prepared thousands of students for top global racing teams over the past decade of growth in Europe. So, when it was time to expand programming to the United States, Indianapolis was an obvious choice for CEO and founder Eugenia Capanna.

“I received a lot of requests from American teams that asked me for mechanics and engineers,” Capanna said. “In my opinion, this was the right choice.” The brand new location — which is situated on the northwest side of Indianapolis — just graduated its inaugural class. Students are offered unique, hands-on instruction from experienced industry professionals to become racing mechanics and data acquisition technicians.