Long Pond, Pennsylvania – Matt Garwood is proud to celebrate a 3rd place finish in race 1 at Pocono Raceway with the addition of The Automotive Business School of Canada (ABSC) as a new partner.

The Automotive Business School of Canada powered by Georgian College in Barrie is one of the most respected establishments in the world for automotive education.

The Automotive Business School of Canada offers many different automotive avenues for their students to pursue. With degree and diploma options their goal is to provide the students with various automotive programs and career options for the future.

Garwood is a 20 year-old Formula 1200 race car driver from Elmvale, Ontario who currently studies at the Automotive Business School of Canada powered by Georgian College. Coming off of his first F1200 win at the Pittsburgh International Race Complex, Garwood achieved another podium with a hard fought 3rd in class finish on Saturday at Pocono Raceway.

Over the past six years Garwood has had many accomplishments to be proud of including four Karting Championship titles and earning the 2012 Formula 1200 Rookie of the year award “recipient as well as a top ranked Canadian F1200 open wheel driver.

“I am excited to partner with the Automotive Business School of Canada as I’ve always had a passion for the Automotive Industry and I’ve enjoyed every moment of learning and growing within this program. I'm looking forward to graduating this winter and spending the next few months in school and on the track.” said Garwood.

The Automotive Business School of Canada is a well-respected learning facility within the automotive industry and within the world of education as a whole. ABSC will work with Garwood on many projects over the next few months including promotional and social media initiatives to raise awareness of the school’s world-class automotive education excellence.

To learn more about The Automotive Business School of Canada and to view other aspects of the program visit: www.automotivebusinessschool.ca.

The Automotive Business School of Canada joins Garwood’s impressive list of partners he is proud to represent that include; FEL (Franczak Enterprises Ltd.), Driverseat Barrie, Vallis Motor Sport, KarmaComa Studio, Core Evolution Fitness, Athletes Brand and Autoglym Canada.

Garwood is also proud to be "Laps for Muscular Dystrophy" (Laps4MD) driver where he has pledged to donate $1 for every lap he leads to go to Muscular Dystrophy Canada.

Garwood will be back on track at Pocono Raceway for second and final race of the weekend shortly after noon today.

To learn more about Matt Garwood and his racing program please visit www.mattgarwoodracing.com, www.facebook.com/MattGarwoodRacing and follow him on Twitter at @mattgarwood31.

About Matt Garwood

Matt is a 20 year-old race car driver from Elmvale, Ontario currently studying at the Automotive Business School of Canada. Matt competes in the Formula 1200 open wheel racing series and in the near future looks to jump from regional racing to a national level series such as the Canadian Touring Car championship. He is a 3-time Canadian Karting League Champion and the 2012 Formula 1200 Rookie of the Year.

www.mattgarwoodracing.com