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  • Raise the Standard
  • AI in the Auto Industry

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Automotive training designed for the working professional includes comprehensive auto repair business training, digital vehicle inspection training, service advisor training, and shop owner training.

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Train Anywhere. Build Skills Without Leaving the Shop.

Say goodbye to travel expenses, hotel bills, meal costs, and the hassle of losing employees for days at a time. Champion University offers your team comprehensive automotive training with access to course videos, downloadable PDFs, lesson plans, and practical training tools—available from any phone, tablet, or computer. Whether you need auto repair business training, digital vehicle inspection training, service advisor training, or shop owner training, your team can learn from anywhere, be it the shop, at home, or wherever they find the time to enhance their skills.

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Raise your KPIs with a System that Builds Trust

Champion University provides essential automotive training that helps shop owners strengthen their operations, enables service advisors to confidently manage the front counter, and supports technicians in advancing to higher-level roles. This auto repair business training is direct, practical, and tailored for individuals seeking systems they can implement immediately, including digital vehicle inspection training and specialized service advisor training.

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Champion University offers free content for shop owners on TikTok and YouTube.

Start Learning Before You Spend

Champion University offers shop owners, service advisors, and technicians access to practical automotive training derived from real experiences in a functioning automotive repair business. 


Our free TikTok and YouTube videos address essential topics such as customer communication, digital vehicle inspection training, service advisor training, leadership, pricing conversations, shop standards, and the everyday challenges faced by automotive businesses.


This isn’t just recycled motivation or another set of sales scripts; it’s valuable training designed to enhance your team's communication skills, ensure operational consistency, and build greater customer trust.


Watch our free content to see our teaching methods in action, and then explore our complete courses, playbooks, templates, and implementation tools available through Champion University for comprehensive shop owner training.

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We never wanted to be the cheapest in town, we wanted to become the best.

At Champion Tire, we’ve encountered the same challenges that many shops face—growing a team, establishing consistency, earning trust, and building an auto repair business that isn’t reliant on just one person. Through our journey, we've made mistakes, corrected weak systems, and gained valuable insights from real experiences. These lessons have led to stronger standards, improved communication, and a clearer path forward. Champion University provides automotive training that shares what has worked, what hasn’t, and continues to educate on digital vehicle inspection training, service advisor training, and shop owner training as we evolve.

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Champion University - Integrity beats speed. Every Time.

Motivational message for shop owners to uphold standards and lead change.

We're Not Just Building Courses.

We're building a better way for the automotive industry to learn. Champion University exists because today's shop owners need more than just information—they require effective automotive training. This includes practical systems that enhance communication, foster trust, develop employees through comprehensive service advisor training, and create auto repair businesses that customers genuinely respect. Our shop owner training programs and digital vehicle inspection training are designed to meet these needs.

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Training session for owners and managers at Champion University.

Real Training. Real Shops. Real Results.

Everything we teach at Champion University is grounded in real-world experience, especially in the field of automotive training. Every process, communication strategy, inspection standard, and leadership lesson has been tested within a working auto repair business before being included in our curriculum. Our training, whether it's for digital vehicle inspections, service advisor training, or shop owner training, contains no motivational fluff and no theories that crumble come Monday morning. We focus on systems designed to work where it matters most.

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AI Is Changing How People Learn.

The future of education in the automotive industry isn't just about more information; it's about better delivery. Champion University utilizes artificial intelligence to develop automotive training that is more engaging, easier to understand, and tailored for today's learners. With innovative approaches such as visual storytelling, interactive tools, custom AI assistants, and continuously evolving content, we're enhancing the learning experience in areas like auto repair business training, digital vehicle inspection training, service advisor training, and shop owner training. While the lessons may remain the same, the learning experience is significantly better.

Service advisor training session with tablet demonstration.

Built for Every Role in Your Shop.

Great auto repair businesses aren't built by one standout employee. They're built when everyone operates from the same standard. That's why Champion University offers comprehensive automotive training, including shop owner training, service advisor training, and digital vehicle inspection training. This ensures a consistent system is maintained from the front counter to the shop floor, empowering technicians and future leaders alike.

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Our Vision

We believe that honest shops deserve world-class automotive training. Our goal is simple: to build the greatest automotive learning platform the wrench has ever seen. Every new course, every AI tool, every template, and every system we develop brings us one step closer to raising the standard for the entire industry, including comprehensive training for auto repair businesses, digital vehicle inspection training, service advisor training, and shop owner training.

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Industry Built

Champion University wasn't created by a production company or marketing agency. It was built inside a working automotive repair shop that serves real customers every day. Every lesson stems from actual customer conversations, technician challenges, and leadership decisions, making it a dynamic hub for automotive training. With thousands of completed repairs, our program focuses on essential skills like digital vehicle inspection training, service advisor training, and shop owner training tailored for the auto repair business.

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A Standard, Not Just a Course

Anyone can watch a video, but building consistent habits across an entire team is the hard part. Our goal with automotive training isn’t just to provide your employees with more information; it’s to create a consistent standard that every technician, advisor, and manager adheres to every single day. This approach is essential for the success of your auto repair business training program. Consistency builds trust, and trust fosters great shops. This is especially important for service advisor training and shop owner training. Image: Team meeting with SOPs, DVI checklist, and shop standards.

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Email and cell phone number are for Kevin Tarpley, owner of Champion Tire and founder of Champion University. He is also the author of the "DVI Bible" Series and the "Service Advisor Excellence" Series, as well as the founder of Community Care Champions in Durham, N.C. Kevin specializes in automotive training, particularly in areas such as auto repair business training, digital vehicle inspection training, service advisor training, and shop owner training.

(984) 514-2034, if unavailable, send text message.

5016 North Roxboro Street, Durham, NC, USA

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  • Raise the Standard
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