The Automotive Management Institute (AMI) and Babcox Publications announced that Steve Sallinger, owner and president of Ole Metairie Car Care Inc. in Metairie , LA , is the recipient of the 2006 Tom B. Babcox Memorial Scholarship.

The scholarship recognizes a management-oriented member of the Automotive Service Association (ASA) Mechanical Division. The recipient receives $1,000 to be applied toward expenses to attend AMI seminars offered during the Congress of Automotive Repair and Service (CARS) in Las Vegas , Nov. 2-4.

Sallinger has worked in the automotive service industry for 30 years and has been a shop owner for the last 20. He is an ASE Certified Master Technician and recently completed the necessary requirements to earn the Institute’s Accredited Automotive Manager (AAM) designation.