Hobart Institute grad, Cody Shuss, utilizes his welding expertise to make improvements and repairs on race cars at S & G Customs, a shop he owns with his friend, Mike Gribble.  Cody performs sheet metal and roll cage welding and fabrication, while Mike handles the body work, sheet metal fabrication, and painting. 

On warm-weather weekends, you’ll find these guys, along with Cody’s step-father,­­­­­­­­­ Tracy Lovell at Midvale Speedway in Ohio, racing their three Chevy Cavaliers in the Compact events on the 3/10 mile oval asphalt track.  The three race as a team for South Side Racing.  Cody has even ranked first place in his heat a few times… a goal he has each time he enters a race. 

Cody began welding three years ago at Buckeye Career Center.  After graduating from New Philadelphia High School in 2005, Cody enrolled in the nine-month Combination Structural and Pipe Welding Program at Hobart Institute that he learned about from the HIWT Admissions Representative.

“I wanted to better my skills so I came to Hobart,” said Cody, who completed his Hobart training June 30, 2006.  “Welding is not only a career path, it is also a hobby for me.”

It is obvious that welding is in Cody’s blood when you see his car # 118 carrying the Hobart Institute of Welding Technology and Miller names along with the slogan Dream It Weld It.  His goal is to build his business and to weld in the field of racing.  Cody most enjoys the TIG (gas tungsten arc) welding process and believes in the Miller Power of Blue.

You may e-mail Cody at Shuss118@yahoo.com