 Well, the Nitro X camp is a week-long day camp and it's held at Central Lakes College this week in Brainerd with the ending being a big remote control car race. A reporter Rachel Johnson has the story. Eighteen middle school age students gathered at the Crow Wing County Fairgrounds Friday afternoon for their much-anticipated four-by-four remote control car race. Fill them up and don't go too hard on the corners otherwise you're gonna flip and it's gonna cause you to race. Friends and family came up to the Crow Wing County Fairgrounds to cheer the racers on. The races took place after a five-day camp where students learned about electronics, engines, diagnostics, how to take apart motors, and paint the bodies of their cars. Motors and how things work if they're entering temperatures or how they're supposed to sound. The students also learned about careers in the auto mechanics and heavy equipment operations fields and about other technical opportunities available in the area. The Nitro X camp focuses on demonstrating a lot of opportunities in the transportation field for careers. So everything from trucking to mechanics to front of the house to some of the art things that you can do with decals. While race day is the highlight for many of the campers the hope is to introduce the kids to all of the different opportunities available to them in the future. Learn about the trades, the different opportunities, the skill sets involved, and then they get the opportunity to work on these cars and do some painting and designing. The Nitro X camp was sponsored by Central Lakes College and the Minnesota Transportation of Excellence and was open to students entering grades 6, 7, and 8 in the fall of 2018. Summer camps are an important part of our community to give some opportunity for youth to get together when they're on summer break to make connections in their community to see what careers might be available and to have a lot of fun. Reporting from Brainerd, Rachel Johnson, Lakeland News. This is the third year the camp has been running for middle school age students. They hope to continue the tradition next year. If you enjoyed this segment of Lakeland News, please consider making a tax deductible contribution to Lakeland PBS.