Auto students take 2nd and 3rd in ENYCAR Regional Automotive Technician Student Competition
Two students to head to NYC this spring to compete nationally

Career & Tech's powerful reputation as a leading educator in automotive technology was revved once again on Friday, January 5 when our teams scored 2nd and 3rd in the Eastern NY Coalition of Automotive Retailers (ENYCAR) Regional Automotive Technician Student Competition at Hudson Valley Community College in Troy.

With two teams heading to NYC for the Automotive Technician Student National Competition this spring, our 2nd place winners, Shaun Halfacre, a senior in our AYES Automotive Technician program and at Schenectady HS, and Justin Dykeman, a senior in our Automotive Trades Technology program and at Duanesburg HS, will compete along with the first place regional winning team from Hoosick HS.

Shaun and Justin trained for the competition at and were sponsored by Langan Audi East. Thank you Langan!

Taking a very close 3rd in the competition, which included written, work station and hands-on car debugging events, was Career & Tech's team of Sean Hognestad, a senior in our AYES Automotive Technician program and at Voorheesville HS and Nicholas Plant, a senior in our AYES Automotive Technician program and at Duanesburg HS.

Sean and Nick trained at and were sponsored by Orange Motors. Thanks Orange!

Congrats to our teams and their current teachers, Rich Bellizzi and Dan Rupracht and junior year teacher Matt Millard! Thanks also go out to AYES alum and 2004 National Auto Tech Competition Champion Todd Clark, who cheered on our teams Friday night, along with Career & Tech staff.

Thanks of course also go out to the Eastern NY Coalition of Automotive Retailers (ENYCAR), the trade association that puts the whole competition together and a big champion of all of our automotive programs, and all of the automotive businesses that sponsor the event including BG Products the Total Tool Inc. Watch for articles by ENYCAR in the Times Union Automotive Weekly in the next few weeks about the competition and, in February, about Sam Frink's Medium/Heavy Duty Truck Repair program.

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