Two Bellport High School seniors have been named winners of a statewide automotive technology competition coordinated by the Greater New York Automobile Dealers Association.
Ryan Scarola and Joseph Trupia, also automotive technology students at BOCES Long Island School of Applied Technology in East Suffolk at the Edward J. Milliken Technology Center in Oakdale, last month topped a competition that required students to diagnose and fix pre-programmed errors in the vehicle.
This year’s competition features teams of 20 students from across the state. The winners, Scarola and Trupia, received a $2,000 scholarship from the association and up to $10,000 from the Technical Training School.
“It’s great that we won,” said Truppia, 18. Talking about the importance of the game, he said: “It definitely tells you if you’re really good or if there are areas where you’re not sure. .”
“It’s fun, and then it’s even more fun to win,” said Scarola, 18.
Teams rotate through 10 different workstations—each equipped with a different model of vehicle, from BMWs to Subarus—and are given 20 minutes to fix issues with specific vehicles. The students said the problems ranged from missing lug nuts to damaged electrical circuits.
Second place went to Kevin Saravia of Brentwood High School and James Smillie of Comsewogue High School, also students at the Milliken Technical Center.
— Michael Albert
Two Bellport High School seniors have been named winners of a statewide automotive technology competition coordinated by the Greater New York Automobile Dealers Association.
Ryan Scarola and Joseph Trupia, also automotive technology students at BOCES Long Island School of Applied Technology in East Suffolk at the Edward J. Milliken Technology Center in Oakdale, last month topped a competition that required students to diagnose and fix pre-programmed errors in the vehicle.
This year’s competition features teams of 20 students from across the state. The winners, Scarola and Trupia, received a $2,000 scholarship from the association and up to $10,000 from the Technical Training School.
“It’s great that we won,” said Truppia, 18. Talking about the importance of the game, he said: “It definitely tells you if you’re really good or if there are areas where you’re not sure. .”
“It’s fun, and then it’s even more fun to win,” said Scarola, 18.
Teams rotate through 10 different workstations—each equipped with a different model of vehicle, from BMWs to Subarus—and are given 20 minutes to fix issues with specific vehicles. The students said the problems ranged from missing lug nuts to damaged electrical circuits.
Second place went to Kevin Saravia of Brentwood High School and James Smillie of Comsewogue High School, also students at the Milliken Technical Center.
— Michael Albert
