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National tech competition winners announced

More than $3 million in prizes and scholarships were awarded to the nation's best high school automotive education students at the 2003 National Automotive Technology Competition, which was held at the New York International Auto Show in April.

First place winners Brian Greenwood and Matthew Funkhouser, seniors at Ramona High School in Ramona, California, each walked away with post-secondary scholarships and tools valued at $112,736, plus a brand-new Pontiac Vibe, valued at $19,385-for a grand prize total of $132,121. The New Car Dealers Association of San Diego County sponsored Greenwood and Funkhouser, who won in a field of 38 other teams from across the country.

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In the competition, each team of students is assigned an automobile rigged to malfunction in a number of ways. Using a repair order with actual customer complaints, the student teams must diagnose and repair the problems within a prescribed time frame, using the manufacturer's specialty tools.

To prepare for the competition, students are trained at new-car dealerships, and the skills they learn from master technicians prepare them to succeed in the working world.

Second and third places in the National Competition were awarded to Pennsylvania's Ryan Lucas and Kevin Woolf, and New York's Joe Gavin and Todd Schlegel, respectively.

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National tech competition winners announced

Motor, Jul 2003 by Nash, Tom

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