Last modified: 4/17/2014 10:07:52 AM
It’s not unusual for the students of the Mascenic Automotive program to receive national recognition. The program has consistently turned out high scoring students in both state and national competitions. But when it comes to the upcoming National Automotive Technical competition in New York, the top spot has been eluding the Mascenic students since they netted their last first place win in 2002.
“What are my hopes? First place, that’s easy,” said Mascenic Automotive instructor Vincent Fittante in an interview at the Mascenic Automotive Center on Tuesday. “I’ve taken lesser talent and taken top 10.”
This year, Fittante’s students Jack Buchanan, 18, of Brookline and Liam Tardif, 17, of Hollis were the team who scored the highest in the state on a written exam given by the N.H. Auto Dealers in January. Their scores qualify them for a national competition, where they will have to race against 49 other teams to debug a new-model Chevrolet, with points awarded for both speed and accuracy. Fittante, Buchanan and Tardif will be attending the competition, held at the Javits Center in Manhattan, on April 22.