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  Norwich Tech Auto Department  Wins Third Straight State Ford/AAA Finals

The Team of Tyler Busch and Bryan Hauser came in first in the Ford/AAA Auto Skills Competition held at the Crowne Plaza Hotel  in Cromwell, Connecticut.  This is the third year in a row that the team from Norwich Tech has won the competition. This is also the fifth straight win for their instructor Peter Fiasconaro. Busch  and Hauser competed against nine other teams from state Technical High Schools and Comprehensive High Schools from around the state.  Students earned the right to compete in the state finals based on scores from tests taken in February. Twenty students were chosen from over 150 students from 19 schools taking the written exam.

Students competed on identically prepared 2006 Ford Escape vehicles. The cars had faults or "bugs" placed in the cars and the students' task was to find and repair problems and replace defective parts. The students had 90 minutes in which to complete all repairs and drive the car to final judging. The Norwic Tech students completed the task first in just 40 minutes.

Busch, Hauser and their instructor Mr. Fiasconaro each won an all-expense paid trip to Dearborn, Michigan to compete in the National Finals on June 27th.  See more photos of the students competing. See video highlights of the competition.

Final Placements were:

  1. Norwich Technical High School

  2. O'Brien Technical High School

  3. Ellis Technical High School

  4. Vinal Technical High School

  5. Windham Technical High School

Other schools that competed were: Cheney Technical High School (Joseph Ploude and Thomas McMellon, Instructor Richard Denault), New Britain High School (Dean Harris and Marek Lipka, Instructor Bill Fuller), Goodwin Technical High School (Joe Gonzalez and Jeffrey Duso, Instructor Reuben Charles), Wolcott Technical High School (Michael Foley and Alexander Istvan, Instructor Raymond Royals), and Kaynor Technical High School (John Giannini and John Kirtzman, Instructor David Emmons.

1st place - Norwich Tech - Tyler Busch and Bryan Hauser with their instructor Peter Fiasconaro
1st place - Norwich Tech - Tyler Busch and Bryan Hauser with their instructor Peter Fiasconaro

2nd place - O'Brien Tech - Jason Convertito and Daniel Hardaswick with their instructor Nick Macero
2nd place - O'Brien Tech - Jason Convertito and Daniel Hardaswick with their instructor Nick Macero

3rd - Ellis Tech - Anthony Martini and Erich Shong with their instructor Ignacio Vega
3rd - Ellis Tech - Anthony Martini and Erich Shong with their instructor Ignacio Vega

4th - Vinal Tech - Paul Cavallaro and Richard Perry with their instructor Williams Balch
4th - Vinal Tech - Paul Cavallaro and Richard Perry with their instructor Williams Balch

5th - Windham Tech - Nate Wells and Jeremey Varga with their instructor Brendan Smith
5th - Windham Tech - Nate Wells and Jeremey Varga with their instructor Brendan Smith