Students from Thomas Edison High School in Jamaica kicked their competitive automotive skills into high gear.
Twelve teams from high schools across the state competed in the New York Finals of the Automotive Technology Competition in Whitestone, Tuesday.
The seniors were given automobiles donated by local dealerships that were bugged with problems the teams need to fix.
The students competed as if they were technicians working at a dealership fixing issues ranging from cars not starting to making sure the windshield wipers work properly.
Each team had to complete the auto inspection within three hours.
"The greater New York dealers association uses this competition for a couple of reasons, one is to drive automotive education to insure that schools are keeping up with the latest technologies of what's going on and we also use this to attract young people to the industry," said Eddie Gazzillo with the Greater New York Automobile Dealers Association.
"Throughout their first regional competition I actually acquired many scholarships through them and through different schools allowing me to further my career in the automotive industry" said competitor Joshua Porras.
Nicholas Bhurasingh and Julio Pineda from Thomas Edison won the competition.
They will go on to the National finals in March to compete for more than $3 million in scholarships and prizes.