Congratulations! On 5/24/08, Andrew <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Hi Lowell, > > > > Congratulations! > > > > Well Done! > > > > Andrew > > > ________________________________ > > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Lowell L. Simmons > Sent: Friday, May 23, 2008 5:45 PM > To: 'FLEAA Mailing List' > Subject: [FLEAA] Miramar High EV Team > > > > My competition team, my wife and myself traveled to Raleigh NC last week to > compete in the SMARTT Challenge (Students Making Advancements in Renewable > Transportation Technologies). We competed against schools from 5 states > from Virginia to Iowa with several new vehicles such as a Mazda Miata, MX3, > Fiero, a Toyota Paseo, Nissans, numerous trucks and returning cars. We took > our Porsche 944 and a group of 6 students. The students worked hard and the > car ran flawlessly during the competition. Students had to show their > expertise in our vehicle design, drive the vehicle over the city streets of > Raleigh at highway speeds and compete in an autocross competition. We > brought home 4 trophies from the competition. A 5 member juding team from > Duke University awarded my students 1st place our vehicle design and their > knowledge of it, one student drove the vehilce 45 miles to a 3rd place > finish behind 2 lightweight vehicles with flooded batteries, another student > finished 2nd in the autocross competition only .3 of a second to the much > smaller Mazda Miata with our controller turned down to 1200 amps, and our > recently updated website received a 3rd place award. This has been a very > successful year and looking forward to a new group of students come August > when we start all over again. > > > > > Lowell Simmons, Instructor > > Automotive Service Technology > > Miramar High School > > 754.323.1422 > > Electric Vehicle Website > > www.miramarev.com > _______________________________________________ > Florida EAA mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.floridaeaa.org > >
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