Sandhill Challenge 1998
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The
Project: |
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Date: |
September 1998 |
Driver: |
'Fearless' Frank
Levinson |
Pushers: |
Football
lineman Mike Houlihan and hockey player Mark Tramiel |
Crew: |
John Sproule,
Chris Vierra, Jenny Fehl, Micah McElravy, Jamie Schiffer,
Chris Kruetzer, Alvin Cheng, and Tamara Allen |
Special Thanks: |
Brian of Advanced
Welding in Mountain View
Matts Lark |
The
Story: |
With summer coming
to a close and the school year upon us, the Auto Tech Gang
decided to compete in the Sandhill Challenge for the first
time. With only 2 weeks from start to finish, we planned and
built it. We entered the High School Speed division. Although
we did not win, we had a lot of fun.
The only reason
we did not blow our competition away is the rims that we
used were bent and wobbled at speed. The two pushers got
us off to a great start. In fact, we were in the lead but
the rim deflection caused too much drag and it cost us the
race. We plan to do better next year.
Here are some
of the car's features:
- Discarded
bicycle parts
- A shopping
cart from an unknown source
- Red and
black spray paint
- Some homemade
decals
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Discarded bike
parts start to form the vision
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The chassis takes
shape
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Micah and John
paint the chassis
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Almost ready
to race - we need decals!
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