Triton Wins Tenacity Award At Super Mileage Challenge
July 28, 2016 at 4:25 p.m.
By Staff Report-
This is the starting of the Super Mileage Challenge.
After technical inspection and a meeting put on by contest officials, the cars are taken to the 5/8-mile oval track at Lucas Oil Raceway Park. The team must make 10 laps on less than 10 ounces of gasoline. The cars must make at least three complete sessions in order to qualify. Highest mileage wins.
The Challenge is a contest presented through the Indiana Board of Education and sanctioned by the Indiana Mathematics, Science and Technology Educators Association. The purpose is to have students engineer and build vehicles that sometimes get more than 1,000 miles per gallon.
For Triton Junior-Senior High School students, the day was frustrating, but the lessons learned were very valuable. The day was so frustrating that Triton’s team won what is referred to as the “Tenacity award”.
The “Blue Car” had a spindle bearing go bad between technical inspection and the first run of the day. This run ended after just 1.5 laps of 10. Those repairs were just the start of a day filled with repairs and tow-ins. The guys from Vincennes University, in charge of bringing in disabled cars, got to know Triton’s guys very well. The team finally did get one 10 lap run completed.
The “Black Car” on the other hand ran all day, but not without a problem.
Triton’s design had a smaller drive wheel. This tire wore out in two runs. Luckily, Triton had Roger Terry’s generator with them. Conveniently, it had tires the same size as the ones that were wearing out.[[In-content Ad]]In a day that saw several schools have trouble, Triton’s students just kept trying without getting mad and bickering, no cussing, instructors kept upbeat and helpful. The contest committee noticed this.
When the awards were given, the “Tenacity Award” went to Triton.
This is the starting of the Super Mileage Challenge.
After technical inspection and a meeting put on by contest officials, the cars are taken to the 5/8-mile oval track at Lucas Oil Raceway Park. The team must make 10 laps on less than 10 ounces of gasoline. The cars must make at least three complete sessions in order to qualify. Highest mileage wins.
The Challenge is a contest presented through the Indiana Board of Education and sanctioned by the Indiana Mathematics, Science and Technology Educators Association. The purpose is to have students engineer and build vehicles that sometimes get more than 1,000 miles per gallon.
For Triton Junior-Senior High School students, the day was frustrating, but the lessons learned were very valuable. The day was so frustrating that Triton’s team won what is referred to as the “Tenacity award”.
The “Blue Car” had a spindle bearing go bad between technical inspection and the first run of the day. This run ended after just 1.5 laps of 10. Those repairs were just the start of a day filled with repairs and tow-ins. The guys from Vincennes University, in charge of bringing in disabled cars, got to know Triton’s guys very well. The team finally did get one 10 lap run completed.
The “Black Car” on the other hand ran all day, but not without a problem.
Triton’s design had a smaller drive wheel. This tire wore out in two runs. Luckily, Triton had Roger Terry’s generator with them. Conveniently, it had tires the same size as the ones that were wearing out.[[In-content Ad]]In a day that saw several schools have trouble, Triton’s students just kept trying without getting mad and bickering, no cussing, instructors kept upbeat and helpful. The contest committee noticed this.
When the awards were given, the “Tenacity Award” went to Triton.
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