2008 World Fuel Economy Championships - Scores

[Dan.]

The initial scores are in and I'll try to keep the thread updated.

2008 World Fuel Economy Championships

Hypermilers currently scheduled to appear

• Al Walker (Hobbit) Boston, MA -- Winner of the NJ “Tour to the Shore – Prius Class” FE Challenge.
• Andrew McGuckin (PaleMelanesian) Longview, TX -- Recent overall winner of the 3-month Fuel Economy Challenge.
• Auston Hensley (Lamebums) Covington, KY -- Hypermiling 3-Month FE Challenge coordinator.
• Bob Winger (Bob Winger) VA -- Second highest HCH-II LMPG in the country.
• Brian Morris (BailOut) Reno, NV -- Most fuel efficient Yaris driver on the planet.
• Chuck Thomas (Delta Flyer) Dallas, TX -- Nationally known Honda Insight promoter.
• Dan Bryant (Dan) Houston, TX -- Achieved 106 mpg at the HF2007 MPG Challenge.
• Debbie Anders (DebbieKatz) Milwaukee, WI -- Recent 51 mpg tank in an FEH. Enough said.
• Jerad Parish (Locutus) Madison, WI -- Winner of the HF2007 MPG Challenge at 110 mpg.
• Jud Engles (Bestmapman) Cincinnati, OH -- Participant in the Lacey, WA MPG Rally.
• Justin Fons (Citrus Insighter) Pewaukee, WI -- Insight Marathon and HF2006 MPG Challenge participant.
• Ken Gordon (SlowHands) Elk Grove Village, IL -- 1908 to 2008 - 100th year anniversary Greatest Automobile Race reenactment participant.
• Special guest to be named later
• Mike Sirach (Msirach) Harrisburg, IL -- Prius, HCH-II and Insight owner
• Rani Cardona (Tarabell) Los Angeles, CA -- Wrote the book on “Basic Hypermiling Techniques for the HCH-II.”
• Sean Welch (Right Lane Cruiser) Coon Rapids, MN -- Owner/Admin CleanMPG.com.
• Wayne Gerdes (Xcel) Wadsworth, IL -- Owner/Admin CleanMPG.com.
• Wayne Bellas (GreenBlues) Camp Douglas, WI -- Owner HCH-I and Insight.
• Larry Trowbridge (Diamondlarry) Elkhart, IN -- Achieved (3) 1,000 mile + tanks in his 07 Prius.

There were more invitations extended but not all proposed drivers could participate.

First pass of scores...

The results of the first three Prius runs are:
Hobbit-118
Ken-121
Rani-97.9

The FEH:
Dan-72.1

Insight:
Justin-145.9
Andrew-150.0
Jud-144.7

I'll try to keep all the threads updated. This is a cross-post, so apologies and disclaimers for any violation of netiquette.

Cross-Posts

CleanMPG - 2008 World Fuel Economy Championships
PriusChat - World Fuel Ecomony Championships
GreenHybrid - 2008 World Fuel Economy Championships - Scores

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[SVOboy]

Nobody invited us.

Edit: To clarify, that makes me angry. Like this:

[Lazarus]

2008 World Fuel Economy Championships

I guess your not part of this world since it invite only.

[Dan.]

Yep, I know... Sorry guys...

Sean's FEH run was 74.4
Wayne G Insight run was 1.1 L/100km or something between 205-225 MPG.

The camp grounds ( kinda ) we are at are pretty full and there was only enough time to do 20 people.

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[SVOboy]

Originally Posted by Lazarus

2008 World Fuel Economy Championships

I guess your not part of this world since it invite only.

Well, now that Wayne is the captain of the world, I guess he decides who he wants to be part of it.

[Red]

Originally Posted by Dan.

Wayne G Insight run was 1.1 L/100km or something between 205-225 MPG.

How on earth or Waynes world, did he manage to pull that?? Some numbers I really wonder about

[Lazarus]

So what kinds of speeds are they driving or how long does it take to complete the 16 mile course?

[MetroMPG]

You likely would have been able to jog alongside and carry on a conversation, walking for extended periods during the glides up to stops

Sounds like it was probably lots of fun. Nothing like deserted country roads and a warm day for eye popping numbers.

But I have to say the event title is a little overblown!

[Lazarus]

Originally Posted by MetroMPG

Sounds like it was probably lots of fun. Nothing like deserted country roads and a warm day for eye popping numbers.

Yea sounds like a blast

[MetroMPG]

Oh, I don't know. I can see the attraction of exploring the technical fuel economy limits of a car... even if an average person could travel faster, comfortably, on a bicycle.