[Shepherd777]

Hello All -

This is Walter Concrete, your sidewalk reporter, reporting live from Sonoma Raceway in northern California where Shell is having its annual EcoMarathon.

For those unfamiliar with the Shell EcoMarathon Americas, students from the United States and South America are invited to compete in the ultimate EcoModder type challenge. There are 99 entries in two different categories.

https://www.shell.com/energy-and-inn.../americas.html

This venue is an EcoModder's nirvana.

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Hadda get in a few shots of the StarShip to begin with.








High 70's in northern California today, so a carbon fiber canopy makes a great sunshade when the driver is enveloped inside a black color body and wearing a hot fire suit.


This is the only team I saw with a portable dyno. NASCAR and Indy car paddocks are now used by the students.


This team used an onboard power tool and 3D printed gears to start their engine.














The engineering on this little car is way cool.