Greenpower National Finals
Headline Results, - Raptor fusion 9th place
Rock on Raptor 31st out of 75 competitors in the national final
The Penair
Engineering team car Raptor Fusion was fourth on the grid at the National
finals joined by 75 other competitors who had either made the mileage or who
had been given a wild card. Penair Engineering was also joined thrree other Cornish teams in the final, by Richard
Lander, Falmouth and Penryn. We thought our journey from Cornwall
was long but other competitors had travelled from the top of Scotland, Poland
and even the US. The weather for the final was not as great as last year so the
drivers had to be even more focused during the race. The mornings practice had
many competitors sliding all over the place with two cars sliding off the track
entirely. Both the raptor fusion team and the girls Rock on Raptor team were
really focused and driving exceptionally well. The boys team Raptor Fusion
remained in the top 5 for most of the race but a missed pit stop and blown fuse
meant that we were out of the running for a podium position. The target now was
to try and remain the best team in Cornwall. After some nail biting overtaking and
some excellent driving from Duncan Covey we managed to finish in 9th place on
the day as the top Cornish school. This was a disappointing result as last year we finished in 4th place but we all learned what could be
improved next year and will be doing all we can to gain one of the top three
slots.
The girls Team Rock
on Raptor under the leadership of Debbie Killingback and Ron Koning were the
real success of the day climbing 33 places and becoming the most improved team
of 2013.
Well done girls!
All of the students
are clearly insired by engineering which is at the end of the day what this
competition is all about. Previous students from the club have gone on to study
Engineering or related subjects at college and one of our previous students
George Sowerby has his eyes set on studying Electrical Engineering at university.
Thank you to all of
our sponsors who have made this possible. We will be improving the cars over
the winter period and will continue to share our successes with you in the
future.
Raptor Fusion - ready to race.
Raptor Fusion and a focused team in the pits
Rock on Raptor - ready to roll
You could not miss the girls team. They stood out a mile
and were interviewed by the press on a couple of occassions.
