Penair Engineering

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.