Shell Eco-Marathon 2008

Hey everybody,

I believe this is my first time posting in Motorsports. I am part of Cal Poly San Luis Obispo's Supermileage Team. We competed at the Shell Eco-Marathon 2008 just this past weekend, where teams from across North America, including Canada and Mexico, come and compete to see who can build the most fuel-efficient car. Cal Poly placed 2nd with 2752.3 miles per gallon. Here are some pictures from the competition:

http://www.flickr.com …7/sets/72157604​562345263/

1) Cal Poly's car, The Black Widow

haha, wow, almost 3000 mpg.... shame it wasn't at 50-80 mph

RadAL wrote in post #5338965
haha, wow, almost 3000 mpg.... shame it wasn't at 50-80 mph

Yeah, try 15-25 mph. The world record car can go over 10000 mpg though. My SUV gets about 15 mpg at 15 mph, so it's still a noble achievement.

Surprised to see an open wheel car in a supermileage contest to tell you the truth. Hardly doing anything good in terms of drag.

What's ironic is seeing Nascar at the event.

Yeah, shame on Shell...I heard they spent around $40,000 getting that built also. Those rims are entirely carbon fiber though. Pretty cool.

Wow i want 3000mpg! I'm getting about 50 (60 on long trip) but at £1.21 i needs to be high!

Nice, interesting shots!