Wawasee Supermileage Team Wins Again
Wawasee High School’s Supermileage Team has taken first place, again, at the 2022 Shell Eco-Marathon held at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway earlier this week.
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Wawasee Super Mileage Cars Back On Track In 2022
It was March 2020 and the shop for the engineering classes at Wawasee High School was a mess.
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Scoutmaster Betters Lakeland Area Through Multiple Organizations
NORTH WEBSTER — Involvement in the Wawasee High School super mileage team began for Scott Fox in 2012, when his oldest son got involved. In the super mileage team, students build cars or improve on them in order to get the best miles per gallon in the Shell Eco-marathon.
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Mileage Car Team Gets First Class Welcome
SYRACUSE — Forget jet lag. Any effects from flying home from the West Coast probably were set aside, at least temporarily anyway, when the Wawasee High School super mileage car team returned to the school a little after noon today, Monday, April 8. A school bus with a … Read More
Wawasee Mileage Car Wins First Place And Regional Qualifier
SYRACUSE — Twenty years of super mileage cars at Wawasee High School is a cause for celebration. After the Shell Eco-marathon competition April 3-6 at the Sonoma Raceway in Sonoma, Calif., there is even more cause for celebration. For the first time ever, Wawasee’s diesel super mileage car, … Read More
Mileage Cars Being Prepped For California Race
SYRACUSE — A crew of a little more than a dozen Wawasee High School students, under the watchful eye of engineering teacher Allen Coblentz, is busy putting the finishing touches on two super mileage cars. Diesel and electric powered cars will be entered in the Shell Eco-marathon annual … Read More
Wawasee Entering Hydrogen Fuel Cell Car For First Time
SYRACUSE — Engineering students at Wawasee High School are learning how to tame and bring under control the highly combustible and flammable gas known as hydrogen. The super mileage car team overseen by teacher Allen Coblentz is working on a prototype hydrogen fuel cell car to enter in … Read More
New Category Of Super Mileage Cars At Shell Marathon
SYRACUSE — Wawasee High School engineering students, led by teacher Allen Coblentz, are preparing two super mileage cars for the annual Shell Eco-marathon April 26-30 on the streets of downtown Detroit. One of the cars, diesel powered, will have four wheels, is larger and will actually look a little closer to a real life car.
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Wawasee Super Mileage Cars Finish Third
SYRACUSE — Wawasee High School entered diesel and ethanol super mileage cars in the 2016 Shell Eco-marathon in downtown Detroit the weekend of April 23.
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Wawasee Entering Detroit Competition For Second Year
SYRACUSE — For a couple of days, racing will be permissible on downtown streets in Detroit. And onlookers will cheer on teams competing in the annual Shell Eco-marathon near the Cobo Center.
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Wawasee Supermileage Team Competes In Shell Eco-Marathon
By ALLEN COBLENTZ Engineering and Technology Teacher, Wawasee High School The Wawasee Supermilage team successfully competed in the 2015 Shell Eco-Marathon over spring break. Three cars successfully completed the new road course in Detroit, bringing home two trophies and prize money. The gasoline vehicle placed 10th, obtaining 724 … Read More
Destination Michigan For Super Mileage Cars
While some Wawasee High School students will head south during spring break to Florida, Texas, Alabama and possibly elsewhere, a few will travel to … Detroit. It’s not usually thought of as a spring break destination point, but this particular group of students will have business to take … Read More