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The CLHS Supermileage Team participated in the
31st annual MTEEA Supermileage Competition at
Brainerd International Raceway on May 13th/14th.
The team of five students and advisers Ryan Dewey and Mike Sandell brought one vehicle to the competition that would complete against 23 other teams in the Stock class. Only two of the students had been to a competition and all are currently in 9th or 10th grade.
The vehicle the students designed and constructed this year was well prepared and easily passed the technical inspection on Sunday evening. When the competition began on Monday the result of the teams first two lap competition run was a good 281 mpg rating. The car was designed for all students involved to be able to drive (fit in the vehicle) and each of the four drivers achieved similar results as they took their first competition runs.
The car performed well and the care in construction showed as the team manged to complete 15 runs in day one. Normally this would be a two-day total. At the end of the first day, the team had a high mileage run of 369 mpg and a six-run competition average of over 300 mpg.
The decision was made to try some different gearing on day two to see if the team could make up the almost 100 mpg difference between them and the leaders. While the results showed improvement, it was not enough to put them into trophy contention. The team would finish 6th of the 23 teams in the stock class of the competition.
Team members are: Ben Garrison, Aidan Schwantes, Aaron Norielus, Noah Hilber, and Matt Rambo.
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