Student-built vehicles to take aim at 3,000 mpg in speedway contest

Press Enterprise.com (Riverside, CA)
06:38 AM PDT on Monday, April 13, 2009
By LAURIE LUCASThe Press-Enterprise

At the Auto Club Speedway in Fontana on Friday morning, officials will bawl: "Students, start your fuel-efficient engines!"

At that moment, a team from Corona, the only Inland competitor, will rev up its two energy-
hoarding vehicles.

One's solar-powered, the other runs on unleaded gasoline.

Both were built by 29 boys at Centennial High School and their advisor, metal shop teacher Kent Galloway.

Their goal is to get 3,000 miles per gallon.

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