Encyclopedia Dubuque
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EXPERIMENTAL AUTOMOBILE RACING
EXPERIMENTAL AUTOMOBILE RACING. In 1997 students at HEMPSTEAD HIGH SCHOOL with their vehicle "The Predator" were the first locally to qualify for the national Electrathon, a race designed to test the speed and efficiency of student-built, battery-operated vehicles. The team members were students of Larry HOELSCHER in his engineering concepts class. Students involved included Steve Woedehoff, Jeff Kinderman, Jason Hubanks, Tim Tripple, Erich Deutsch, Sean Heber, Mark Williams, and Randy Ritt.
On May 17, 1997 six Iowa cars and two from Michigan competed in the first annual Iowa Electrathon Race at Hawkeye Downs in Cedar Rapids. Four cars battled for the lead, by the Hempstead car finished 59 laps averaging 27.7 miles per hour on the .47 mile oval track. The second place car from Cedar Rapids Prairie completed 53 laps with 24.9 miles per hour.
