Doug Iske’s principles of technology class expects to exhibit this year’s electric car models at the Big Red Invitation on April 11 at the tractor testing lab on the University of Nebraska-Lincoln east campus.
Syracuse-Dunbar-Avoca High School students have competed in the state’s Power Driver program since 2005. They design and build cars that run on two, 12-volt batteries and compete for distance with other students from across the state.
Rocket Racing set new endurance standards last year winning novice races at the Big Red Invitational and Alternate Fuel Challenge in Columbus.
Iske said Syracuse students always learn a lot in the cross-discipline project, which requires use of aerodynamics and computations with electrical systems, but they had not placed at a race before last year.
He encouraged fans of both science and racing to attend the invitational.
The testing laboratory is located at the east campus. Drivers on O Street can turn right and go north on 33rd Street, taking the East Campus loop between Huntington Avenue and Holdrege Street. Parking for the testing lab should be near the second left turn on the campus.
