Hey Everyone!

Sorry it's been a little bit since the last time we had time to update the blog. Getting ready for the event was hectic and with me getting hurt it really slowed us down.  We have also been swamped busy since we got back as the media has been excited about what USU has been doing.  We were hoping it would be an exciting story and it has.  The event turned out fantastic with us qualifying for the record (72.569 mph on the existing 72.102 mph record) and then besting that time running B50 (50% algae biodiesel 50% petroleum diesel) and running the fastest the car has been to date with a speed of 73.977 mph!  Without help from the Jack Rogers team and Sue and Steve Christophersen (http://www.christophersenracing.uncle-earls.com/) we wouldn't have been able to get our setup flogged out and setup to be able to set a record here at the World of Speed event in September.  Sue and Steve had to leave the morning after her runs making it so that we couldn't set the record at this event.  Super grateful for their willingness to help and for being fun to be around!  Utah Chassis and Machine helped us out by letting us borrow their pickup as well as helping us get the car setup to fit Sue in the car while we were out there.  Many thanks to them!

The new transmission worked excellently and did exactly what the engineering students were hoping their changes would do.  Awesome to see the exhaust black smoking all the way down the course!  Also cool was to see that with B50 algae biodiesel that the exhaust cleaned up to a gray color!

We are still putting together photos and we will be uploading them here in the next few days!  A big thanks again to Terry D Call Photography for helping us out with the entry fee and a lot of physical help after I got hurt.  He also towed our "No Dollar Hauler" down to the salt and also back home with the car on it.  Check out his blog at http://terrydcall.wordpress.com/

At the bottom here I will add a few of the photos Terry took for us. 

Here is from the SCTA website showing the first run out this year! This is the pass I made before Sue took over for us!

 Here is our other three runs from the SCTA website. After the pass I made we found out we were a little off for the gearing so we made a couple changes and we also put Sue in the car since I had hurt my hand. She's a natural and it all figured out and down pat in no time at all! We would also really like to thank the Jack Rogers team for allowing us to borrow a couple sets tires/wheels of different sizes that helped us get our setup flogged out and run fast enough to qualify for a record!!! The first run was with a shorter set of tires and got us closer but a little to far the other way. The next was with a midsize tire and we had her run through in a different final gear and it was good enough to best the current record and qualify us. The last run is the same setup as pass number 2 but with 50% algae biodiesel in the tank (B50)! The last pass is our fastest to date! Super grateful for everyone involved in helping us get the setup worked out and to debut our algae biodiesel at SpeedWeek!! It helped us keep a lot of promises!!!!

 Check out some of these links to us racing out there at SpeedWeek 2013!
http://www.usu.edu/ust/index.cfm?article=52583
http://www.utahrides.com/articles/view/82/Bonneville_Speed_Week_2013%2C_a_City_on_the_Salt
http://www.utahbusiness.com/articles/view/usu_team_sets_record_with_algae_fueled_racer

 Steve really enjoyed pushing the car for the takeoff even though the car didn't need a push.  He had a big old grin and told us he liked doing just because he could and nobody else out there had a car that easy to push!  On the last pass Sue spun the tires for a good 2 feet and flipped a good bit of salt at him.  It was pretty fun!