Engineering students from Coventry University and the University of Sunderland have finished third in the hotly-contested evGrandPrix in America, a race for pure electric karts which takes place as part of the build up to the iconic Indianapolis 500.
Ryan Colvey (24), Paul Sleight (23) and Andrew Cook (21) from Coventry and Hayley Blythe (21) and John Wood (22) from Sunderland teamed up to take part in the prestigious annual event at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, which encourages students to design, build and race the fastest and most energy-efficient battery-powered kart over 100 laps.
The universities’ joint entry saw the Coventry-engineered chassis come runner-up in the pre-event ‘design’ contest – qualifying the team second on the grid for the race – while the batteries and electric motor, provided by Sunderland, scored highly in the ‘efficiency’ rating.
At the start of the race, driver Paul Sleight swept into the lead of the 30-strong field – comprising universities and colleges from across America – and, despite the limited track-time the team had prior to the event, the squad headed the pack for the opening laps.
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