1999 B*E*S*T Race Day Results

1999 Electric Car Race Results

Lining up for the Endurance Race

Speed, Maneuverability and Endurance trials were held on the 1/4 mile track at Armstrong High School on May 15, 1999

Drag Race: 2 heats of 4 cars ran a side-by-side 100 yard race followed by a final race for the 4 fastest cars.
Slalom Race: each car was timed as it zig-zagged through 7 cones that were about 8 yards apart, made a U-turn at the end, and zig-zagged back to the start.
Endurance Race: teams tried to complete the most laps in 1 hour around the 1/4 mile track, pulling into the pits and changing drivers on each lap.
Merit Award: a committee of 8 students, one from each class, chose a special award that was presented to each team.

Results are summarized below: (Click a car's name to see it's picture.)

Ecar #	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
School	Armatage	Banneker	Jefferson	Longfellow	Loring	Sonnesyn	Washington	Webster
Car	Blew By You	Red Bed	Jaguar	Dunder 1999	Loring Leopard	LT 3	Grave Digger	Webster's Car
Teacher	Mike Farnsworth	M. Zimmerman	Doug Fielder	W. Winkelman	N. Messinger	Eileen Johansen	Larry Golyer	Josie Donnelly
Mentor	Bob Aske	Lee Hart	Eric Viken	Aaron Mueller	Bill Brown	Rick Cash & Scott Pierskalla	Clarence Ogborn	Don & Verneil Branstad
Grade	5th	5th	5th	5th	5th	5th	5th	4th-6th
Heat 1	19.13 sec.	19.49 sec.	27.69 sec.	.	180+ sec.	.	.	.
Heat 2	.	.	.	180+ sec.	.	180+ sec.	23.72 sec.	22.38 sec.
Drag Final	21.53 sec.	20.17 sec.	.	.	.	.	24.30 sec.	21.13 sec.
.	THIRD	FIRST	.	.	.	.	FOURTH	SECOND
Slalom	49.39 sec.	41.91 sec.	42.77 sec.	64.63 sec.	105.46 sec.	40.08 sec.	46.16 sec.	41.34 sec.
.	.	THIRD	FOURTH	.	.	FIRST	.	SECOND
Endurance	33.5 laps	12 laps	23 laps	10 laps	1 lap	23.5 laps	22 laps	8.5 laps
.	8.38 miles	3 miles	5.75 miles	2.5 miles	0.25 miles	5.88 miles	5.5 miles	2.13 miles
.	FIRST	.	THIRD	.	.	SECOND	FOURTH	.

The following Merit Awards were presented:

Best Looking Car	Webster	"Webster's Car"
Best Overall Design	Banneker	"Red Bed"
Best Paint	Sonnesyn	"LT 3"
Inventive Steering	Armatage	"Blew By You"
Inventive Brakes	Jefferson	"Jaguar"
Safest Car Design	Washington	"Grave Digger"
Sturdiest Car	Longfellow	"Dunder 1999"
Best Flag	Loring	"Loring Leopard"

Congratulations to All!

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