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May 22-June 4, 2008, lunch/SURE, in AUD
Grade 8 science classes built CO2 cars for various rounds of racing competition.
Sponsors were Ms. Agapoff, Mr. Matras, Dr. Stephenson.
CO2 Car Guidelines
2008
Winners (top, from left): Sophia Airington, John Arterburn, Philip Newlin, Kirsten Lewis (fastest time)
(bottom right corner, from left): Billy Asarch, Allison Zhong, Griffin Steinfeld
Racer Place Division Time
(in sec.)
Billy Asarch 1st Sloth 6.425
Allison Zhong 2nd Sloth 4.798
Griffin Steinfeld 3rd Sloth 4.620
John Arterburn 1st Cheetah .651
Sophia Airington 2nd Cheetah .653
Philip Newlin 3rd Cheetah .710
Kirsten Lewis "Fastest ever at Colina" Cheetah .603
2007
Cheetah Division
Place Racer Time
(in sec.)
1 David Faltemeir 0.583
2 Shannon Chen 0.584
3 Alana Graves 0.599
4 Casey Blisss 0.624
5 Sam Kazemian 0.636
6 Cecil Rodriguez 0.684
7 Whitney Schwalm 0.732


Sloth Division
Place Racer Time
(in sec.)
1 Claire Lofthouse 5.477
2 Julie Ferguson 5.231
3 Daiana Baez 5.170
4 John Salangsang 4.477
5 Emily Turner 4.429
6 Hanna Hong 4.152
7 Adam Lazar 2.877
2006

Sean Miller, Winning Time

Congratulations to the Winners...
Place Racer Time
(in sec.)
1 Sean Miller 0.629
2 Tyler Power 0.633
3 Jordan Cerovski 0.657
4 John Lee 0.756
5 Daniel Rothbard 0.766
6 Kyle Ziff 0.772
7 Jason Herwill 0.773
2005

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Congratulations to the Winners...
Place Racer Time
(in sec.)
1 Jason Villavisencio 0.639
2 Douglas Hernandez 0.685
3 Manuel Villagomez 0.686
4 Melanie Chang 0.712
5 John Loring 0.745
6 Luke Freeman 0.793
7 Sam Kittinger 0.814
2004

Bryan Opde Coul, .574 sec
Place Racer Time
(in sec.)
1 Bryan Opde Coul .574
2 Scott Patterson .655
3 Anthony Gallucci .788
4 Nikki Gurney .829
5 Andre Abrahamian .831
6 Morgan Mc Leod 1.096
7 Zulet Gomez 1.135
2003
Place Racer Time
(in sec.)
special
award		 Sarah Harvey ----
1 Jason Brooks .685
2 Peter Vigh .758
3 Julia Weiss .762
4 Elliot Reuven .833
5 Austin Harris .840
6 Kaila Frasco .895
7 Jack Shanklin .938
2002
Place Racer Time
(in sec.)
1 Daniel Yeoman .782
2 Andrew Chen .790
3 Amber Graves .804
4 Mario Velazquez .808
5 Julie Oh .830
6 Carly Erickson .876
7 R.J. Elizarraz .898
2001
Place Racer Time (in seconds)
1 Zach Sekuler .73
2 Phil Kunze .75
3 Robert Moutrie .77
4 Kiki Kornblatt .78
5 Matt Potter .86
6 Stephen Faltemier .87
7 Ava Amini .90
2000
Place Racer Time (in seconds)
1 Michael Kamell .840
2 Jeremy Manos .950
3 David Teichner .998
4 Andrew Coles 1.01
5 Eric Shield
Josh Redman		 1.02
6 Juan Martinez 1.10
7 Steve Gatena 1.15
CO2 Car Guidelines
Each car must have the following:
Minimum length: 21 cm
Maximum length: 35 cm
Maximum width: 10 cm
Four wheels touching the ground.
Two secure eye hooks with minimum inside diameter of 4 mm. They must be secured to the bottom of car; one in the front and one in back.

CO2 Cartridge placement guidelines:
Cartridge must be removable and have a secure surface to push against.
Buy cartridges in student store; each student may buy 2 (no outside cartridges).
Cartridge must be horizontal.
Cartridge must be between 3.5 cm and 5.0 cm from the ground.
end of cartridge needs to align with the end of your car.

Your grade is based on the following:
Creativity: for design and materials, 25 points (car must be your design; i.e., no models)
Finish time, 25 points.
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