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Last week the Greenpower team took the JRB special to its second race at RNAS Merryfield. It meant another early start and another long journey in the mini bus but we were all awake once we got there! There were 24 teams entered into this race and we had climed to 13th in the first ho

  This week the team have been: – Updating the blog with new pictures – Writting thank you letters to sponsors so they can know what place and how well we did on the race day, We finished 5th and won best newcomer! – Mr Bradley and the pit crew are testing the b

The JRB special starting its 4 hour endurance race.

Staff and students of the Greenpower Team at Bideford College put on a display of the JRB Special race car this morning. We discussed the events of last weeks great result at Newquay Airport and plans for the progression of the project. Mr Gove got involved in one of the pit stops by

During out demonstration test today we had a member of the team testing the temperature of the motor as part of his GCSE project using the school’s thermal imaging camera. We’re planning on setting up a device to track temperatures within the car.

CALLING ALL GREENPOWER DRIVERS! D24 workshop at lunchtimes this week is where you’re going to need to be! We will be running through ‘racing lines’ theory and we’re going to hook a PS3 up to the interactive whiteboard for you to practice taking a few corners to

Bideford College Teacher Top Trumps will soon be available from the Cash Office in the Winter Garden. We’re in the process of printing, cutting and boxing… watch this space!

The JRB Special race team have been working hard in recent weeks trying to finalise sponsors in order to get an idea of how the car will look. We will need to start thinking about cutting the logos and finishing off the colour scheme. -We want the paint to be dry as we’re racing