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Saint Thomas Academy
949 Mendota Heights Road
Mendota Heights, MN 55120
Phone: 651-454-4570
Fax: 651-454-4574

Saint Thomas Academy
2000 SAE College Supermileage National Champions

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Students from L-R Kevin Smith, Dan Parker, Luke Currell, Ray Schleck,
Mike Turner, and Ryan Dobie

The Saint Thomas Academy Supermileage Team wins the Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) College Supermileage Challenge.

Eaton Proving Grounds, Marshall Michigan
June 3, 2000

With light winds and cool temperatures the Saint Thomas Academy Supermileage Team repeated as North American Champions at the 2000 SAE College Supermileage Challenge. Competing against some of the best engineering universities in the United States and Canada the team composed of Mike Turner, Kevin Smith, Luke Currell, Dan Parker, Ryan Dobie, and Ray Schleck kept the student built car sipping fuel, posting multiple runs over 1100 miles per gallon of gasoline. The Cadet’s car was almost 500 m.p.g ahead of second place Cedarville College. Driver Kevin Smith won his second National Championship with a best run of 1131 m.p.g. The Minnesota team from Moundsview High School/Chippewa Middle School finished third at the college competition

Two weeks earlier the STA team surprised even themselves with a record breaking 1322 miles per gallon at the twelfth annual Minnesota Technology Education Association (MTEA) Supermileage Challenge.

The 2000 Supermileage car shows many improvements over last years National Champion vehicle including a redesigned vacuum-bagged carbon-fiber/foam core sandwich body. The entire car is fully suspended, driven by a 3.5 hp Briggs and Stratton gasoline engine, weighs less than 100 pounds, and carries one person.

For more information please contact
mwestlake@cadets.com

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MTEA
Competition
Mileage (mpg)
1322
1281
1281
1271
1261
1223
SAE Competition Mileage (mpg)
1130
1106
936
992
   

1322 miles per gallon!
May 16, 2000
Brainerd International Raceway

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The 2000 Saint Thomas Academy Supermileage Vehicle

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The Saint Thomas car in action!



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