Rotary Racer

Rotary Racer is a Greenpower team which started in 2005 as an initiative within Chipping Sodbury School to try to get 'Lads and Dads' working together on a project to build and race their own electric racing cars. Ever since the team has grown, with 9 different cars being built within the past 9 years. The team are made up of both girls and boys, ranging between the ages of 11 and 18.

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The name Rotary Racer came from the team's first sponsors -Rotary International of Chipping Sodbury. This charity provided the funding needed to start the car from scratch and, ever since, have continued to sponsor the team each new season. Over the years, even more companies have sponsored the team so they are able to continue racing as well as improve their car. The current sponsors are:

St Gobain Performance Plastics (www.saint-gobain.com/en)
Towns Land Trust, Chipping Sodbury (http://www.chippingsodburytownhall.co.uk/)
FairDiesel (http://www.fairdiesel.co.uk/)
Wates (http://www.wates.co.uk/)
CTEK Chargers (http://www.ctek.com/)
BLD Group (http://www.bldgroup.co.uk/)
RAF (www.raf.mod.uk)
Schwalble (http://www.schwalbetires.com/)
Beam Ltd (http://www.beam.org.uk/files/index.html)

 Apec Ltd

Winning at the 2013 National Greenpower Finals

Since 2005, the team have won the national championship (held at Goodwood Circuit or Rockingham Motor Speedway) five times out of the eight years.

2008 2nd in the Country
2009 National Champions
2010 3rd in the Country
2011 National Champions
2012 National Champions
2013 National Champions
2014 2nd Internationally
2015 International Champions

Rotary Racer take part in both the two 1 hour endurance races (F24) and the F24+ race (for sixth formers).

References

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