Student Activities: Power Drive

Capture the Dream!!!

by Jeremy Schuetze

May 08, 2008

Capture the dream has been a motto used by the Bancroft-Rosalie Power Drive team this year. On May 3rd 2008, that is exactly what the team did. The team woke up early Saturday morning, and headed to Pacific Junction, IA. It was a cold and windy day, but that did not stop the Power Drive team. Both cars passed inspection, and were ready to race. The first competition was braking, where neither car placed. The next competition was maneuverability. The A21 car placed 3rd falling short to Beatrice and Raymond Central. After that, there was about half an hour until the standard Endurance race. So the team quickly changed the batteries, fixed the little problems and got ready to race. The race started and the S20 took the lead.

Then half way threw the race, they lost the lead to North Platte. The S20 ended up getting second in the race falling short to North Platte. The pit crew also got best pit crew award for the S20 driver change. After that, the team got the A21 ready for action. The A21 was made for this race. The advanced race started and the car took the lead without a problem. It kept the lead the entire time. The car ended up getting first. About 20 minutes later the awards were given out. Bancroft-Rosalie, overall, won the Runner-up trophy in the standard class. Then it was time for the advanced class awards, where the Bancroft-Rosalie Power Drive team won there 3rd state championship. “It was a great moment” says Rob Smith. After the team did what it came to do, they went to Famous Dave’s and celebrated. Well, I would say that it was a very successful season for the team.

Bringing home the 3rd state championship in the 2007-2008 school year, I would say they captured the dream.The Bancroft-Rosalie Power Drive team would like to thank the sponsors who helped this state championship be possible!

PowerDrive

The final results for Saturday

Braking
School Class Car # Place
Bellevue West Standard S96 1st
Stanton Standard S54 2nd
Cedar Rapids Kennedy Standard S30 3rd

Braking
School Class Car # Place
Beatrice Advanced A9 1st
Raymond Central Advanced A55 2nd
Bacroft Rosalie Advanced A21 3rd

Maneuverability
School Class Car # Place
Bellevue West Standard S96 1st
Wakefield Standard S87 2nd
Cedar Rapids Kennedy Standard S30 3rd

Maneuverability
School Class Car # Place
Beatrice Advanced A9 1st
Kearney Advanced A10 2nd
Wayne Advanced A39 3rd

Design-Engineering
School Class Car # Place
North Platte Standard S17 1st
Cedar Rapids Kennedy Standard S30 2nd
Bancroft Rosalie Standard S20 3rd

Design-Engineering
School Class Car # Place
Bancroft Rosalie Advanced A21 1st
Elkhorn Advanced A5 2nd
Elkhorn Advanced A51 3rd

Documentation
School Class Car # Place
North Platte Standard S17 1st
Pleasanton Standard S56 2nd
Litchfield Standard S91 3rd

Documentation
School Class Car # Place
Bancroft Rosalie Advanced A21 1st
Omaha North Advanced A99 2nd
Cedar Rapids Kennedy Advanced A50 3rd

Endurance
School Class Car # Place
North Platte Standard S17 1st
Cedar Rapids Kennedy Standard S30 2nd
Bancroft Rosalie Standard S20 3rd

Endurance
School Class Car # Place
Bancroft Rosalie Advanced A21 1st
Raymond Central Advanced A57 2nd
Elkhorn Advanced A5 3rd

Endurance
School Class Car # Place
North Platte Exhibition E15 1st
Elkhorn Exhibition E1 2nd
Pomeroy Palmer Exhibition E41 3rd

Other Awards
Sportsmanship Award
Matt Humlicek, Columbus Lakeview

Best Pit Crew
Bancroft Rosalie - S20

Best Performance by a First-Year Team
Louisville High School - S48

Ken Kitchen Best Paint/Finish
Elkhorn - A5

Scholarships
Dan Concannon - Omaha North
Paul High Scholarship - Elliott Wilson - Elkhorn
Overall
School Class Car # Place
North Platte Standard S17 1st
Bancroft Rosalie Standard S20 2nd
Cedar Rapids Kennedy Stanard S30 3rd
Friend Standard S13 4th
Litchfield Standard S91 5th

Overall
School Class Car # Place
Bancroft Rosalie Advanced A21 1st
Beatrice Advanced A9 2nd
Elkhorn Advanced A5 3rd
Raymond Central Advanced A57 4th
Elkhorn Advanced A51 5th