RACV Energy Breakthrough
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The RACV Energy Breakthrough is a joint initiative of the Country Education Project, the Central Goldfields Shire Council and the Royal Automobile Club of Victoria (RACV).
The main event involves a 24 hour trial in which students of schools around Australia race their Human Powered Vehicles and Hybrid Powered People Carriers around a circuit of approximately 1.34 kilometres. The teams which race these vehicles consist of 8 riders, usually four male and four female participants. Leading teams can complete almost 900 kilometres in the 24 hour trial.
The overall winner and new lap record holder in the Human Powered Vehicles section for 2005 was Bendigo Senior Secondary College with their trike Bukkamalazir. They completed 651 laps of the main circuit. The overall winner of the Hybrid section was Weerona College with PJ2 (co-captained by Jordan Wilkinson and Michael Robertson, and pit crew of Alister "Percy" Knight). They completed 648 laps of the smaller (but more difficult) circuit.
[edit] Categories
Human Powered Vehicles (HPV)
- HPV A: Primary School entrants.
- HPV B: up to 8 racers, with two pit crew, half of which must be female 7-10.
- HPV C: up to 8 racers, with two pit crew, half of which must be female 11-12.
- HPV D: Open: 8 students of any gender from year 7-12.
Tryathlon
- Categories as above, except with a combined B and C categories
Pushcarts
- Category 1: schools with enrolment of greater than 150
- Category 2: schools with enrolment of less than 150
hybrid Powered People Carriers
- Single seat:
- Double Seat:
Innovations in Technology
