Writing a grant to buy a Stocker for our HS

That's a good point and one I've considered and talked about with the principal, grant coordinator, etc. I don't have any intention of taking the car out without students. To be honest with you, after racing more than 20 years, the racing part doesn't interest me as much as teaching young people about a world of motorsports that they've never been exposed to or even know about.

[Mickey Whaley]

If you got that in grant money call me i have a nice 69 camaro convertable will sale to you.

[Eddies66]

Here is a program that worked for my high school.

http://www.kusd.org/cte/reports/arch.../April2004.pdf

[david ring]

You might want to give some examples of how math and computer skills would be utilized, such as recording and maintaining a database which can then be used to study the relationship between variables which impact the car's performance such as weather conditions, air-fuel ratios, etc., or how the computer will be used to change the tune-up of the car. These are all things that are obvious to a racer, but which would be less clear to someone who is not a racer. I know when I explain to the professors I work with just how highly sophisiticated drag racing is that they are quite impressed with the skills and knowledge that are required to do well in the sport.

Originally Posted by david ring

You might want to give some examples of how math and computer skills would be utilized, such as recording and maintaining a database which can then be used to study the relationship between variables which impact the car's performance such as weather conditions, air-fuel ratios, etc., or how the computer will be used to change the tune-up of the car. These are all things that are obvious to a racer, but which would be less clear to someone who is not a racer. I know when I explain to the professors I work with just how highly sophisiticated drag racing is that they are quite impressed with the skills and knowledge that are required to do well in the sport.

Great points!t I included a little of that in my proposal and have talked with "higher-ups" who were also surprised to hear abou the technology and math involved.

[BlueOval Ralph]

Knowing how School Board Members and City Council Members think, be carefull on that one.

Originally Posted by Tar Heel

That's a good point and one I've considered and talked about with the principal, grant coordinator, etc. I don't have any intention of taking the car out without students. To be honest with you, after racing more than 20 years, the racing part doesn't interest me as much as teaching young people about a world of motorsports that they've never been exposed to or even know about.

Originally Posted by BlueOval Ralph

Knowing how School Board Members and City Council Members think, be carefull on that one.

Good thought as well. My hope is to dispel some of the preconceived notions that drag racers and racing is bad but has become very high-tech and is family-oriented. I'm trying to makes feel part of a team that normally wouldn't be involved in anything extra-curricular and show them how important math, science, and computers are to the motorsports community.

[goinbroke2]

The only thing that caught my eye was " Setting up, dialing in, and adjusting suspensions, controlling engine and transmission functions, and competing in bracket-race style programs "
Setting up is too generic and I don't think most would know what a dial in is. Not only will people read and hear about what you are proposing (which is excellent I might add) with you there to answer questions, but people will be reading it without you around. I prefer to break things into simple bites for people not familiar with what I'm talking.
An example would be;
Computors-
1) blah blah blah
2) yada yada yada

Math-
1) yada yada yada
2) blah blah blah

That would give a direct answer to the direct question of WHAT are they going to learn.

Overall, excellent! Wish you good luck with it.

[THE LEGEND]

What school are you with?

There was a local racer that did this for several years with a bracket car. He would take the kids to the track too. He paid for everything. He would take them on field trips to the National events at Rockingham too. He ran a very Good program until some "Do-Gooder felt it was a liability to have the school name on the side of the car. End of Program. It was very sad too.
I wish you Luck.
Chip Johnson

[Ronnie Smith Jr]

You might look into the program that Clay Millican did a couple of years ago when he hosted Burnout. There may be something there that may benefit you. I thought he also did something with 2 high school vo-tech shops competing against each other too. Can't seem to locate that program.

FWIW