[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 150 (2004), Part 17]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages 23650-23651]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




    RECOGNIZING THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY'S 2004 BUCKEYE BULLET TEAM

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                           HON. DEBORAH PRYCE

                                of ohio

                    in the house of representatives

                       Tuesday, November 16, 2004

  Ms. PRYCE of Ohio. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to congratulate The Ohio 
State University 2004 Buckeye Bullet electric land speed vehicle team. 
This group of 11 undergraduate engineering students now holds the 
national and international land speed records for electric vehicles.
  The Buckeye Bullet is a streamlined electric vehicle over 31 feet 
long, standing 3 feet high and 2 feet wide. It is powered by more than 
900 batteries and contains a 400-plus horsepower engine. The most 
impressive fact about

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the Buckeye Bullet is that it was designed, built and is maintained by 
Ohio State students, giving undergraduates a unique opportunity for a 
hands-on learning experience.
  This fall, the team traveled to the Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah 
where they challenged the international land speed record of 245 mph. 
On October 13, 2004 the Buckeye Bullet set a new official international 
record time of 272 mph. However, the international record just wasn't 
enough for the Buckeye Bullet Team. On October 15, the team challenged 
its own 257 mph national speed record from the previous year, which 
conforms to a different set of requirements, successfully setting a new 
national land speed record at 315 mph. This makes the Buckeye Bullet 
the first electric race car to officially exceed 300 mph.
  I would like to recognize the 2004 Buckeye Bullet team members from 
Ohio State for their dedication and hard work, including team leaders 
Isaac S. Harper, Andrew L. Marquand, and Benjamin J. Sinsheimer; team 
members Kevin C. Sze, Sean M. MacGregor, Aaron M. Haliena, Joseph H. 
Gorse, Andrea J. Barger, Michael B. Quade, Kimberly A. Stevens and 
Kevin Ponziani; faculty adviser Giorgio Rizzoni, staff adviser Maria 
Soliman, and of course the vehicle's driver, Roger Schroer of TRC, Inc. 
Congratulations to all of you for building the fastest electric vehicle 
on the planet!

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