Kevin Harvick Congratulates Winners of Fuel Efficiency Challenge

**MEDIA ALERT**MEDIA ALERT**MEDIA ALERT** 

 

NASCAR Driver Kevin Harvick Congratulates Winners of Fuel Efficiency
Challenge

 

Cal Poly Student Team Recognized for Achieving 

Nearly 2,000 Miles Per Gallon and Winning the

2007 Shell Eco-marathon Americas(tm)

 

 

WHAT:                  Seven Cal Poly engineering students show off
their fuel efficient proto-type vehicle to Kevin Harvick, driver of the
No. 29 Shell-Pennzoil car.  The team, which built a vehicle that can
travel up to 1,902.7 miles per gallon using conventional fuel, won the
2007 Shell Eco-marathon Americas(tm) challenge and will be back at this
same track in April to compete in the 2008 event. 

 

During a photo-op at the California Speedway this Friday, Harvick will
recognize the team from Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo for demonstrating that
vehicle engineering is just as important as driver performance when it
comes to winning races and setting records. 

 

The Shell Eco-marathon Americas(tm) challenges college teams to travel
the farthest distance using the least amount of fuel. Teams compete
using prototype vehicles fueled by conventional or alternative fuels or
energy sources. The winning team's school receives a $10,000 award.

 

WHO:                    Kevin Harvick, driver of the No. 29
Shell-Pennzoil car

                              2007 Shell Eco-marathon Americas(tm)
winning team from Cal Poly San Luis Obispo

                              Alison Chassin, Shell representative

 

WHEN &              Photo-op - Friday, February 22, 2008 at 2:05 p.m.

WHERE:              California Speedway Media Center 

                              9300 Cherry Avenue, Fontana, Calif.

 

INTERVIEWS:    To schedule an interview or obtain a photo, please
contact Lindsey Early or Ashley Heather.

 

ADDITIONAL     Shell Eco-marathon Americas(tm) made its debut in the
United States in April 2007 at the

INFO:                   California Speedway and will return April 10-13,
2008. Shell created the Eco-marathon Americas(tm) to offer young people
interested in technology, energy and transportation a unique, hands-on
opportunity to stretch the boundaries of fuel efficiency using real-life
examples. 

 

 

MEDIA INQUIRIES:            

Lindsey Early, Edelman PR for Shell             1-312-451-3574
lindsey.early@edelman.com

Ashley Heather, Edelman PR for Shell           1-323-632-2053
ashley.heather@edelman.com

 

FOR INFORMATION, VISIT:         www.shell.com/us/ecomarathon

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