April 11, 2008 11:34 AM PDT
A prone posture may allow for a good angle when working on the front end of the vehicle, but the competition's safety rules prohibit a head-first driving position.
Besides the team from Ohio's Cedarville University, the Eco-marathon Americas features entrants from defending champ California State Polytechnic, along with UCLA, UC Berkeley, Louisiana State University, Penn State, Purdue, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, Universite Laval, and even a smattering of high schools. Cedarville is one of the few to have two vehicles entered. (That's Slipstream in the picture.)
Photo by Courtesy of the Cedarville University Supermileage team
Caption by Jonathan Skillings
