March Monthly Report

This month will be the start of a new racing season. Our first race is the Big Red Invitational located in Lincoln NE, on Saturday, March 26, 2011. We are putting the finishing touches on the A-21 car. We are still working on the A-21 car’s steering geometry in order to find changes that might help out with how the car drives and handles. The E-31 car’s body is just about finished. The team has been testing batteries for the last month trying to find better charging techniques and faster ways to charge the battery. The S-20 car’s electrical work and chasis are complete.

The Bancroft-Rosalie Power Drive Team is getting ready for the Cuming County Open, which we are hosting at the West Point Fairgrounds on April 2nd. The parents of our Power Drive team have been setting up a menu for the concession stand and gathering the supplies that will be needed. We have also been lining up volunteers to work the concession stand. Our team is also very excited for all the cars to come and race! We are also quite curious to see if the track record holder Louisville will impress us once again. We hope to see you there!

Power Drive Schedule

Saturday, March 26, 2011
Big Red Invitational 
UNL Tractor Testing Lab
35th & East Campus Loop Road
Lincoln, Nebraska


Friday, April 1, 2011
Alternate Fuel Odyssey
Columbus Municipal Airport
Columbus, Nebraska


Saturday, April 2, 2011
Cuming County Open
Cuming County Fairgrounds
West Washington Street
West Point, Nebraska

Saturday, April 9, 2011
Hastings Rally
Motorsports Park
East Highway 6
Hastings, Nebraska

Saturday, April 16, 2011
9th Annual Bulldog Classic
Memorial Park
North Platte, Nebraska

Saturday, April 30, 2011
Hastings Power Drive 
Motorsports Park
East Highway 6
Hastings, Nebraska

Saturday, May 7, 2011
Power Drive Championships
Werner Park
12356 Ballpark Way
Papillion, Nebraska     

February Monthly Report

         The Power Drive team ran the concession stand for four basketball games to raise money for our cars. The concession stands turned out to be a big success! We earned quite a bit of money for the Power Drive season. Thank you to all the fans that supported the concession stands. We greatly appreciated it. We supplied the stand with delicious pork sandwiches, super nachos, pretzels and hotdogs. The team has also been getting donations from out sponsors, which will be put to good use for components on the car. We would like to extend a huge thank you out to all of them as well.


          Our team has been working on the rear axle of the S-20 car. The motor, motor mount, battery box, and the rear wheel should all be in place and welded within the next week. The bodywork has just begun on the E-31 car. The nose and front of the car are fitted but not permanently attached yet. The plan is to be done with all the body work by next week and start prepping for paint. The E-31's electrical system work is completed. The team has been researching some charges to the steering geometry. After talking with North Platte's instructor, the team feels that we may be able to change the steering and still get the car to handle. The A-21 is getting a makeover, including changes to the steering geometry, motor placement, and lexan on the canopy.

January Monthly Reports

    The Power Drive team has been working hard for our upcoming season. We will be working the basketball concession stand on January 29th, 30th, and February 11th, and 12th.  We are looking forward to putting on a good concession stand, and we will be serving super nachos, pork sandwiches, and pizza. We are open for suggestions (No shrimp cocktail).  
    We are working hard on the documentation and have assigned specific parts to each of the four of us totally dedicated to documentation. Last year’s video will be tough to beat, but we are working extra hard. We have a lot of new and improved ideas to keep us busy.
    The S car chassis is just about completed, and we hope to have it done by the end of the month. The A car has not been getting a lot of attention, but we are working on steering changes, new wheel covers, and still working on the possibility of running fenders on bigger tracks for the A car. Another change is repositioning the driver for a better center of balance. The team has also been working on an E car. The E car has been totally torn down to its chassis. The chassis has been updated, and all the steering hard points have been torn off and re-welded to try to improve the steering geometry. Over the next couple months the team has a lot of work to complete, including battery testing, finishing the S car, changes to the A car and documentation.

Finishing up th Chassis

The Bancroft Rosalie Power Drive team is working on the chassis on the E31 members of the team doing this are Dalton W. and Austin S. The team is also finishing up the rear axle on the new S car students doing this are Alex B. and Eric B.  Joshua W. has started the how to videos to include in the blog for next year. These might also be used in the documentation. We would also like to wish everyone, especially our sponsors, a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.