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Friday morning we woke to high winds that forced Shell Ecomarathon to cancel all testing on the outdoor track through downtown Detroit. The Cedarville team worked hard all morning & afternoon to get their super mileage vehicles ready & pass safety inspections.

Michael Duggan, City of Detroit Mayor, greets all the participants while opening ceremonies were held inside since all outdoor events were cancelled because of high winds on Friday.

GLII goes through all 10 safety inspection spots.

The Urbie team gets some specific instruction as they go through safety inspections.

GLII looks good as it takes several laps on the indoor test track.

The Cedarville’s supermileage drivers walk the track as they get ready to race the course on Saturday & Sunday.

Though Cedarville’s Gold Lightning II was the only vehicle that passed all the inspections & was able to get on the indoor test track and get several test runs, both Sting & Urbie passed several inspection points. With some additional work in the evening, both vehicles should pass the rest of their inspections Saturday morning and be able to get on the outdoor track along with Cedarville’s GLII.

Day 2 at Shell Ecomarathon - #Detroit @shell_ecomar #SEM2015 @cedarville Engineering #supermileage Friday morning we woke to high winds that forced Shell Ecomarathon to cancel all testing on the outdoor track through downtown Detroit.

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Day one brought a long day but we arrived in Detroit at the Cobo Center for the Shell Ecomarathon late in the afternoon.

After unloading the 3 vehicles from the trailer to the team’s paddock we headed to dinner. After dinner, the students were required to watch a Shell safety video. Everyone gathered back at the team paddock for a quick team picture & a meeting. Minutes after the meeting, everyone went to their task to complete what was needed. Saturday morning was going to come quickly and the 3 vehicles needed to be ready to pass all 10 Shell inspections before the vehicles can get out on the track for testing. There are only limited times throughout the day on Friday that the vehicles will be permitted to be on the track for testing.

Day 1 at Shell Ecomarathon - #Detroit @shell_ecomar #SEM2015 @cedarville Engineering #supermileage Day one brought a long day but we arrived in Detroit at the Cobo Center for the Shell Ecomarathon late in the afternoon.