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Factory Five GTM wins Green Grand Prix 2nd Year in a Row!
Posted on May 9th, 2012Simon Hauger and His West Philly HS Team Win with 100+ MPG Run
I received more good news from Simon Hauger and his team of students running a modified GTM in the annual Green Grand Prix, held recently at Watkins Glen race track.
The West Philly High School GTM in action at the 2012 Green Grand Prix.
The team won their class averaging just over 100 mpg on the track on Friday driving and 92.5 mpg on Saturday for the road rally!
Simon reports: “The car ran great and just gets a ton of attention where ever we take it.”
Two weekends ago Lockheed Martin sponsored the team’s GTM as a part of their exhibit at the USA Science and Engineering Festival in Washington, DC.
The Green Grand Prix-Winning GTM is a modified version of Factory Five Racing's flagship supercar. The GTM is normally powered by a 400-650 hp GM LS corvette engine.
Lockheed was the title sponsor of the event and used the GTM as a headline feature. About 300,000 people visited over the three days.
“I’ve never seen that many people at a show before. We were totally swamped the entire time we were there. The response we got was amazing,” said Simon Hauger.
Congratulations to Simon and his team on another impressive victory!
Simon Hauger and members of the West Philly High X-Prize Team.
Dave Smith
President
Have you gotten your free brochure & DVD? 
I have to know what kind of engine/fuel was being used on this! Briggs and Stratton?
What was ran in the car for 100mpg?
I bet if they changed the wheel and tire combination and used a 17″ motorcycle rear sport touring tire (190/60/ZR-17) they could cut the rolling resistance enough to break that 100 MPG target. The super small contact patch I beleive would do the trick.
Will someone please share last year’s news articles so they can understand that pure genius that happened in Philly last year. These students were not only involved in a great educational project, but flat embarassed Chevrolet among other manufactures. Thats better than Shania Twaine awesome!
We’re still working on bringing over our What’s New archive from the old website. We’ll get the West Philly High stories posted soon.
The Factory Five GTM built by West Philly High School lead by instructor Simon Hauger competed in the 2010 Automotive X Prize challenge. The team did some reworking of the vehicle after the competition, and it’s now powered by a Volkswagen TDI engine running on biodiesel coupled with a hybrid system.