Buckeye Bullet on Discovery Channel, Feb 7, 8:00 pm

To all Buckeye Bullet fans,

Mark your calendars…

The Discovery Channel has scheduled the airing of the "FutureCar" series for which the Buckeye Bullet team was interviewed and filmed last summer. According to their information, the BB footage will be part of the first evening's episode of the series, scheduled to air on Wed., Feb. 7 at 8:00 pm on the Discovery Channel.

Pete Miller

Ohio State honors Buckeye Bullet's Kim Stevens . . . again!

To all Buckeye Bullet fans,

The Buckeye Bullet gal who starred in Ohio State's BCS national championship game half-tme TV promo is Kim Stevens. Now The Ohio State College of Engineering honors Kim with a solo photo on the front of The Ohio State College of Engineering website!

Kim is an aerospace engineering student who leads the aerodynamic design of Buckeye Bullet 2, using the Ohio Super Computer Center's best software and hardware.

If that is not enough responsibility, Kim will be leading a team of BB2 students down to NASCAR country, Mooresville, NC, in a few weeks, where she and the Penske Technology Group's top engineers will be windtunnel testing a one-third scale model of BB2, the world's first hydrogen fuel-cell powered land speed racing machine. The model was donated by Roush Industries. Move over Jimmy Johnson, Kim Stevens is in town!

Thank you, Ohio State and The Ohio State College of Engineering, for honoring our gal . . . and our entire team!

Go Bucks! Go even faster!!

The Hydrogen Electric Racing Federation(TM) Introduces the 'Hydrogen 500'(TM)

The Future of Racing' Unveiled to Auto Industry Leaders and Motorsport Dignitaries in Detroit

The Hydrogen Electric Racing Federation(TM) Introduces the 'Hydrogen 500'(TM) and a New Racing Series That Will Boast the Most Technologically Advanced Racing Machines in the World

DETROIT, Jan 10, 2007 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- In a potentially historic occasion for the automobile industry and international motor sport, a new racing entity -- the Hydrogen Electric Racing Federation -- unveiled "The Future of Racing"(TM) and embarked on a compelling first step into the realm of on-track competition for hydrogen electric fuel cell-powered racing machines here today.

Speaking to an impressive gathering of leading auto industry executives from Audi, DaimlerChrysler, Ford, General Motors, Honda, Hyundai, Nissan and Toyota, senior executives from Bridgestone-Firestone and Michelin, as well as such motor sports luminaries as Tony George, the CEO of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway and the Indy Racing League and Scott Atherton, President and CEO of the American Le Mans Series. Peter M. DeLorenzo, the President and CEO of the Hydrogen Electric Racing Federation, introduced "The Future of Racing" in a speech at The Townsend Hotel in suburban Birmingham.

The dawn of a New Age for Automotive Propulsion.

"We are at the dawn of a new age of propulsion for the automobile," said DeLorenzo, a longtime auto industry opinion leader and influential motor sport expert. "From this day forward, we will see internal combustion engines in automobiles inevitably give way to electric power sources. And whether these take the form of electric vehicles with an internal combustion engine (ICE) assist, full electric plug-in vehicles, or electric vehicles powered by hydrogen fuel cells -- we are at the crossroads of the future of the automobile as we know it. The time has come for the automobile industry to embrace the future vigorously -- and in no uncertain terms," DeLorenzo continued.

"The concept of racing hydrogen fuel cell-powered machines is unprecedented and historic, simply because for the first time in many, many years, racing will undertake a key role in the development of radical new technologies for production vehicles that are still on the horizon," DeLorenzo said.

Pressing the "Reset" Button for Racing.

"With the electrification of the automobile at hand, racing needs a new idea," said DeLorenzo, "It is time for the automobile industry to take its advanced research away from the reassuring glare of the computer screen and out of the sterile environment of the research laboratory, and let innovation and technical creativity run free and unfettered on the racetrack -- with the most advanced automotive technology in the world -- hydrogen electric fuel cell-powered vehicles."

"I believe it is time to press the 'reset' button for racing," said DeLorenzo. "Not only to usher in a new era of creativity and innovation to the sport, but also to enable racing to take its rightful place again as the principal conduit for the transference of advanced technologies and innovations directly to our future production vehicles."

"The Hydrogen 500"(TM)

DeLorenzo then introduced the "Hydrogen 500"(TM) -- a concept developed specifically for machines powered by hydrogen electric fuel cells. The Hydrogen Electric Racing Federation plans on presenting on-track competition for electric vehicles powered by hydrogen fuel cells beginning in 2009, with additional races, including international events in 2010 and 2011.

DeLorenzo closed his remarks by saying: "The onset of the electrification of the automobile is presenting us with a rare, perhaps once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to accelerate the development schedule of the hydrogen electric fuel cell-powered vehicle, while at the same time allowing us to reinvent and reposition the sport of racing to be more relevant than it has been in decades.

I'm confident that we will look back on this historic day and see it for the truly momentous event that it was -- the day when the Future of Racing was born."

Hydrogen Electric Racing Federation. The Hydrogen Electric Racing Federation(TM) (HERF(TM)) is a new racing organization dedicated to helping the world's leading automobile manufacturers accelerate the development of hydrogen fuel cell-powered electric vehicles through sanctioned competition.

The concept behind the Hydrogen Electric Racing Federation is to provide a competitive arena in which manufacturers can push the envelope of hydrogen fuel cell-powered electric vehicle technology, enabling racing to take its rightful place again as the principal conduit for the transference of advanced technologies and innovations directly to our future production vehicles.

The Hydrogen Electric Racing Federation aims to help the world's leading automobile manufacturers (and their suppliers) promote hydrogen fuel cell- powered electric vehicle technology as not only The Future of Racing, but as a glittering showcase for the future of transportation.

SOURCE Hydrogen Electric Racing Federation

Ricky Bobby Lives in East Liberty, OH

Buckeye Bullet driver Roger Schroer is our "Ricky Bobby", star of Talladega Nights. Real sponsor promotions fill the entire first 15 minutes of the movie. Logos and stickers are everywhere on Ricky's car, drivers suit and helmet, too. When Ricky sold his windshield to Fig Newtons, I was in sponsorship heaven. Talladega Nights is a fun movie for us racing fans!

Thanks for supporting the Ohio State Buckeye Bullet student land speed racing team!

Buckeye Bullet promo during National Champiionship Game

CAR is in the news again...

Headline news from OSU TODAY

OSU PROMOTIONAL SPOT TO DEBUT DURING BCS TITLE GAME

Ohio State's latest TV Public Service Announcement depicting an array of excellence at Ohio State will debut nationally during the BCS national championship game Monday night. The 30-second PSA shows some of Ohio State's greatest at the top of their games - just like the Buckeyes themselves, and highlights groundbreaking research, award-winning performances, and national recognition for jobs well done. View a sneak preview of the promotional online.

Kudos to ALL!

Pat Hall
Assistant to the Director
Center for Automotive Research
The Ohio State University
930 Kinnear Road
Columbus, Ohio 43212