By CRISTINA JANNEY
Hays Post
The Hays High School Electric Car Club participated in electric car races Thursday at Frontier Park in Hays.
The students compete for most laps in an hour; ties are broken with the fastest lap.
The cars each have three tires, two batteries, a chain and motor. Each car is fabricated from scratch each year.
The students weld their own frames. Leon’s Welding bends some of the metal for the students, but the rest of the metal work is done by students.
The program sprung from grants from the Green Energies Act in 1995. Although federal money has gone away, HHS has been able to sustain the program through local donations and sponsorships.
