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2010 Stories
	Victorians rain supreme in Adelaide On a cold and overcast day in Adelaide, Round 1 of the 2010 Australian HPV Super Series kicked off. Overall line honours were battled out by Victorian teams, but the other categories were contested largely by local South Aussie teams. Read more...
	Russ Nankervis does a practice run for HPV 'World Tour' One month after Jeff Nielson's amazing 24 hour solo world record, Russ Nankervis from Bendigo covers 130km in just over 3 hours from Kangaroo Flat to Calder in a human powered vehicle. Read more...
	Jeff pedals for Heart Trisled rider Jeff Nielsen rode a human powered vehicle solo for 24 hours setting two new World Records, two Australian Records and over $3,000 raised for the Heart Foundation! Read more...
	Storms stop the 2010 Bendigo Bank & Cartridge World HPV Challenge Despite stormy weather, one enjoyable day of racing was again held as part of the Bendigo International Madison. Ten schools and two community teams brought 16 vehicles and 44 riders made up the largest field ever assembled for this alternative HPV event. Read more...
2009 Event Reports
	2009 RACV Pre-Scrutineering Day Our first ever Pre-Scrutineering Day had everyone learning - both team managers and RACV Officials - as we sought to test the occupant protection on vehicles using composite and aluminium. It wasn't easy, but it was definitely worthwhile. Read more...
	2009 Bendigo Cartridge World HPV Pursuit Report The second Bendigo Cartridge World HPV Pursuit had spills & new records set in the Community & Senior Boys Classes. It was held as part of the Bendigo International Madison Carnival. Read more...
Past Event Reports
	2008 HPV Secondary Contenders and Challenges Nigel Preston casts an eye over the likely contenders for the 24 Hour HPV Secondary trial prior to the 2008 event. Read more...
	2008 Australian International Pedal Prix Report Sometimes in HPV racing, the fastest vehicle doesn’t win. But that simply wasn’t the case for Tru Blu Racing at the 2008 Australian International Pedal Prix (AIPP). Read more...
2009 Team Articles
	Oberon High School lay the right foundations to go racing Passionate student Braden McKay and the crew at Oberon High School have gone back to the very foundations of their Energy Breakthrough program to prepare for this year's event. In a very honest email and a new YouTube clip, Braden tells us about their 2009 campaign. Read more...
	Warracknabeal SC gets into character Back in the day, website manager, Nigel Preston went to school with Mick Rodgers and we raced together at the Energy Breakthrough. He’s been teaching at Warracknabeal for a few years now and Nigel caught up with him to see how their year has progressed. Read more...
	Gisborne make the switch to hybrid power Gisborne Secondary College are making their debut in the Hybrid event after 15 pedal-powered years. Why? Because their students wanted the challenge! We caught up with Team Manager Paul Caleja. Read More...
	Damascus College goes Adimov Dreaming for Climate Change & Poverty Over 12 months on from Damascus College's successful Energy Breakthrough campaign and their 'Rode RAGE' ride from Sydney to Ballarat, the crew is preparing for an even bigger challenge: Darwin to Melbourne. Read more...
	Unity College: from Murray Bridge to Maryborough We dropped Unity College student, Alisha Hele, a line to see what it's like to have the Pedal Prix in your home town and how human powered vehicles happen at her school. Read more...
	Mater Christi receives V6 as part of '08 Holden Secondary Encouragement Award Mater Christi College's opening assembly for 2009 was packed with students, visitors and guests. What better time to present them with the Holden Secondary Encouragement Award? Read more...
	Tim White talks BSSC Bendigo Senior Secondary College’s Tim White has been leading VCE (Year 11 & 12) students through the process of design, development & racing of recumbent vehicles for almost a decade. Read more...
	Warracknabeal SC: Back for more in '09 Meet he team that which entered a hybrid, but raced a HPV, at the 2008 RACV Energy Breakthrough. Read more...
2008 Team Articles
	Chillaxing with Warracknabeal SC Starting from scratch has been a rewarding experience for the staff and students at Warracknabeal SC as they head to the Breakthrough for the first time with a pedal/electric hybrid. Read more...
	Diamond Creek East have the spirit Keep an eye out for ‘Diamo Spirit’ and ‘Diamo Torpedo’ as they fly around the Holden Track at Maryborough. Diamond Creek East Primary School scored two firsts in Casey and a second in Maroondah, so this could well be their lucky year. Read more...
	Epping loves speed and loves riding Watch out for the team that ‘loves speed and riding’ as they flash around the Holden track at Maryborough this year. With the name of Speed Riders, Epping Primary is eager to amaze us all! Read more...
	Kingswood College - Evolving to a podium in 2008? Kingswood College really is one to keep an eye out for. They see the Energy Breakthrough as the ‘ultimate stress release’ in year 12 as they push towards a possible podium finish. Read more...
	Lucknow Lasers beam their way to Maryborough One of the hot teams getting fired up for the event is the ‘Lucknow Lasers’. Breakthrough Reporter Ari King met with James Mulcahy, the Principal of Lucknow Primary and asked a few questions to suss out how they are travelling. Read more...
	Seymour PS goes recycling racing One thing we love at is a team that uses purely recycled materials. Seymour PS know their vehicles will be heavier than some, but they are engrossed in the true spirit of Energy Breakthrough. Read more...
	Searching for the secrets at Wheeler’s Hill PS Wheeler’s Hill Primary have already rocked Maryborough eight times before and with great success, so we thought we’d find out a few of their secrets. Were they willing to give them away? Ari King finds out. Read more...