Students Chase Land Speed Record With Vegetable Oil-Fueled Chevy S-10

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Just the Facts:

• Boise State University engineering students will head to Bonneville in August, in an attempt to break the 215-mph land speed record for diesel trucks.
• The students will be driving a 1998 Chevrolet S-10 that they've modified to run on vegetable oil.
• Last fall they smashed the existing mark for vegetable oil-fueled vehicles with a 139-mph run at El Mirage in California, then logged a second run at 155 mph.

WASHINGTON — Engineering students from Boise State University will head to the Bonneville Salt Flats in August, in an attempt to break the land speed record for diesel trucks — with a 1998 Chevrolet S-10 modified to run on vegetable oil.