Miles Per Gallon Challenge   Registration   email: info@ipswichrenewableenergy.org Please send an e-mail with the following: 1) your name and address 2) vehicle make and model 3) home and mobile phone numbers 4) the words "REGISTRATION FOR MPG CHALLENGE - [YOUR NAME]" in the subject line The Course   Course Map Rules and Directions The MPG Challenge is a fuel efficiency competition. The competition will take place before the Green Car and Transportation Festival and is open to everyone. Entrants will travel on a predefined 24.3 mile course (see route map). The competition will start at 9:30 AM on Saturday, July 29. The course will start from the Ipswich Middle/High School (front parking lot) that is located on Route 1A (136 High Street) approximately ¾ mile north of Ipswich town center. Entrants should arrive at least 20 minutes before the start of their division. Cars will be dispatched at three-minute intervals. Trip computers will be reset just prior to send-off and checked by an MPG Challenge Official. Miles per gallon results will be posted prominently on the Festival Grounds. The winning entrants of the each class will be given the opportunity to display their vehicle (and winning MPG) at the festival (space permitting). Cars displayed must remain stationary during regular festival hours (noon - 5PM). Divisions 1. Toyota Prius Hybrid (including Classic model) 2. Honda Civic Hybrid 3. Honda Insight Hybrid 4. SUV Hybrids (i.e. Ford Escape Hybrid, Mercury Mariner Hybrid, Lexus RX 400h, Toyota Highlander Hybrid) 5. Conventional Propulsion System (Internal Combustion Engine) Note: All cars must have a factory installed trip computer with a miles per gallon read-out. 6. SPECIAL DIVISION - MIT Vehicle Design Summit Teams Starting Times (approximate) Division 1: 9:30 AM Division 2: 9:45 AM Division 3: 10:00 AM Division 4: 10:15 AM Division 5: 10:30 AM Note: - Tire pressure should not exceed the level recommended by the manufacturer for each particular make and model of automobile. - Tire gauges and portable air pumps will be available at the starting point. - The MPG Challenge Officials reserve the right to check tire pressures at the end of the circuit and disqualify vehicles determined to have over-inflated tires. - The circuit must be completed within one hour. - The MIT Vehicle Design Summit vehicles will compete on a separate specially designed course. All of these vehicles will be displayed on the Festival Grounds. - There is no entry fee - Prizes - To be determined   Step   Instructions Elapsed Distance 1 Turn left out of parking lot (North on Route 1A) 0.0 2 Turn left on Central Street (towards Byfield) 2.7 3 DANGEROUS INTERSECTION At stop sign (Route 1) go straight  4.7 4 DANGEROUS INTERSECTION Stay left at fork YIELD TO TRAFFIC ENTERING INTERSECTION FROM RIGHT You are now traveling on a Hillside Street 5.3 5 At stop sign take a right on Wethersfield Street 6.3 6 Stay right at fork 7.2 7 Cross over Interstate 95 9.0 8 Turn left on East Main 9.8 9 Take Interstate 95 South (towards Peabody and Boston) 10.4 10 Take Exit 53 (Route 97 South) 12.4 11 Proceed on Route 97 South -- 12 Follow signs for Route 97 South -- 13 Left at mile marker 16.1 (continue on Route 97 South) 16.1 14 At traffic light (Route 1) turn left 16.7 15 Go straight at traffic light 17.8 16 Continue straight at blinking yellow light 18.3 17 Continue straight at blinking yellow light 19.6 18 At traffic light, turn right on Linebrook Road 20.3 19 Turn left on Mile Lane 22.5 20 Turn right at stop sign (Route 1A - South) 23.4 21 Turn right into Ipswich Middle/High school driveway 24.3 22 Turn right to have MPG and elapsed mileage recorded by Official 24.3